Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards; TheatreWorks' BIG RIVER Leads as Best Ensemble!

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 20%
Mitch Donahue - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 19%
Brian Bowles - Beauty & the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 16%

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 30%
Kayla Ryan Walsh - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Alec Eldorado - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 18%
Jason Cooper - The Nance - Pandora Productions 12%
Andy Szuran - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actors Company 10%

Best Actor in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Neill Robertson - Dracula - Actors Theatre of Louisville 30%
J.R. Stuart - Run for Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%
Cary Wiger - Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Stevie Griffin - Footloose - New Albany Riverstage 25%
Kate Welsh - Beauty and the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage- River Pops 12%
Marina Hart - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Indiana University Southeast 12%

Best Actress in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Khadijah Rolle - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 32%
Sara King - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 20%
Tina Jo Wallace - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Heidi Platt - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actor's Company 14%
Leila Toba - Elemeno Pea - Mind's Eye Theatre 14%
Katherine Martin - Coyote Ugly - Alley Theater 9%

Best Actress in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Abigail Maupin - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 26%
Tina Jo Wallace - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%
Rita Thomas - A Murder is Announced - Derby Dinner Playhouse 18%

Best Choreographer
Megan Bliss - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 29%
Eliza Donahue - Rocky Horror Picture Show - Indiana University Southeast 17%
Maggie Patten - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 15%

Best Costume Design
Vicki Hays - M. Fair Lady - Floyd Central high School 29%
Sharon Murray Harrah - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%
Whitten Montgomery - Heathers the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 12%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Chris Bundy - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 32%
Michael J. Drury - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 19%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 16%

Best Director/Musical (professional/national/touring)
Lee Buckholz - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 32%
Jerry Mitchell - Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 26%
Lee Buckholz - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 22%

Best Director/Play (local)
Ashley Wallace - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 13%
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 34%
Bekki Jo Schneider - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 22%
Merdith McDonough - Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika - Actors Theatre of Louisville 21%

Best Ensemble Cast (Local)
Big River - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 16%
The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 11%
Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 9%

Best Lighting Design
Alexa Holloway - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 22%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - RiverPops 21%
Jesse Alford - Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 12%

Best Music Director
Angela Hampton - M. Fair Lady - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 23%
Hannegan Roseberry - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 15%
Gayle King - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 12%

Best Musical (local)
Bonnie and Clyde - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 22%
Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 15%
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 13%

Best Musical (professional/national/touring)
Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 25%
The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%
Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 18%

Best Musical by A Regional Company (outisde 15 mile radius)
Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 57%
Mary Poppins - The Theatre Downstream 43%

Best Play (local)
The Nance - Pandora Productions 13%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actors Company 11%
Alice in Wonderland - Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company 11%

Best Play (professional/national/touring)
Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 33%
Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 32%
Angels in America - Actors Theatre of Company 29%

Best Play by a Regional Company (outside 15 mile radius)
The Miracle Worker - The Theatre Downstream 39%
Wit - Shelby County Community Theatre 24%
The Odd Couple - Haywood Theatre 19%

Best Scenic Design
Patrick Jump - Bonnie & Clyde - Floyd Central High School 35%
Larry Chaney - Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 11%
Paul Owen - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 9%

Best Sound Design
David Nelson - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 29%
Laura Ellis - Nuch Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 14%
Jason Weber - Titus Andronicus - Kentucky Shakespeare 10%

Best Student Musical
Beauty and the beast - New Albany Theatre Arts 22%
Bonnie and Clyde - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 15%
Fiddler on the Roof - Kentucky Country Day 11%

Best Student Play
Elephant Man - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 23%
John Lennon and Me - New Albany HS 22%
The Crucible - Kentucky Country Day 17%

Best Youth (under 18) performance)
Katie West - Beauty and the Beast - New Albany HS 15%
Stevie Griffin - Footloose - New Albany River Stage 9%
Noah Hankins - Big River - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 8%

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