Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Leads Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Louisville 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.

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 Louisville:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
Neill Roberston - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 23%
Mitch Donahue - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 17%
Brian Bowles - Beauty & the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 14%

Best Actor in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Bobby Conte - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 36%
Billy Harrigan Tighe - Finding Neverland - Broadway in Louisville 28%
Kayla Ryan Walsh - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Alec Eldorado - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 15%
Shayne Brakefield - Mothers & Sons - Pandora Productions 13%
Jason Cooper - The Nance - Pandora Productions 11%

Best Actor in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Neill Robertson - Dracula - Actors Theatre of Louisville 32%
J.R. Stuart - Run for Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 15%
Cary Wiger - Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Stevie Griffin - Footloose - New Albany Riverstage 22%
Shelby Brown - Heathers the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 14%
Kate Welsh - Beauty and the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage- River Pops 11%

Best Actress in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Khadijah Rolle - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 28%
Sara King - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 19%
Tina Jo Wallace - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Leila Toba - Elemeno Pea - Mind's Eye Theatre 13%
Heidi Platt - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actor's Company 12%
Katherine Martin - Coyote Ugly - Alley Theater 8%

Best Actress in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Abigail Maupin - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 25%
Tina Jo Wallace - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 20%
Therese Barbato - Angels in America - Actors Theatre of Louisville 18%

Best Choreographer
Megan Bliss - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 27%
Maggie Patten - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 17%
Eliza Donahue - Rocky Horror Picture Show - Indiana University Southeast 16%

Best Costume Design
Vicki Hays - M. Fair Lady - Floyd Central high School 26%
Sharon Murray Harrah - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%
Whitten Montgomery - Heathers the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 13%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Chris Bundy - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 29%
Michael J. Drury - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 23%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 16%

Best Director/Musical (professional/national/touring)
Lee Buckholz - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 31%
Jerry Mitchell - Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 28%
Lee Buckholz - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%

Best Director/Play (local)
Ashley Wallace - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 12%
Michael J. Drury - The Nance - Pandora Productions 11%
Jason Cooper - Sordid Lives - Pandora Productions 9%

Best Director/Play (professional/national/touring)
Matt Wallace - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 33%
Merdith McDonough - Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika - Actors Theatre of Louisville 23%
Bekki Jo Schneider - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%

Best Ensemble Cast (Local)
Big River - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 14%
Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 10%
The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Lighting Design
Alexa Holloway - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 22%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - RiverPops 19%
Jesse Alford - Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 14%

Best Music Director
Angela Hampton - M. Fair Lady - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 21%
Gayle King - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 13%
Hannegan Roseberry - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 13%

Best Musical (local)
Bonnie and Clyde - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 20%
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 16%
Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 14%

Best Musical (professional/national/touring)
Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 25%
The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 22%
Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%

Best Musical by A Regional Company (outisde 15 mile radius)
Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 58%
Mary Poppins - The Theatre Downstream 42%

Best Play (local)
The Nance - Pandora Productions 15%
Alice in Wonderland - Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company 13%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actors Company 10%

Best Play (professional/national/touring)
Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 32%
Angels in America - Actors Theatre of Company 31%
Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 31%

Best Play by a Regional Company (outside 15 mile radius)
The Miracle Worker - The Theatre Downstream 37%
Wit - Shelby County Community Theatre 25%
Pride and Prejudice - Haywood Theatre 19%

Best Scenic Design
Patrick Jump - Bonnie & Clyde - Floyd Central High School 33%
Larry Chaney - Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 11%
Karl Anderson - Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 11%

Best Sound Design
David Nelson - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 28%
Laura Ellis - Nuch Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 13%
Brian Schaffner - Alice in Wonderland - Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company 10%

Best Student Musical
Beauty and the beast - New Albany Theatre Arts 23%
Bonnie and Clyde - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 14%
Fiddler on the Roof - Kentucky Country Day 12%

Best Student Play
John Lennon and Me - New Albany HS 22%
Elephant Man - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 21%
The Crucible - Kentucky Country Day 19%

Best Youth (under 18) performance)
Katie West - Beauty and the Beast - New Albany HS 15%
Jake Latts - Fiddler on the Roof - Kentucky Country Day 9%
Stevie Griffin - Footloose - New Albany River Stage 8%

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