BroadwayWorld Ottawa Awards December 5th Standings; MATILDA THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Ottawa Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

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2023 BroadwayWorld Ottawa Standings

Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Laura Anderson - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 23%
Kalie Hunter Nero - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 18%
Alianne Rozon - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 14%
Morgan Coughlan and Niamh Webber - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 13%
Debbie Guilbault - SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 10%
Tyler Pearse - CABARET - Ovation Productions 9%
Katie Moroz - INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 9%
Dean Deffett - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 5%

Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Susan Cole and Sandy GoldSmith - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 22%
Carolyn Bruce - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 21%
Jocelyn Perry - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 19%
Vanessa Imeson - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 11%
Tanya Guimond - CABARET - Ovation Productions 8%
Vanessa Imeson - THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 7%
Bonnie Garland - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 4%
Jocelyn Perry - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 3%
Maxine Ball - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 3%
Bonnie Garland - SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 2%

Best Dance Production
MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 42%
CABARET - Meridian Theatre 29%
MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 29%

Best Direction Of A Musical
Barbara Lacelle - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 33%
Lisa James - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 31%
Phil Nero - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 18%
Tricia Black - JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 10%
Dean Deffett - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 8%

Best Direction Of A Play
Stavros Sakiadis - THE NOBLE PURSUIT - Ottawa Little Theatre 24%
Sarah Kitz - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 22%
Steven Gallagher - MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR - Tweed & Company Theatre 20%
Val Bogan - HAVING RELATIONS - Kanata Theatre 11%
Emily Pearlman - THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 9%
Laurel Smith - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 7%
Ilona Henkelman - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 6%
Laurel Smith - SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 2%

Best Ensemble
MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 20%
JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 12%
SWEENEY TODD - Paper Moon Productions 12%
MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 10%
CABARET - Meridian Theatre 9%
SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 8%
INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 5%
THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 5%
NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 5%
AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 4%
JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 3%
JUST SO - Kanata Theatre 3%
CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 3%
SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 0%

Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Kevin Colwell and Lucas Colwell - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 21%
Alaynah deKleine - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 17%
Don Douglas - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 16%
Seth Gerry - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 15%
Lauren Boyd - CABARET - Ovation Productions 8%
Bradley King - HADESTOWN - National Arts Centre 6%
Dean Deffett - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 5%
Graham Price - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 5%
Jim Mantle - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 3%
Graham Price - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Classic Theatre Festival 3%
Graham Price - SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 1%

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Sabrina Tang - SWEENEY TODD - Paper Moon Theatre 29%
Phillip Konopka - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 23%
Jake Schindler - JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 15%
Micah DeShazer - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 14%
Paul Legault - SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 13%
Jackson Seib - CABARET - Ovation Productions 7%

Best Musical
MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 22%
SWEENEY TODD - Paper Moon Theatre 15%
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 13%
MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 11%
SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 9%
CABARET - Ovation Productions 8%
INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 7%
JAGGED LITTLE PILL - National Arts Centre 4%
NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 4%
CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 4%
JUST SO - Kanata Theatre 2%

Best New Play Or Musical
FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 31%
JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 19%
CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 16%
MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR - Tweed & Company Theatre 12%
FALL ON YOUR KNEES - NAC 9%
SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 5%
BREATHING HOLE - NAC 4%
THE SUNSET GALS - DERRY QUEEN PRODUCTIONS 4%

Best Performer In A Musical
Joy Mwandemange - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 15%
Abbigail Flinn - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 10%
Itzy Kamil - SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 8%
Mireille Carpentier - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 8%
Christopher Sherwood - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 7%
Maggie Wolfe - INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 7%
Jessica Wilson - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 7%
Olivia Pilon - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 6%
Julie Seguin - SOMETHING ROTTEN! - Orpheus Musical Theatre 5%
Robyn Campbell - INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Musical Theatre Society 4%
Riley Hillier - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 4%
Jacob MacInnis - BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 3%
Jade McLeod - JAGGED LITTLE PILL - National Arts Centre 3%
Mason Timm - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 3%
Mitch Wood - CABARET - Ovation Productions 3%
Kirstyn Russelle - CABARET - Ovation Productions 2%
Matthew Patrick Quinn - HADESTOWN - National Arts Centre 2%
Elora Sarmiento - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 2%
Jacob MacInnis - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 1%
Lyne Trembley - CABARET - Ovation Productions 0%

Best Performer In A Play
Arinea Hermans - MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR - Tweed & Company Theatre 20%
Ori Black - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 18%
Itzy Kamil - MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - Ottawa Little Theatre 17%
Olivia Brown - CRIMES OF THE HEART - Ottawa Little Theatre 11%
Lindsey Keene - DRACULA - Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company 9%
Sarah Edwards - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 9%
Jesse Lalonde - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 6%
Dana Fradkin - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 3%
Debra Hale - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 2%
Douglas Walker - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 2%
Greg Campbell - SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 2%
Braydon Hall - HAVING RELATIONS - Kanata Theatre 2%

Best Play
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - Ottawa Little Theatre 22%
THE NOBLE PURSUIT - Ottawa Little Theatre 19%
MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR - Tweed & Company Theatre 16%
FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 13%
THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 10%
HAVING RELATIONS - Kanata Theatre 6%
AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 5%
AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 5%
THE SUNSET GALS - DERRY QUEEN PRODUCTIONS 3%
SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 2%

Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Teddy Moynihan - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 21%
Bonnie Selleck - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 20%
Laura Duncan - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Orpheus Musical Theatre 17%
Brian Smith - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 10%
Lauren Boyd - CABARET - Ovation Productions 7%
Geoff Grusen - CRIMES OF THE HEART - Ottawa Little Theatre 7%
Holly Meyer-Dymny - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 5%
Julia Kim - THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 5%
Heidi Roberts - GLORIOUS! - Kanata Theatre 4%
Heidi Roberts - HAVING RELATIONS - Kanata Theatre 3%
Holly Meyer-Dymny - SLEUTH - Classic Theatre Festival 1%

Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Alaynah deKleine - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 27%
Peter Miller - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 27%
John Cybanski - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 24%
Olivier Fairfield - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 12%
Sage Reynolds - THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 9%

Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Nathalie Petherick - MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 23%
Axandre Lemours - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 14%
Adrien Pyke - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 10%
Lindsey Keene - INTO THE WOODS - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 8%
Jacob MacInnia - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 7%
Emmanuel Simon - MEMPHIS - Orpheus Musical Theatre 5%
Cassie-Hope Aubin - JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW - Tweed & Company Theatre 5%
Andrea Black - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Orpheus Musical Theatre 4%
Meg Barbeau - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 4%
Joel Cumber - CABARET - Ovation Productions 3%
Cara Pantalone - CABARET - Ovation Productions 3%
Kent Sheridan - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Bancroft Village Playhouse 3%
Danielle Leger - CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 2%
Allison Sheppard - JAGGED LITTLE PILL - National Arts Centre 2%
Carmella Gehrels - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 2%
Andrew Wiseman - NEWSIES - Orpheus Musical Theatre 1%
Eric Lehmann - CABARET - Ovation Productions 1%
Macayla Paris - CABARET - Ovation Productions 1%
Arinea Hermans - CABARET - Ovation Productions 0%
Lyne Tremblay - CABARET - Ovation Productions 0

Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Billie Nell - FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY - Great Canadian Theatre Company 30%
Jude McCormack - CRIMES OF THE HEART - Ottawa Little Theatre 22%
Shirley Manh - ALMOST MAINE - Kanata Theatre 22%
Ellie Ellwand - THE SUPINE COBBLER - Great Canadian Theatre Company 14%
Alastair Love - AFFAIRS OF STATE - Classic Theatre Festival 12%

Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
MATILDA THE MUSICAL - Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 54%
CINDER-ELLIE - Tweed & Company Theatre 27%
JUST SO - Kanata Theatre 19%

Favorite Local Theatre
Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company 21%
Orpheus Musical Theatre 16%
Ottawa Little Theatre 11%
Bancroft Village Playhouse 10%
Great Canadian Theatre Company 10%
Papermoon 9%
Kanata Theatre 5%
Classic Theatre Festival 4%
Ovation Productions 4%
The Marble Arts Centre 4%
Lost Baggage 3%
National Arts Centre 3%
Gladstone Theatre 2%

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