Winners Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards; PIPPIN Wins Best Musical!

Winners have been announced for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017.

This year the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards took place in a record number of markets, with a record number of votes - including 56 cities across the United States; with our awards taking place globally in a record-breaking 11 countries, including multiple Canadian cities!

Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The votes have been counted... Check out the full list of winners below!

Best Actor in a Musical
Seth Tychon - Hunchback of Notre Dame - Eagan Community Theatre

Best Actor in a Play
Ryan-James Hatanaka - Romeo and Juliet - Guthrie Theater

Best Actress in a Musical
Shinah Brashears - Grease - Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

Best Actress in a Play
Angela Timberman - A Pickle - Really Spicy Opera

Best Choreographer
James A Rocco and Alberto Justiniano - In the Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Best Community Theater Company
Ashland Productions

Best Costume Design
Rich Hamson - Grease - Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

Best Director of a Musical
Jeff Anderson - Beauty and the Beast - Off Broadway Musical theatre

Best Director of a Play
Joseph Haj - Romeo & Juliet - Guthrie Theater

Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical
Grease - Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

Best Ensemble Performance in a Play
We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company

Best Lighting Design
Alex Flinner - The Gondoliers - The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company

Best Musical
Pippin - Ashland Productions

Best Musical Direction
Andrew Bourgoin - Jesus Christ Superstar - Ordway

Best Original/New Work
A Pickle - Really Spicy Opera

Best Play
We Are The Levinsons - MN Jewish Theatre Company

Best Professional Theater Company
Guthrie Theater

Best Set Design
Anna Louizas - In The Heights - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Best Sound Design
Andy Horka - West Side Story - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

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