Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Leads Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island:

Best Actor (Musical), Lead - Professional
Christopher Swan - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 25%
Philip Bryan - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 22%
Diego Guevera - Spring Awakening - Wilbury Theatre Group 14%

Best Actor (Musical), Lead - Semi-Professional
RJ Lima - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 49%
Joe Catanzaro - If/Then - Academy Players of Rhode Island 27%
Ian Hudgins - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 24%

Best Actor (Musical), Supporting - Professional
Bill Whitehead, Jr. - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 23%
Josh Walker - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 17%
Thom Warren - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 7%

Best Actor (Musical), Supporting - Semi-Professional
Jacob King - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 31%
Thomas Sabetta - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 25%
Peter Bowden - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 24%

Best Actor (Play), Lead - Professional
Tom Gleadow - Inherit the Wind - Ocean State Theatre Company 23%
Greg London - Doubt - Ocean State Theatre Company 15%
Jude Sandy - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 11%

Best Actor (Play), Lead - Semi-Professional
John Morris - Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 13%
Rick Bagley - Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Newport Playhouse 10%
Alan Hawkridge - Marat/Sade - OUT LOUD Theatre 9%

Best Actor (Play), Supporting - Professional
Kevin Broccoli - Art - 2nd Story Theatre 33%
Fred Sullivan, Jr. - Appropriate - Trinity Repertory Company 23%
William Oakes - Prelude to a Kiss - 2nd Story Theatre 17%

Best Actor (Play), Supporting - Semi-Professional
Conor O'Rourke - Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 14%
Jim Killavey - Lunch with Mrs. Baskin - Newport Playhouse 14%
Timothy Ferron - Lend Me a Tenor - RISE - Rhode Island Stage Ensemble 9%

Best Actress (Musical), Lead - Professional
Eden Casteel - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 33%
Lauren Weinberg - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 32%
Tess Jonas - Little Women - Ocean State Theatre Company 18%

Best Actress (Musical), Lead - Semi-Professional
Ally Carlsten - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 40%
Katrina Rossi - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 37%
Elizabeth Dennis - If/Then - Academy Players of Rhode Island 23%

Best Actress (Musical), Supporting - Professional
Kristin Wetherington - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 19%
Melissa Jones - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 16%
Sabrina Harper - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 14%

Best Actress (Musical), Supporting - Semi-Professional
Amy McGuirk - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 28%
Abigail Phenix - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 19%
Rachel Erwin - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 18%

Best Actress (Play), Lead - Professional
Lara Hayhurst - Born Yesterday - Ocean State Theatre Company 25%
Rebecca Gibel - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 13%
Nora Eschenheimer - The Importance of Being Earnest - The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre 10%

Best Actress (Play), Lead - Semi-Professional
Marilyn Busch - Self Help - Newport Playhouse 21%
Mackenzie Maron - Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 11%
Justine Durvin - Lend Me a Tenor - RISE - Rhode Island Stage Ensemble 9%

Best Actress (Play), Supporting - Professional
Karen Gail Kessler - Inherit the Wind - Ocean State Theatre Company 31%
Rebecca Gibel - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 27%
Wendy Overly - King Elizabeth - The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre 17%

Best Actress (Play), Supporting - Semi-Professional
Mary Case - Lend Me a Tenor - RISE - Rhode Island Stage Ensemble 17%
Lisa Reimer - Self Help - Newport Playhouse 16%
Melissa Thomas - Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 11%

Best Choreography - Professional
Sebastian Goldberg - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 26%
Diane Laurenson - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 22%
Brad Musgrove - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 13%

Best Choreography - Semi Professional
Justina Mabray - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 54%
RIta Maron - If/Then - Academy Players of Rhode Island 29%
The Yellow Wallpaper - OUT LOUD Theatre 18%

Best Costumes - Professional
Emily Taradash - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 27%
William Ivey Long - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 22%
Emily Taradash - Little Women - Ocean State Theatre Company 16%

Best Costumes - Semi-Professional
Johnny Cagno - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 27%
Johnny Cagno - The Lion King, Jr. - Academy Players of Rhode Island 13%
Kira Hawkridge - Marat/Sade - OUT LOUD Theatre 10%

Best Director (Musical) - Professional
Bob Richard - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 27%
Amiee Turner - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 19%
Brad Musgrove - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 13%

Best Director (Musical) - Semi-Professional
Chelsea Morgan - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 34%
Rita Maron - If/Then - Academy Players of Rhode Island 22%
Rebecca Maxfield - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 22%

Best Director (Play) - Professional
Amiee Turner - Born Yesterday - Ocean State Theatre Company 19%
Amiee Turner - Doubt - Ocean State Theatre Company 18%
Kira Hawkridge - The Best of Everything - 2nd Story Theatre 17%

Best Director (Play) - Semi-Professional
Michael Gregory - Self Help - Newport Playhouse 17%
Rita Maron - Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 14%
Elizabeth Labrecque - Lend Me a Tenor - RISE - Rhode Island Stage Ensemble 8%

Best Ensemble Cast (Musical) - Professional
Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 26%
Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 26%
The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 14%

Best Ensemble Cast (Musical) - Semi-Professional
Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 36%
Count of Monte Cristo - Chorus of Westerly 34%
The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 18%

Best Ensemble Cast (Play) - Professional
Little Women - Ocean State Theatre Company 21%
Born Yesterday - Ocean State Theatre Company 16%
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 16%

Best Ensemble Cast (Play) - Semi-Professional
Self Help - Newport Playhouse 22%
Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 14%
Lend Me a Tenor - RISE - Rhode Island Stage Ensemble 11%

Best Hair and Makeup - Professional
Christine Cormier/Dena Olivieri - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 64%
Emily Christoffersen and Olivera Gajic - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 27%
Children's Hour - The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre 10%

Best Hair and Makeup - Semi-Professional
Johnny Cagno - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 37%
Johnny Cagno - The Lion King, Jr. - Academy Players of Rhode Island 29%
Tiffany Fenton - Whodunit? An Improvised Murder Mystery - Contemporary Theater Company 14%

Best Lighting Design - Professional
Jose Santiago - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 33%
David A. Sexton - Doubt - Ocean State Theatre Company 17%
Jose Santiago - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 14%

Best Lighting Design - Semi-Professional
Maggie Cady - Macbeth - Contemporary Theater Company 32%
Rebecca Maxfield - The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 23%
Branigan Duguay - Lonely Planet - Counter-Productions Theatre Company 16%

Best Musical - Professional
Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 25%
Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 24%
Little Women - Ocean State Theatre Company 13%

Best Musical - Semi-Professional
Count of Monte Cristo - Corus of Westerly 32%
Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 31%
The Cradle Will Rock - Head Trick Theatre 14%

Best Musical Direction - Professional
Jesse Warkentin - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 31%
Esther Zabinski - Victor/Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 20%
Andrew Smithson - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 17%

Best Musical Direction - Semi Professional
Andrew Howell - Count of Monte Cristo - Chorus of Westerly 32%
Kristen Bond - Legally Blonde - Academy Players of Rhode Island 21%
Will Conard - Marat/Sade - OUT LOUD Theatre 14%

Best Play - Professional
Born Yesterday - Ocean State Theatre Company 26%
Inherit the Wind - Ocean State Theatre Company 16%
Doubt - Ocean State Theatre Company 14%

Best Play - Semi-Professional
Self Help - Newport Playhouse 22%
Sylvia - Academy Players of Rhode Island 16%
Marat/Sade - OUT LOUD Theatre 8%

Best Sound Design - Professional
Danny Erdberg - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 38%
Michael Hyde - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 27%
Peter Hurowitz - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Trinity Repertory Company 24%

Best Sound Design - Semi-Professional
Terry Shea - Macbeth - Contemporary Theatre Company 36%
Michael Goldberg - 'And Then What?' The Children of Velvel and Sheina-Gitel Averbukh - First Hand Theatrical 18%
Rebecca Maxfield - She Would If She Could - Head Trick Theatre 17%

Best Stage Design - Professional
Kyle Dixon - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre By The Sea 29%
Erik D. Diaz - Victor/ Victoria - Ocean State Theatre Company 27%
Kyle Dixon - The Producers - Theatre By The Sea 12%

Best Stage Design - Semi-Professional
Rita Maron and Johnny Cagno - If/Then - Academy Players of Rhode Island 30%
David Jepson - Arsenic and Old Lace - The Granite Theatre 14%
Sara Ossana - The Yellow Wallpaper - OUT LOUD Theatre 11%

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