Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; TREVOR Leads for Best Musical!

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 33%
Miguel Cervantes - Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 14%
Rob Lindley - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theater 12%

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Brett Baleski - Disney's Beauty and The Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 11%
Chase Heinemann - A New Brain - Theo Ubique 9%
Chuckie Benson - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 9%

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Equity)
Anand Bhatt - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 16%
Daniel Abeles - A View from the Bridge - Goodman Theatre 16%
Gabe Ruiz - Native Gardens - Victory Gardens 12%

Best Actor in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Scot Savage - The Odd Couple - Elgin Theatre Company 21%
Patrick Rybarczyk - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 12%
Vincent Kracht - The Nance - Pride Film and Plays 11%

Best Actor in a Touring Production
Adam Jacobs - Aladdin - Broadway in Chicago 24%
Adam Pascal - Something Rotten! - Broadway in Chicago 21%
Euan Morton - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Broadway in Chicago 19%

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Salisha Thomas - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 22%
Karen Olivo - Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 14%
Stella Hoyt and Sage Elliott Harper - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theatre 9%

Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Sydney Charles - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 10%
Honey West - Priscilla:Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 10%
Dixie Lynn Cartwright - Barney The Elf - Other Theatre Company 8%

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Equity)
Angela Ingersoll - End of the Rainbow - Porchlight Music Theatre 18%
Priya Mohanty - Queen - Victory Gardens 14%
Caroline Neff - Uncle Vanya - Goodman Theatre 11%

Best Actress in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Emily Feldman - Our Town - Big Deal Productions 17%
Echaka Agba - At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre 11%
Melissa Young - The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 10%

Best Actress in a Touring Production
Kate Shindle - Fun Home - Broadway in Chicago 33%
Laura Michelle Kelly - The King and I - Broadway in Chicago 18%
Hannah Corneau - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Broadway In Chicago 15%

Best Choreography (Resident Equity)
Josh Prince - Trevor The Musical - Writers Theatre 36%
Brenda Didier - In the Heights - Porchlight Music Theatre 15%
Jennifer Cupani - Rent - Metropolis 10%

Best Choreography (Resident Non-Equity)
Breon Arzel - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 12%
Jon Martinez - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 9%
Kara Posmer - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 8%

Best Costume Design (Resident Equity)
Mara Blumenfeld - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 25%
Theresa Ham - Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 15%
Melissa Ng - Fun Home - Victory Gardens 13%

Best Costume Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Martha Shuford - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 9%
John Nasca - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! - Pride Films and Plays 9%
Marcy Angsurat - Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 9%

Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Marc Bruni - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 26%
Gary Griffin - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theatre 18%
Ron Kellum - Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 14%

Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Madeline Franklin - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 11%
Lili-Anne Brown - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions 10%
David Zak and Derek Van Barham - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 8%

Best Direction of a Play (Resident Equity)
Lavina Jadhwani & Nick Sandys - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 15%
Danya Taymor - PassOver - Steppenwolf Theatre 15%
Evan Cabnet - Gloria - Goodman Theatre 11%

Best Direction of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Madeline Franklin - The Odd Couple - Elgin Theater Company 12%
Catherine Davis - Mousetrap - Big Noise Theatre 9%
Spenser Davis - At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre 9%

Best Ensemble (Resident)
Hamilton - CIBC Theatre 27%
The Nance - Pride Films and Plays 9%
At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre 8%

Best Ensemble of a Musical (Resident Equity)
Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 33%
Fun Home - Victory Gardens 18%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Paramount Theater 14%

Best Ensemble of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity)
Ragtime - Griffin Theater 12%
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theatre Company 10%
Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 9%

Best Lighting Design (Resident Equity)
Paul Whitaker - Fun House - Victory Gardens 21%
Marcus Doshi - PassOver - Steppenwolf 12%
Nick Belley - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 12%

Best Lighting Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Cat Wilson - Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 15%
Charles Blunt - The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Red Theater 9%
Marissa Geocaris - Mousetrap - Big Noise Theatre 8%

Best Musical Direction (Resident Equity)
Matt Deitchman - Trevor the Musical - Writers Theatre 32%
Doug Peck - Fun Home - Victory Gardens Theatre 26%
Kenneth James McMullen - Into The Woods - Metropolis 10%

Best Musical Direction (Resident Non-Equity)
Jessi Hersman - Les Miserables - Big Deal Productions 11%
Christie Chiles Twillie - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 9%
Jimmy Morehead - The Wiz - Kokandy 7%

Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident)
Trevor the Musical - Writers Theater 43%
Pass Over - Steppenwolf 13%
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 27%
Mary Poppins - Mercury Theater Chicago 22%

Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-Equity)
Ragtime - Griffin Theater 21%
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays 18%
Brigadoon - CenterStage in Lake Forest 12%

Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
The Odd Couple - Elgin Theatre Company 24%
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - St Sebastian Players 11%
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Red Theater 10%

Best Revue (Resident)
Marry Me a LIttle - Porchlight Music Theatre 60%
Positively Present: An Uplifting Cabaret - Brown Paper Box Company 23%
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night - Theo Ubique 17%

Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity)
Jeff Kimec - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 30%
Takwshi Kata - Gloria - Goodman 20%
Yeaji Kim - Great Expectations - Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising 18%

Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Arnel Sancianco - The Wiz - Kokandy 11%
Ben Lipinski - Big Fish - Big Noise Theatre 9%
Brett Baleskie - Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 8%

Best Sound Design (Resident Equity)
Ray Nardelli - Fun Home - Victory Gardens 25%
Carl Wahlstrom - Hair - Mercury Theater Chicago 14%
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 19%
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 19%
The Pink Show - Uptown Underground 14%

Best Theater Production for Young Audiences
The Crucible - Steppenwolf 27%
Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Fremont Street Theater Company 26%
Pride Ever After - Pride Films and Plays 12%

Best Touring Production
Aladdin - Broadway in Chicago 30%
Fun Home - Broadway in Chicago 19%
Something Rotten! - Broadway in Chicago 14%

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