Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards; RAGTIME Leads Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings for Birmingham:

Best Actor of a Play or Musical (local college/ student)
Will Lamb - Little Shop of Horrors - Spain Park High School Theatre 18%
Carli Hardon - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 6%
Dylan Guy Davis - Company - Theatre Tuscaloosa 6%

Best Actress of a Play or Musical (local college/ student)
Rachel Ponder - Little Shop of Horrors - Spain Park High School Theatre 21%
Carli Harden - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 11%
Haley Holmes - School of Rock - Red Mountain Theatre Company 7%

Best Choreographer (local)
Blair Anderson - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 14%
Robin Lewis - Newsies - Red Mountain Theatre Company 11%
Stacy Alley - A Chorus Line - University of Alabama 11%

Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical (local)
Jeanette Waterman - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 19%
Connie Howard Ables - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Theatre of Gadsden 10%
Emily Gill - Heathers the Musical - University of Montevallo 6%

Best Director of a Musical (local)
Tina Turley - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 13%
Robin Lewis - Newseis - Red Mountain Theatre Company 8%
David Callahan - Heathers the Musical - University of Montevallo 7%

Best Director of a Play (local)
Drew Baker - The Real Queen of Hearts Ain't Even Pretty - Theatre Tuscaloosa 9%
Tina Turley - A Christmas Carol - Theatre Tuscaloosa 8%
Mike Beecham - The Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre of Gadsden 7%

Best Lighting Design of a Play of Musical (local)
Erin Hisey - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 12%
Kel Laeger - Heathers the Musical - University of Montevallo 8%
Joshua Weaver - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Theatre of Gadsden 7%

Best Local Actor in a Musical (local)
Willie Williams - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 10%
David Wooten - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Theatre of Gadsden 9%
Harrison Wood - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Vestavia Hills High School 5%

Best Local Actor in a Play (local)
Trey Miller - The Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre of Gadsden 11%
Jeff Wilson - A Christmas Carol - Theatre Tuscaloosa 9%
Dylan G. Davis - The 39 Steps - Theatre Tuscaloosa 8%

Best Local Actress in a Musical (local)
Tahauny Cleghorn - Sweet Charity - Brick by Brick Arts 9%
Lisa Waldrop - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 8%
Haley Holmes - School of Rock - Red Mountain Theater 6%

Best Local Actress in a Play (local)
Shelley McMoy - The Jungle Book - Birmingham Children's Theatre 12%
McKenna Hodge - The Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre of Gadsden 12%
Carol Develice - The Other Place - Theatre Tuscaloosa 10%

Best Music Director (local)
Leslie Poss - Company - Theatre Tuscaloosa 11%
Cheryl Stafford Moorer - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Theatre of Gadsden 10%
Michael King - A Chorus Line - Virginia Samford Theatre 10%

Best Musical (local)
Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 12%
Hairspray - The Actors Charitable 11%
Newsies - Red Mountain Theatre 10%

Best Play (local)
Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre of Gadsden 17%
A Christmas Carol - Theatre Tuscaloosa 16%
The Wolves - university of montevallo 10%

Best Production of a Play or Musical (local college)
Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 21%
Newsies - Red Mountain 16%
A Chorus Line - University of Alabama 15%

Best Scenic Design of a Play of Musical (local)
Wheeler Kincaid - Ragtime - Theatre Tuscaloosa 18%
John Mac - South Pacific - Theatre of Gadsden 10%
Stephen Fister - Disney's Newsies - Red Mountain Theatre Company 7%

Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical (local)
Patrick MacDonald - Newsies - Red Mountain Theatre Company 13%
Rick Wills - Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre of Gadsden 11%
Wheeler Kincaid - A Christmas Carol - Theatre Tuscaloosa 9%

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