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2015 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards Update - Kyle Taylor Parker, Arielle Crosby Lead!

By: Dec. 04, 2015
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Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. 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 Detroit! 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 Detroit:

Best Actor - Play or Musical (touring)
Kyle Taylor Parker - Kinky Boots - Broadway Grand Rapids 39%
Stuart Ward - Once - Broadway Grand Rapids 30%
Steven Booth - Kinky Boots - Broadway Grand Rapids 17%

Best Actor in a Musical
Dez Walker - Aida - Stagecrafters 27%
Kyle Jurassic - Catch Me If You Can - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 13%
Tyrick Wiltez Jones - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 11%

Best Actor in a Play
Delorean Cotton - Saving The Dream - Millennium 14%
William Sinclair Moore - The Piano Lesson - Stagecrafters 10%
Mathew Schwartz - Around The World in 80 Days - Meadow Brook Theatre 7%

Best Actress - Play or Musical (touring)
Lindsey Nicole Chambers - Kinky Boots - Broadway Grand Rapids 40%
Dani de Waal - Once - Broadway Grand Rapids 29%
Issie Swickle - Annie - Broadway Grand Rapids 17%

Best Actress in a Musical
Arielle Crosby - Aida - Stagecrafters 22%
Darilyn Castillo - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 11%
Christiana Perrault - Aida - Stagecrafters 10%

Best Actress in a Play
Arielle Crosby - Saving The Dream - Millennium 18%
Jenaya Jones Reynolds - The Piano Lesson - Stagecrafters 10%
Sarab Kamoo - Luce - Meadow Brook Theatre 9%

Best Choreography
John Luther - Aida - Stagecrafters 26%
David Blixt - Henry IV - Michigan Shakespeare Festival 11%
Tyrick Wiltez Jones - The Bikinis - Meadow Brook Theatre 10%

Best Director of a Musical
John Luther - Aida - Stagecrafters 25%
Travis W. Walter - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 17%
Carrie McNulty - Catch Me If You Can - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 10%

Best Director of a Play
TJ Hemphill - Saving The Dream - Millennium 14%
Bailey Boudreau - B.F.'s! - Slipstream Theatre Initiative 10%
Travis W. Walter - Around The World In 80 Days - Meadow Brook Theatre 9%

Best Lighting Design
Lucy Meyo - Aida - Stagecrafters 21%
Matthew J. Fick - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 14%
Tom Lohman - Catch Me If You Can - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 10%

Best Music Direction
Debbie Tedrick - Aida - Stagecrafters 29%
Daniel Feyer - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 17%
Charles Hutchins - Avenue Q - Grand Rapids Civic Theatre 10%

Best Musical
Aida - Stagecrafters 26%
Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 15%
Catch Me If You Can - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 9%

Best Play
The Piano Lesson - Stagecrafters 13%
Saving The Dream - Millennium 10%
The Rivals - Michigan Shakespeare Festival 8%

Best Production - Play or Musical (touring)
Kinky Boots Broadway Grand Rapids 53%
Once Broadway Grand Rapids 27%
Elf: The Musical Broadway Grand Rapids 20%

Best Production for Young Audiences
A Little Princess - Grand Rapids Civic Theatre 21%
The Jungle Book - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 19%
Footloose - Grand Rapids Civic Theatre 17%

Best Set Design
Jennifer Maiseloff - Invasive Species - Tipping Point Theatre 15%
Drew Hall - Aida - Stagecrafters 14%
Jeremy Barnett - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 10%

Best Shakespearean Performance
Zach Johnson - Romeo and Juliet - Heritage Theatre Group 14%
Luna Alexander - Hamlet - Slipstream Theatre Initiative 9%
Chris Jakob - Mabeth - Shakespeare in Detroit 7%

Best Shakespearean Production
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Michigan Shakespeare Festival 24%
Romeo and Juliet - Heritage Theatre Group 16%
Hamlet - Slipstream Theatre Initiative 12%

Best Sound Design
Clayton Bushmaker - Aida - Stagecrafters 21%
Mike Duncan - Once On This Island - Meadow Brook Theatre 14%
Timothy Schmidt - Catch Me If You Can - Circle Theatre Grand Rapids 10%



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