Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards; Phoenix Theatre's BILLY ELLIOT Leads Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Phoenix 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.

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Here are the current standings for Phoenix:

Best Actor in a Musical (Non-Professional)
Josh Egbert - The Fantasticks - Mesa Encore Theatre 9%
Scott Hyder - Gypsy - Theater Works 7%
Alex Tuchi - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Brelby Theatre Company 6%

Best Actor in a Musical (Professional)
D. Scott Withers - Mamma Mia! - Phoenix Theatre 15%
Tony Edgerton - Beauty and the Beast - Arizona Broadway Theatre 15%
Ross Nemeth - Billy Elliot - Phoenix Theatre 14%

Best Actor in a Musical (Youth Production)
Connor Brigola - Tarzan the Musical - Limelight Youth Theatre 18%
Steven Enriquez - Shrek The Musical - Valley Youth Theatre 8%
Josh Pike - Aladdin - Starlight Community Theater 7%

Best Actor in a Play (Non-Professional)
Alex Tuchi - Peter and the Starcatcher - Brelby Theatre Company 13%
Zachary Arnold - Blacklisters - Brelby Theatre Company 9%
Brian Maticic - Peter and the Starcatcher - Brelby Theatre Company 7%

Best Actor in a Play (Professional)
William Wilson - Hamlet - Southwest Shakespeare Company 19%
Rudy Ramirez - The Yellow Boat - Childsplay 15%
Will Hightower - John - Stray Cat Theatre 14%

Best Actor in a Play (Youth Production)
Noah Clark - The Little Prince - Theater Works 16%
Ethan Shanker - Spring Awakening - Arizona School for the Arts 15%
Nicolas Caglia - Radium Girls - Limelight Youth Theatre 14%

Best Actress in a Musical (Non-Professional)
Kelli James - Gypsy - Theater Works 10%
Tiana Marks - The Fantasticks - Mesa Encore Theatre 10%
Caelan Creaser - The Little Mermaid - Hale Centre Theatre 8%

Best Actress in a Musical (Professional)
Jill Christine-Wiley - Beauty and the Beast - Arizona Broadway Theatre 17%
Jessie Jo Pauley - Billy Elliot - Phoenix Theatre 17%
Chanel Bragg - Beehive - Phoenix Theater 12%

Best Actress in a Musical (Youth Production)
Annabelle Skala - Tarzan the Musical - Limelight Youth Theatre 15%
Jessica Sinodis - Cats - Limelight Youth Theatre 10%
Sarah Pansing - American Idiot - Spotlight Youth Theatre 9%

Best Actress in a Play (Non-Professional)
Gina Hoyt - Of Mice and Men - MCC Performing Arts Center 12%
Meg Farnsworth - Kiss and Tell - Hale Centre Theatre 9%
Brenna Jackson - Blacklisters - Brelby Theatre Company 8%

Best Actress in a Play (Professional)
Katie McFadzen - The Yellow Boat - Childsplay 19%
Natalie Andrews - Much Ado About Nothing - Southwest Shakespeare Company 16%
Allison Campbell - The Merchant of Venice - Southwest Shakespeare Company 13%

Best Actress in a Play (Youth Production)
Thea Eigo - Spring Awakening - Arizona School for the Arts 16%
Sarah Golden - Radium Girls - Limelight Youth Theatre 14%
Shayna Padjen - Radium Girls - Limelight Youth Theatre 11%

Best Choreography (Non-Professional)
Paul Pedersen - Once Upon a Mattress - Theater Works 14%
Kim Rodriguez - The Producers - Desert Stages Theatre 14%
Shelby Maticic - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Brelby Theatre Company 9%

Best Choreography (Professional)
Sam Hay - Billy Elliot - Phoenix Theatre 35%
Brant Michaels - Mamma Mia! - Phoenix Theatre 30%
Kurtis W. Overby - Funny Girl - Arizona Broadway Theatre 22%

Best Choreography (Youth Production)
Tina Kahlil - Seussical the Musical - Theater Works 16%
Emma England - Tarzan the Musical - Limelight Youth Theatre 15%
Lynzee Foreman - American Idiot - Spotlight Youth Theatre 13%

Best Director of a Musical (Non-Professional)
Katibelle Collins - The Fantasticks - Mesa Encore Theatre 12%
Rusty Ferracane - Gypsy - Theater Works 12%
Chris Hamby - Once Upon a Mattress - Theater Works 11%

Best Director of a Musical (Professional)
Michael Barnard - Billy Elliot - Phoenix Theatre 45%
Robert Harper - Mamma Mia! - Phoenix Theatre 42%
Anthony Runfola - Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure - Childsplay 9%

Best Director of a Musical (Youth Production)
Brett Aiken - Seussical the Musical - Theater Works 17%
Don Crosby - Tarzan the Musical - Limelight Youth Theatre 14%
Bobb Cooper - Shrek The Musical - Valley Youth Theatre 9%

Best Director of a Play (Non-Professional)
Cambrian James - Kiss and Tell - Hale Centre Theatre 16%
Louis Farber - Peter and the Starcatcher - Brelby Theatre Company 14%
Barb Surloff - Rumors - Starlight Community Theater 9%

Best Director of a Play (Professional)
Dwayne Hartford - The Yellow Boat - Childsplay 20%
Ron May - Native Son - Stray Cat Theatre 20%
Kent Burnham - The Merchant of Venice - Southwest Shakespeare Company 19%

Best Director of a Play (Youth Production)
Paul Pedersen - The Little Prince - Theater Works 29%
Jamie Bauer Spano - Radium Girls - Limelight Youth Theatre 25%
Sandi Carll - Alice in Wonderland - Valley Youth Theatre 17%

Best Musical (Non-Professional)
Gypsy - Theater Works 15%
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Brelby Theatre Company 8%
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying - MCC Performing Arts Center 8%

Best Musical (Professional)
Billy Elliot - Phoenix Theatre 22%
Beauty and the Beast - Arizona Broadway Theatre 19%
Mamma Mia! - Phoenix Theatre 19%

Best Musical (Youth Production)
Tarzan the Musical - Limelight Youth Theatre 16%
Seussical the Musical - Theater Works 13%
The Drowsy Chaperone - Limelight Youth Theatre 10%

Best Play (Non-Professional)
Kiss and Tell - Hale Centre Theatre 14%
Peter and the Starcatcher - Brelby Theatre Company 13%
Blacklisters - Brelby Theatre Company 13%

Best Play (Professional)
Native Son - Stray Cat Theatre 22%
Much Ado About Nothing - Southwest Shakespeare Company 14%
The Yellow Boat - Childsplay 14%

Best Play (Youth Production)
Radium Girls - Limelight Youth Theatre 28%
The Little Prince - Theater Works 20%
Alice in Wonderland - Valley Youth Theatre 13%

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