Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Central PA Awards; Fulton's NEWSIES Leads as Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Central Pennsylvania 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.

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Here are the current standings for Central Pennsylvania:

Best Actor in a Musical
James Taylor Odam - M. Fair Lady - Dutch Apple Dinner Theater 13%
Matthew Farcher - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 6%
Daniel Yearwood - In the Heights - The Fulton Theatre 5%

Best Actor in a Play
Ed Fernandez - King Lear - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 22%
Jeff Gilbert - Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 12%
Jeremy Slagle - Peter and the Starcatcher - Allenberry Playhouse 6%

Best Actor Under 25
Austin Nedrow - James and Giant Peach - The Fulton Theatre 20%
Nik Olson - Next to Normal - Susquehanna Stage Company 12%
Jordan Eck - Footloose - Reading Civic Theater 6%

Best Actress in a Musical
Lexi Rabadi - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 23%
Madeleine Kunkowski - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Belmont theatre 12%
Maxwell Porterfield - M. Fair Lady - Dutch Apple 7%

Best Actress in a Play
Theresa Walker - Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 24%
Susan Kresge - Doubt - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 15%
Marisa Hoover - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf - The Belmont 10%

Best Actress Under 25
Katie Latta - Lion King Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 18%
Tori Ann Heckert - Hairspray - Weary Arts 9%
Maya Burdick - Lion King, Jr. - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 8%

Best Choreographer
Pat Kautter - 'Hair' - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 29%
Donna Lynch - Hairspray - Weary Arts group 17%
Marc Robin - Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 16%

Best Costume Design
Ryan Moller - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 46%
Kate Willman - Lion King, Jr. - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 18%
Jacquee Johnson - Little Shop Of Horrors - Susquehanna Stage Company 14%

Best Director for a Musical
Dean Sobon - M. Fair Lady - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 18%
Ed Fernandez - Hairspray - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 11%
Marc Robin - Disney's Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 10%

Best Director for a Play
Kate Galvin - 4,000 Days - The Fulton Theatre 26%
Edward R Fernandez - The Cripple Of Inishmaan - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 14%
Jack Hartman - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Belmont Theatre 10%

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Hair - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 19%
A Chorus Line - Susquehanna Stage Co 10%
Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 10%

Best Ensemble Performance in a play
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 47%
Peter and the Starcatcher - Keystone Theatrics 34%
Around The World In 80 Days - Servant Stage Co 19%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Jordan Ross Weinhold - Hairspray - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 56%
Jeff Gilbert - Jekyll and Hyde - The Belmont 24%
Jeremy Slagle - Shrek the Musical - Keystone Theatrics 12%

Best Featured Actor in A Play
Jordan Ross Weinhold - Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theater 49%
Jeremy Slagle - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? - The Belmont Theater 23%
Preston Schreffler - The Cripple of Inishmaan - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 18%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Patrice Covington - Little Shop Of Horrors - The Fulton Theatre 35%
Adelaide Achterberg - Sister Act - The Belmont theater 12%
Nicole Dziurzynski - Hairspray - Weary Arts Group 10%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Sherry Konjura - 'Shear Madness' - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 68%
Lynn Demers-Hunt - Crimes of the Heart - Susquehanna Stage Co. 32%

Best Lighting Design
Jesse Klug - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 37%
Judi Miller - Jekyll and Hyde - The Belmont Theatre 16%
Jeff Cuasno - Lion King, Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 9%

Best Musical
Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 25%
Hairspray - Ephrata Peforming Arts Center 13%
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 12%

Best Musical Direction
Sharon Boyer - A Chorus LIne - Susquehanna stage company 22%
Jon LeFever - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 14%
Cheryl Markle - Oliver - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 12%

Best Play
Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 32%
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 12%
Peter and Starcatcher - Allenberry Playhouse 12%

Best Set Design
Tom Ryan - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 42%
Rene Staub - Les Miserables -School Edition - The Belmont Theatre 15%
Scott Mackison - Next to Normal - Susquehanna Stage Company 10%

Best Sound Design
Brandon Miller - Les Miserable - The Belmont Theatre 29%
Jacob Mishler - Annie Get Your Gun - The Fulton Theatre 15%
Albert Garcia - Lion King, Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 15%

Best Touring Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Hershey Theatre 48%
The Book of Mormon - Hershey Theatre 34%
Annie - Hershey Theater 18%

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