Final Chance to Vote for the BWW New Orleans Awards!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld New Orleans 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 New Orleans:

Best Costume Design
Brian Fontenot - HAIR - Cutting Edge Theater 14%
Storey Wilson - THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Theatre Baton Rouge 12%
Brian Fontenot and Jenny Gestvanter - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Cutting Edge Theater 11%

Best direction of a musical (local)
Lauren Turner - HAIR - The Cutting Edge 10%
Nancy Gregory - JAMBALAYA: THE MUSICAL - Heyman Performing Arts Center 8%
Jenny Ballard - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Theatre Baton Rouge 7%

Best direction of a play (local)
Paige Galiano - GIDEONS KNOT - Theatre Baton Rouge 30%
Suzanne Stymeist - MURDER AMONGST FRIENDS - Cutting Edge Theater 14%
Gary Mendoza - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Slidell Little Theatre 10%

Best leading actor in a musical (local)
Shane Guilbeau - JAMBALAYA, THE MUSICAL - Orpheum Theater New Orleans 6%
Hedrick Deshotel III - HAIR - Cutting Edge Theater 6%
Enrico Cannela - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Jefferson Performing Arts 5%

Best leading actor in a play (local)
David Stubbs - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Slidell Little Theatre 14%
John Kirkpatrick - MURDER AMONGST FRIENDS - Cutting Edge Theater 13%
David Ian rodriguez - MURDER AMONG FRIENDS - the cutting edge 10%

Best leading actress in a musical (local)
Celeste Veillon - FUN HOME - Theatre Baton Rouge 11%
Tiondria Norris - HAIR - Cutting Edge Theater 9%
Cara Duffaut - Wednesday Addams - THE ADDAMS FAMILY - Slidell Little Theatre 6%

Best leading actress in a play (local)
Ashley Stevens - SHE KILLS MONSTERS - Theatre Baton Rouge 13%
Ally Guay - GIDEONS KNOT - Theatre Baton Rouge 12%
Sara Faust - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Slidell Little Theatre 11%

Best Lighting Design
Richard Fuentes - HAIR - Cutting Edge Theater 18%
Louis Gagliano - CABARET - Theatre Baton Rouge 17%
Ashley Krieger - ADDAMS FAMILY - Slidell Little Theater 13%

Best musical (local)
HAIR,THE MUSICAL - Cutting Edge Theater 16%
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Theatre Baton Rouge 8%
JAMBALAYA THE MUSICAL - Heyman Performing Arts Center 8%

Best play (local)
BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY - Theatre Baton Rouge 17%
MURDER AMONG FRIENDS - Cutting Edge 11%
45 SECONDS TO BROADWAY - Slidell Little Theatre 11%

Best set design of a musical (local)
Larry Johnson - THE ADDAMS FAMILY - Slidell Little Theatre 13%
Brian Fontenot - HAIR - Cutting Edge Theater 11%
Kenneth Mayfield - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Theatre Baton Rouge 10%

Best set design of a play (local)
Lee Dukes / Dan Toups / Christine Barnhill - 45 SECONDS TO BROADWAY - Slidell Little Theatre 24%
Jason Breaux - SHE KILLS MONSTERS - Theatre Baton Rouge 23%
Jason Breaux - GIDEONS KNOT - Theatre Baton Rouge 19%

Best Sound Design
Donald Moore - MAMMA MIA - Theatre Baton Rouge 34%
Callie Fontana - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Playmakers of Baton Rouge 14%
Theo Fogelman - THE HUNCHBAC - Jefferson Performing Arts 14%

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