Voting has opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2013 and September 2014. 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 New Orleans! 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 New Orleans:
Best direction of a musical (local)
Christopher Bentivegna - Evil Dead: The Musical - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 15%
B. Michael Howard - Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 13%
John Giraud - The Gifts of the Magi - Slidell Little Theatre 11%
A.J. Allegra - A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant - The NOLA Project 10%
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Best direction of a play (local)
A.J. Allegra - Oregon Trail: The Play - The NOLA Project 19%
Sara Pagones - Radium Girls - Slidell Little Theatre 14%
Grace Marshall - Regrets Only - Cutting Edge Theater 10%
Gary Rucker - Harvey - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 10%
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Best leading actor in a musical (local)
Robert Facio - Evil Dead: The Musical - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 12%
Aaron Richert - A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant - The NOLA Project 12%
Jason Dowies - Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 11%
Colby McCurdy - Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 8%
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Best leading actor in a play (local)
Keith Claverie - Oregon Trail: The Play - The NOLA Project 12%
Kirk R. Benson - Radium Girls - Slidell Little Theatre 10%
Alex Martinez Wallace - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The NOLA Project 9%
Ricky Graham - Harvey - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 8%
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Best leading actor in a play or musical (touring)
Michael Wyatt Cox - War Horse - The Saenger Theatre 26%
Steven Grant Douglas - Ghost - The Saenger Theatre 26%
Andrew May - War Horse - The Saenger Theatre 25%
Joey Elrose - Memphis - The Saenger Theatre 22%
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Best leading actress in a musical (local)
Jaune Buisson Hebert - A Chorus Line - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 12%
Abbey Peterson Murrell - Evil Dead: The Musical - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 12%
Mackenzie Norris - Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 11%
Stacie Eirich - Kiss Me, Kate! - Slidell Little Theatre 8%
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Best leading actress in a play (local)
Jennifer Pagan - Bug - Jonathan Mares Productions 10%
Rachel Roy - Radium Girls - Slidell Little Theatre 9%
Nicole Wilson - Fat Pig - Cutting Edge Theater 9%
Amy Alvarez - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The NOLA Project 8%
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Best leading actress in a play or musical (touring)
Hilary Maiberger - Beauty and the Beast - The Saenger Theatre 47%
Jasmin Richardson - Memphis - The Saenger Theatre 20%
Carla R. Stewart - Ghost - The Saenger Theatre 18%
Katie Postotnik - Ghost - The Saenger Theatre 15%
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Best musical (local)
Evil Dead: The Musical - See 'Em On Stage Productions 15%
A Chorus Line - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 15%
Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 15%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Cutting Edge Theater 12%
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Best play (local)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The NOLA Project 15%
Oregon Trail: The Play - The NOLA Project 14%
Radium Girls - Slidell Little Theatre 11%
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - The NOLA Project 10%
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Best play or musical (touring)
The Book of Mormon - The Saenger Theatre 42%
Beauty and the Beast - The Saenger Theatre 25%
War Horse - The Saenger Theatre 18%
Memphis - The Saenger Theatre 8%
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Best set design of a musical (local)
Rick Paul - Les Miserables - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 28%
Eric Porter - Shrek: The Musical - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 16%
John Giraud - The Gifts of the Magi - Slidell Little Theatre 11%
Michelle deMontluzin - Evil Dead: The Musical - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 11%
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Best set design of a play (local)
Eric Porter - The Ladies of the Camellias - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 17%
Leah Farrelly - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane 17%
Bill Walker - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The NOLA Project 17%
Bill Walker - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - The NOLA Project 11%
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