Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards; Just Two Weeks Left!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis:

Best Actor in a Musical
Seth Tychon - Hunchback of Notre Dame - Eagan Community Theatre 10%
Jesse Nager - Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 6%
Alex Johnson - Pippin - Ashland Productions 5%

Best Actor in a Play
Ryan-James Hatanaka - Romeo and Juliet - Guthrie Theater 23%
Robert Dorfman - We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 10%
Lewis Youngren - I Am My Own Wife - Commonweal Theatre Company 8%

Best Actress in a Musical
Shinah Brashears - Grease - Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 9%
Jordan Nocton - Beauty and the Beast - Fridley Community Theatre 8%
Emma Foster - Legally Blonde the Musical - Woodbury Community Theatre 6%

Best Actress in a Play
Kate Eastman - Romeo and Juliet - Guthrie Theater 10%
Melinda Kordich - We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 7%
Sally Wingert - Wit - Artistry 6%

Best Choreographer
James A Rocco and Alberto Justiniano - In the Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 17%
James A. Rocco - Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 13%
Diane Laurenson - West Side Story - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 12%

Best Community Theater Company
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company 13%
Eagan Community Theatre 12%
Ashland Productions 11%

Best Costume Design
Sue Blom - Beauty and the Beast - Off Broadway Musical Theatre 14%
Barb Portinga - The Gondoliers - The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Compan 12%
Rich Hamson - Grease - Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 12%

Best Director of a Musical
Jeff Anderson - Beauty and the Beast - Off Broadway Musical theatre 13%
James A Rocco - Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 10%
Lesley Hendrickson - The Gondoliers - The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company 9%

Best Director of a Play
Joseph Haj - Romeo & Juliet - Guthrie Theater 14%
Kurt Schweickhardt - We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 11%
Peter Rothstein - Six Degrees of Separation - Theater Latte Da 7%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical
In the Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 10%
The Gondoliers - The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company 9%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 9%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Play
We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 17%
A Christmas Carol - Guthrie Theater 16%
The Crucible - Theatre Coup d'Etat 8%

Best Lighting Design
Alex Flinner - The Gondoliers - The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company 13%
Paul Epton - We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 12%
Jane Cox - Sunday in the Park with George - Guthrie Theater 12%

Best Musical
In The Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 9%
Beauty and the Beast - Off Broadway Musical Theatre 9%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 9%

Best Musical Direction
Andrew Bourgoin - Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway 15%
Eugenio Vargas - In The Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 14%
Mark Hartman - Sunday in the Park with George - Guthrie Theater 10%

Best Original/New Work
We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 14%
Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches - Children's Theatre Company 13%
Booty and the Beast: A Tinderella Story - Brave New Workshop 7%

Best Play
We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 15%
The Bluest Eye - Guthrie Theater 12%
Six Degrees of Separation - Theater Latte Da 10%

Best Professional Theater Company
Guthrie Theater 19%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 16%
Children's Theatre Company 9%

Best Set Design
Anna Louizas - In The Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 13%
Jan Chambers - Sunday in the Park with George - Guthrie Theater 10%
Michael Hoover - We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company 9%

Best Sound Design
Andy Horka - West Side Story - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 21%
Elisheba Ittoop - Sunday in the Park with George - Guthrie Theater 14%
Sten Severson - Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches - Children's Theatre company 14%

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