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By: Dec. 13, 2014
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Voting has opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2013 and September 2014. 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.

Voting is now underway for Chicago! 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 Chicago:

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
David Girolmo - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 33%
Matthew Brumlow - Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 23%
Larry Adams - 42nd Street - Paramount Theatre 20%
Michael Aaron Lindner - Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 15%
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Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non­Equity)
Taylor Okey - Big Fish - Jedlicka Performing Arts Center 27%
David Geinosky - Cabaret - BrightSide Theatre 26%
Billy Dawson - A New Brain - Brown Paper Box Co. 20%
Deric Gochenauer - She Loves Me - Williams Street Repertory 13%
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Best Actor in a Play (Resident Equity)
Mike Nussbaum - Smokefall - Goodman Theatre 34%
Larry Yando - King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 28%
Patrick Andrews - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 17%
David Cromer - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 13%
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Best Actor in a Play (Resident Non-­Equity)
Geoff Button - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 26%
Mark Mahallak - Barefoot in the Park - Williams Street Repertory 22%
Patrick Whalen - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 18%
Mike Tepeli - Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 15%
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Best Actor in a Touring Production
Josh Young - Amazing Grace - Bank of America Theatre 26%
Michael Urie - Buyer and Cellar - Broadway Playhouse 25%
David Sajewich - Evil Dead - Broadway Playhouse 22%
Michael Esper - The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 14%
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Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Rebecca Finnegan - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 26%
Heidi Kettenring - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 24%
Jennie Sophia - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 22%
Lauren Villegas - Cats - Paramount Theatre 15%
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Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non­Equity)
Amanda Horvath - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 35%
Callie Johnson - Carrie - Bailiwick Chicago 27%
Danni Smith - Passion - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 15%
Sydney Charles - Dessa Rose - Bailiwick Chicago 14%
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Best Actress in a Play (Resident Equity)
Mary Beth Fisher - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 31%
Kate Fry - Hedda Gabler - Writers Theatre 27%
Lindsey Page Morton - Lost in Yonkers - Northlight Theatre 17%
Brenda Barrie - The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company 14%
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Best Actress in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Julie Stevens - Alone Together - Big Noise Theatre Company 27%
Amanda Drinkall - Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 26%
Erin Barlow - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 23%
Nora Lise Ulrey - The Children's Hour - Pride Films and Plays 14%
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Best Actress in a Touring Production
Allison Semmes - Motown - Oriental Theatre 32%
Erin Mackey - Amazing Grace - Bank of America Theatre 21%
Rachel Tucker - The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 17%
Julie Baird - Evil Dead - Broadway Playhouse 15%
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Best Choreography (Resident Equity)
Rachel Rockwell - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 30%
Brenda Didier - How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 22%
Katie Spellman - Rent - Paramount Theatre 19%
Tommy Rapley - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 15%
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Best Choreography (Resident Non-­Equity)
Brenda Didier - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 27%
Zachary L. Gray - Legally Blonde - Big Noise Theatre Company 23%
Dina DiCostanzo - Crazy for You - Fremont Street Theater Company 20%
Annie Jo Ermel - Shrek - Big Deal Productions 18%
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Best Costume Design (Resident Equity)
Mara Blumenfeld - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 27%
Nancy Missimi - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 25%
Mariann S. Verheyen - Henry V - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 19%
Bill Morey - How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 17%
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Best Costume Design (Resident Non-­Equity)
Alison Siple - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 26%
Patty Halajian & Jean Rebeka - Crazy for You - Fremont Street Theater Company 23%
Beth Laske-Miller - Coraline - Black Button Eyes Productions 21%
Theresa Ham - Amadeus - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble 17%
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Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
L. Walter Stearns - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 29%
Jim Corti - Rent - Paramount Theatre 19%
Brenda Didier - Ain't Misbehavin' - Porchlight Music Theatre 18%
Gary Griffin - Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 18%
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Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Stacey Flaster - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 28%
Scott Weinstein - Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 28%
Brenda Didier - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 22%
Derek Van Barham - Songs from an Unmade Bed - Pride Films and Plays 12%
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Best Direction of a Play (Resident Equity)
Nick Bowling - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 30%
Barbara Gaines - King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 24%
Robert Falls - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 17%
Erica Weiss - The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company 15%
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Best Direction of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Sean Graney - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 34%
Catherine Davis - Alone Together - Big Noise Theatre Company 25%
Jason Gerace - Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 19%
David Zak & Derek Van Barham - Some Men - Pride Films and Plays 15%
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Best Ensemble (Resident)
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 34%
Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 18%
Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 17%
Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 17%
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Best Lighting Design (Resident Equity)
Greg Hofmann - Les Miserables - Drury Lane Productions 32%
Nick Belley & Jess Goings - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 32%
Philip S. Rosenberg - Henry V - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 16%
Brian Sidney Bembridge - Cicada - Route 66 Theatre Company 11%
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Best Lighting Design (Resident Non-­Equity)
Chazz Mallott - Coraline - Black Button Eyes Productions 25%
Nick Belley & Garvin Jellison - Good Boys and True - Raven Theater 23%
Diane D. Fairchild - A Tale of Two Cities - Lifeline Theatre 20%
Cat Wilson - A New Brain - Brown Paper Box Co 17%
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Best Musical Direction (Resident Equity)
Eugene Dizon - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 27%
Doug Peck - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 26%
Michael Mahler - Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 18%
Malcolm Ruhl - Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 16%
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Best Musical Direction (Resident Non-Equity)
Robert Deason - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 29%
Aaron Benham - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 29%
Roger L. Bingaman - Fiddler on the Roof - Light Opera Works 21%
Robert Ollis - Songs from an Unmade Bed - Pride Films and Plays 12%
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Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident)
Sean Graney - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 36%
Ronald Keaton - Churchill - Greenhouse Theater Center 20%
Ike Holter - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 18%
Laura Eason & Alan Schmuckler - Days Like Today - Writers Theatre 14%
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Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Equity)
Avenue Q - Mercury Theatre Chicago 31%
Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 30%
Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 14%
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 14%
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Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-­Equity)
Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 30%
Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 26%
The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 23%
Dessa Rose - Bailiwick Chicago 12%
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Best Revival of a Play (Resident Equity)
The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre 37%
King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 26%
Hedda Gabler - Writers Theatre 14%
The Seafarer - Seanachai Theatre Company 14%
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Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
All My Sons - Raven Theatre 43%
Some Men - Pride Films and Plays 20%
The Mother - Oracle Productions 16%
Look Back in Anger - Redtwist Theatre 12%
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Best Revue (Resident)
Ain't Misbehavin' - Porchlight Music Theatre 38%
A Musical Tribute to the Andrews Sisters - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 28%
Depraved New World - The Second City 14%
Apes of Wrath - The Second City, e.t.c. 10%
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Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity)
Alan Donahue - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 28%
Todd Rosenthal - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 22%
Jeffrey D. Kmiec - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theater 20%
Kevin Depinet - Cats - Paramount theater 19%
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Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity)
David Geinosky - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 36%
Adam Veness - Fiddler on the Roof - Light Opera Works 19%
Andrei Onegin, Kristein Abhalter, & Zhanna Albertini - The Playboy of the Western World - Raven Theatre 17%
Joanna Iwanicka - Monstrous Regiment - Lifeline Theatre 17%
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Best Sound Design (Resident Equity)
Lindsay Jones - Grounded - American Blues Theater 27%
Kevin O'Donnell - Dorian - The House Theatre of Chicago 23%
Christopher Kriz - Cicada - Route 66 Theatre Company 17%
Christopher Kriz - The Gravedigger - First Folio Theatre 17%
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Best Sound Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Christopher Kriz - Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 43%
Thomas Dixon - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 19%
Christopher Kriz - Jane Eyre - Lifeline Theatre 16%
Andrew Hansen - A Tale of Two Cities - Lifeline Theatre 12%
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Best Special Theatrical Event
The Sound of Music - Lyric Opera of Chicago 50%
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks) - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 23%
Summer Concert in Millennium Park - Broadway in Chicago 13%
Proud at Mary's - Brown Paper Box Co. 8%
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Best Theater Production for Young Audiences
Seussical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 40%
Charlotte's Web - Emerald City Theatre 19%
School House Rock Live! - Marriott Theatre 16%
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites - Chicago Children's Theater 13%
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Best Touring Production
Motown - Oriental Theatre 34%
The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 21%
The Phantom of the Opera - Cadillac Palace Theatre 17%
Tristan and Yseult - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 16%
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