Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Central Pennsylvania 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 12%
John Tedeschi - Fun Home - Millbrook Playhouse 7%
Matthew Farcher - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 6%

Best Actor in a Play
Ed Fernandez - King Lear - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 19%
Jeff Gilbert - Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 14%
Michael Iannucci - Veronica's Room - The Fulton Theatre 8%

Best Actor Under 25
Austin Nedrow - James and Giant Peach - The Fulton Theatre 18%
Nik Olson - Next to Normal - Susquehanna Stage Company 13%
Jordan Eck - Footloose - Reading Civic Theater 7%

Best Actress in a Musical
Lexi Rabadi - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 20%
Madeleine Kunkowski - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Belmont theatre 16%
Angela DeAngelo - Happy Elf - Reading Civic Theatre 7%

Best Actress in a Play
Theresa Walker - Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 21%
Marisa Hoover - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf - The Belmont 13%
Jane Ridley - 4000 Days - The Fulton Theatre 13%

Best Actress Under 25
Katie Latta - Lion King Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 15%
Payton Lutz - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Belmont Theatre 11%
Maya Burdick - Lion King, Jr. - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 9%

Best Choreographer
Pat Kautter - 'Hair' - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 23%
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 44%
Kate Willman - Lion King, Jr. - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 18%
Jacquee Johnson - Little Shop Of Horrors - Susquehanna Stage Company 15%

Best Director for a Musical
Dean Sobon - M. Fair Lady - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 18%
Rene Staub - Les Miserables- School Edition - The Belmont Theatre 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 25%
Edward R Fernandez - The Cripple Of Inishmaan - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 14%
Jack Hartman - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Belmont Theatre 12%

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Hair - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 16%
Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 9%
A Chorus Line - Susquehanna Stage Co 9%

Best Ensemble Performance in a play
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 45%
Peter and the Starcatcher - Keystone Theatrics 36%
Around The World In 80 Days - Servant Stage Co 19%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Jordan Ross Weinhold - Hairspray - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 47%
Jeff Gilbert - Jekyll and Hyde - The Belmont 32%
Jeremy Slagle - Shrek the Musical - Keystone Theatrics 12%

Best Featured Actor in A Play
Jordan Ross Weinhold - Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theater 37%
Jeremy Slagle - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? - The Belmont Theater 30%
Preston Schreffler - The Cripple of Inishmaan - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 21%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Patrice Covington - Little Shop Of Horrors - The Fulton Theatre 30%
Adelaide Achterberg - Sister Act - The Belmont theater 17%
Meghan O'Neill - Heathers; The Musical - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 10%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Sherry Konjura - 'Shear Madness' - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 66%
Lynn Demers-Hunt - Crimes of the Heart - Susquehanna Stage Co. 34%

Best Lighting Design
Jesse Klug - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 32%
Judi Miller - Jekyll and Hyde - The Belmont Theatre 16%
Jeff Cuasno - Lion King, Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 10%

Best Musical
Disney's Newsies - The Fulton Theatre 24%
Jekyll and Hyde - The Belmont Theatre 14%
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 11%

Best Musical Direction
Sharon Boyer - A Chorus LIne - Susquehanna stage company 18%
Jon LeFever - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 14%
Matthew Schriver - Hairspray - Weary Arts Group 10%

Best Play
Shear Madness - Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 25%
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf - The Belmont Theatre 15%
Peter and Starcatcher - Allenberry Playhouse 11%

Best Set Design
Tom Ryan - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Fulton Theatre 40%
Rene Staub - Les Miserables -School Edition - The Belmont Theatre 16%
Nikki Heck - Little Mermaid - Lebanon Community Theater 11%

Best Sound Design
Brandon Miller - Les Miserable - The Belmont Theatre 26%
Albert Garcia - Lion King, Jr - Ephrata Performing Arts Center 18%
Jacob Mishler - Annie Get Your Gun - The Fulton Theatre 16%

Best Touring Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Hershey Theatre 40%
The Book of Mormon - Hershey Theatre 38%
Annie - Hershey Theater 22%

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