Vote For The 2018 BWW Minneapolis Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE Leads Best Musical!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.

If you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends. Here are the current standings for Minneapolis:

Best Actor in a Musical
Quinn Forrest Masterson - SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 11%
Raye Birk - WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 9%
Michael Gruber - THE MUSIC MAN - Artistry 7%

Best Actor in a Play
Ben Cherry - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 7%
Howard Held - AWAKE AND SING - Artistry 6%
Zach Fine - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 6%

Best Actress in a Musical
Dorian Brooke - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 23%
Ana Isabelle - WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 21%
Allyson Tolbert - BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 8%

Best Actress in a Play
Miriam Schwartz - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 9%
Erin Roberts - MY 4 BODIES - Nightfox Productions 6%
Jackie O'Neil - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Lyric Arts 6%

Best Choreographer
Talya Dozois - BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 17%
Tamara Kangas - NEWSIES - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 14%
Yehuda Hyman - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 11%

Best Community Theater Company
Lakeshore Players 18%
Theatre in the Round 16%
Black Dirt Theatre 14%

Best Costume Design
Sara Lawrence - SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 13%
Jennifer Schultz - SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Morris Park Players 11%
Suzanna Schneider - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Eagan Community Theatre 11%

Best Director of a Musical
Angela Timberman - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 17%
Wade Fields - SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Morris Park Players 10%
Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha - HIGH FIDELITY - Minneapolis Musical Theatre 9%

Best Director of a Play
Wendy Goldberg - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 14%
Benjamin McGovern - NOISES OFF - Artistry 8%
Rob Melrose - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 6%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical
LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 17%
BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 7%
SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Morris Park Players 7%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Play
INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 12%
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - Lakeshore Players 8%
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Lyric Arts 7%

Best Lighting Design
Josh Epstein - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 12%
Ed McCarthy - MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 9%
Erik Paulson - BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 9%

Best Musical
LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 18%
WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 16%
SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 7%

Best Musical Direction
Jason Hansen - ONCE - Theater Latte Da 12%
Amanda Weis McGivern - HIGH FIDELITY - Minneapolis Musical Theatre 12%
Elizabeth Damico - SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 12%

Best Original/New Work
FIVE POINTS - Theater Latte Da 17%
MOBY DICK - Theatre Coup d'Etat 10%
NATASHA AND THE COAT - Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company 10%

Best Play
INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 14%
Guess Who's Coming TO DINNER - Guthrie Theater 9%
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Lyric Arts 8%

Best Professional Theater Company
Guthrie Theater 24%
Artistry 13%
Theater Latte Da 10%

Best Set Design
Arnulfo Maldonado - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 16%
Michael Locher - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 13%
Michael Hoover - ONCE - Theater Latte Da 12%

Best Sound Design
Matt Bombich - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 18%
Andy Horka - MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 17%
Kate Marvin - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 13%

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