Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; Just One Week Left!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago 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 Chicago:

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Eli Tokash - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 30%
Miguel Cervantes - Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 14%
Rob Lindley - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theater 11%

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Brett Baleski - Disney's Beauty and The Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 19%
Dave Lemrise - Brigadoon - Center Stage 9%
Chuckie Benson - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 7%

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Equity)
Daniel Abeles - A View from the Bridge - Goodman Theatre 17%
Anand Bhatt - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 14%
Gabe Ruiz - Native Gardens - Victory Gardens 11%

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Scot Savage - The Odd Couple - Elgin Theatre Company 29%
Vincent Kracht - The Nance - Pride Film and Plays 18%
Patrick Rybarczyk - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 10%

Best Actor in a Touring Production
Adam Jacobs - Aladdin - Broadway in Chicago 23%
Adam Pascal - Something Rotten! - Broadway in Chicago 21%
Euan Morton - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Broadway in Chicago 18%

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Salisha Thomas - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 20%
Karen Olivo - Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 14%
Ari Afsar - Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 9%

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Honey West - Priscilla:Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 14%
Annie Jo Ermel - Sweet Charity - Up and Coming Theatre 11%
Amanda Walsh - Disney's Beauty and The Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 9%

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Equity)
Angela Ingersoll - End of the Rainbow - Porchlight Music Theatre 17%
Priya Mohanty - Queen - Victory Gardens 13%
Caroline Neff - Uncle Vanya - Goodman Theatre 11%

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Emily Feldman - Our Town - Big Deal Productions 14%
Steph Vondell - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 10%
Melissa Young - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 9%

Best Actress in a Touring Production
Kate Shindle - Fun Home - Broadway in Chicago 32%
Laura Michelle Kelly - The King and I - Broadway in Chicago 19%
Hannah Corneau - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Broadway In Chicago 15%

Best Choreography (Resident Equity)
Josh Prince - Trevor The Musical - Writers Theatre 33%
Brenda Didier - In the Heights - Porchlight Music Theatre 15%
Jennifer Cupani - Rent - Metropolis 12%

Best Choreography (Resident Non-Equity)
Breon Arzel - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 12%
Kara Posmer - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 11%
Jon Martinez - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 10%

Best Costume Design (Resident Equity)
Mara Blumenfeld - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 23%
Theresa Ham - Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 14%
Melissa Ng - Fun Home - Victory Gardens 13%

Best Costume Design (Resident Non-Equity)
John Nasca - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! - Pride Films and Plays 20%
Martha Shuford - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 11%
Marcy Angsurat - Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 10%

Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Marc Bruni - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 25%
Gary Griffin - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theatre 18%
Ron Kellum - Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 13%

Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Madeline Franklin - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 14%
Lili-Anne Brown - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 10%
David Zak and Derek Van Barham - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 9%

Best Direction of a Play (Resident Equity)
Danya Taymor - PassOver - Steppenwolf Theatre 15%
Lavina Jadhwani & Nick Sandys - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 14%
Evan Cabnet - Gloria - Goodman Theatre 12%

Best Direction of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
John Nasca - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 23%
Madeline Franklin - The Odd Couple - Elgin Theater Company 18%
Catherine Davis - Mousetrap - Big Noise Theatre 8%

Best Ensemble (Resident)
The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 20%
At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre 9%
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes - Hell in a Handbag Productions 7%

Best Ensemble of a Musical (Resident Equity)
Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 27%
Fun Home - Victory Gardens 15%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 11%

Best Ensemble of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 16%
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theatre Company 13%
Ragtime - Griffin Theater 11%

Best Lighting Design (Resident Equity)
Paul Whitaker - Fun House - Victory Gardens 20%
Nick Belley - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 13%
Marcus Doshi - PassOver - Steppenwolf 11%

Best Lighting Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Cat Wilson - Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 15%
Marissa Geocaris - Mousetrap - Big Noise Theatre 10%
Charles Blunt - The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Red Theater 7%

Best Musical Direction (Resident Equity)
Matt Deitchman - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 30%
Doug Peck - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theatre 25%
Kenneth James McMullen - Into The Woods - Metropolis 12%

Best Musical Direction (Resident Non-Equity)
Robert Ollis - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 11%
Christie Chiles Twillie - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 10%
Jessi Hersman - Les Miserables - School Edition - Big Deal Productions 10%

Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident)
Trevor the Musical - Writers Theater 41%
Pass Over - Steppenwolf 14%
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes - Hell in a Handbag Productions 7%

Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Equity)
Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount 40%
Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 28%
Mary Poppins - Mercury Theater Chicago 21%

Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity)
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 24%
Ragtime - Griffin Theater 19%
Brigadoon - CenterStage in Lake Forest 12%

Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
The Odd Couple - Elgin Theatre Company 32%
The History Boys - Eclectic 13%
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - St Sebastian Players 9%

Best Revue (Resident)
Marry Me a LIttle - Porchlight Music Theatre 59%
Positively Present: An Uplifting Cabaret - Brown Paper Box Company 23%
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night - Theo Ubique 18%

Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity)
Jeff Kimec - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 31%
Takwshi Kata - Gloria - Goodman 22%
Yeaji Kim - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 17%

Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Brett Baleskie - Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 12%
Ben Lipinski - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 10%
Arnel Sancianco - The Wiz - Kokandy 9%

Best Sound Design (Resident Equity)
Ray Nardelli - Fun Home - Victory Gardens 24%
Carl Wahlstrom - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 15%
Robert E. Gilmartin - Honeymoon In Vegas - The Marriott Theatre 11%

Best Sound Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Diane French-Tumblin - Disney's Beauty and The Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 23%
Michael J Patrick - Bonnie & Clyde - Kokandy Productions 15%
Tom French - The Producers - Wheaton Drama 10%

Best Special Theatrical Event
Angels in America (Staged Reading) - A Red Orchid Theatre 36%
Side By Side By Sondheim - Four Star Arts 21%
The Pink Show - Uptown Underground 14%

Best Theater Production for Young Audiences
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 28%
The Crucible - Steppenwolf 25%
Pride Ever After - Pride Films and Plays 12%

Best Touring Production
Aladdin - Broadway in Chicago 30%
Fun Home - Broadway in Chicago 18%
Something Rotten! - Broadway in Chicago 15%

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