Final Two Weeks of Voting for the BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards - Karen Sieber Leads!

Voting has opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Columbus 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 Columbus! 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 Columbus:

Best Choreography (Local)
Karen Sieber - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 23%
Kati Serbu - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 16%
Sage Moreno - Hair - Imagine Productions 9%
Dionysia Williams - Wizard of Oz - Columbus Children's Theatre 7%
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Best Costume Design (Local)
Jackie Farbeann - La Cage Aux Folles - Imagine Productions 27%
Sarah Frady - Rent - Imagine Productions 25%
Edward Carignan - The Who's Tommy - Short North Stage 17%
Betsy Gerhart - Shrek: The Musical - MTVarts 16%
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Best Direction of a Musical (Local)
Adam Karsten - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 22%
Jonathan Collura - Rent - Imagine Productions 17%
Chris Gallaugher - The Music Man - Pickerington Community Theatre 9%
Patrick McGregor II - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 7%
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Best Direction of a Play (Local)
Kevin Connell - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 45%
Alan Bomar Jones - A Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 9%
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 8%
April Olt - Other Desert Cities - Gallery Players 6%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
Josh Meredith - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 14%
Jordan Donica - Les Miserables - Otterbein University Theatre 13%
John Schlabach - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 8%
Josh Meredith - Cabaret - Weathervane Playhouse 8%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local)
Mark Mann - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 42%
David Glover - How We Got On - Available Light Theatre 21%
Harold Yarborough - Driving Miss Daisy - Columbus Civic Theater 10%
Drew Eberly - Cock - Available Light Theatre 6%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Jenna Lee Shively - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 12%
Katherine Riddle - Oklahoma! - Weathervane Playhouse 11%
Bailey Maholm - Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 8%
Olivia Weiss - Freckleface Strawberry The Musical - Columbus Children's Theatre 8%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Kate Lingnofski - Cymbeline - Available Light Theatre 22%
Wilma Hatton - Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 16%
Christina Kirk - Claudel - Contemporary Dance Theatre 12%
Justine Apiah Danquah - A Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 11%
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Best Lighting Design (Local)
Jennifer Sansfacon - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 45%
Curtis Brown - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 18%
Jordan Fehr - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 11%
Sam Stoker - Hairspray - Worthington Community Theatre 9%
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Best Local Playwright
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 43%
Kristofer Green - Big Voice: The Ethel Merman Experience - Warehouse Theatre 41%
Matt Slaybaugh - Leaving the Atocha Station - Available Light Theatre 16%
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Best Musical (Local)
Les Miserable - Weathervane Playhouse 23%
bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 16%
Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 8%
Murder Ballad - Short North Stage 5%
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Best Musical Director
Lori Kay Harvey - Les Miserables - Otterbein University 22%
Zac DelMonte - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 17%
Valerie Accetta - Oklahoma! - Weathervane 14%
Jonathan Collura - Spamalot - Little Theatre off Broadway 9%
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Best Original Play (Local)
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 37%
Jacob Juntunen - Joan's Laughter - Shots in the Dark ITC 32%
Mark Snyder - Trigger/Guru - Available Light Theatre 18%
Matt Slaybaugh - Leaving the Atocha Station - Available Light Theatre 13%
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Best Scenic Design (Local)
Rebecca Wolf - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 45%
MK Hughes - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 29%
Kat Wexler - Spamalot - LIttle Theater Off Broadway 9%
Michael S. Brewer - A Christmas Carol - Catco is Theatre 8%
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Best Sound Design (Local)
Josh Tobin - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 36%
PJ Peters - Les Miserables - Otterbein University 26%
Megan Deets Culley - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 18%
Gar Phillips - Black Widow - LIttle Theater Off Broadway 6%
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Best Touring Musical
The Book of Mormon - Ohio Theatre 46%
Phantom of the Opera - Ohio Theatre 33%
Addams Family - Ohio Theatre 8%
Blue Man Group - Ohio Theatre 5%
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Best Young Actor Under Age 18
Daniel Wolfe - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 39%
Kyle Swearingen - Bridge to Terabithia - Shots in the Dark ITC 20%
Hunter Minor - Flat Stanley - Columbus Children's Theatre 14%
Keegan Sells - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Roundtown Players 14%
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Best Young Actress Under Age 18
Olivia Weiss - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 28%
Mary Kate Gebhart - Alice in Wonderland - Wagnalls Community Theatre 15%
Hayley Dougherty - Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 12%
Emma Lou Andrews - Into the Woods - Columbus Children's Theatre 10%
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Person to Watch (Local)
Olivia Weiss 13%
Ricky Locci 12%
David Glover 10%
Mary Kate Gebhart 10%
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Theater of the Year
Weathervane Playhouse 24%
Columbus Children's Theatre 17%
Otterbein Theatre 16%
Imagine Productions 10%
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