Vote For The 2018 BWW St. Petersburg Awards; ANNIE Leads Best Musical!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
Chris Cavazza - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 14%
Blase Roque - 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Carrollwood Players 10%
Evan Lomba - SPELLING BEE - CWP 7%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Matt Acquard - BAD JEWS - American Stage 13%
Caleb Brening - A NECESSARY CONVERSATION: 47 REASONS TO LIVE - TECO Theatre, Straz Center 9%
Greg Sumerall - RUMORS - Plant City Entertainment 8%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Annie Sardouk - ANNIE - New Tampa Players 14%
Chelsie Smith - LEGALLY BLONDE - New Tampa Players 6%
Katie Ward - JEKYLL & HYDE - Eight O'Clock Theatre 6%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Amy C. Ragg - A NECESSARY CONVERSATION: 11:11 - Peter&Deb Present - TECO Theatre, Straz Center 7%
April golombeck - RUMORS - Plant City Entertainment 7%
Graceanna Ahktar - MIND OVER MATT - Dunedin Showcase Theater 7%

Best Choreographer (local)
Miriam Spada - SPELLING BEE - CWP 13%
Kelly King - Green Day'S AMERICAN IDIOT - mad Theatre of Tampa 8%
Aaron Washington - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - MAS Community Theatre 8%

Best Community Theater Company
Carrollwood Players Theater 24%
Eight O'Clock Theatre 14%
mad Theatre of Tampa 14%

Best Costume Design - Play or Musical (local)
Karen Taylor - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 11%
Heather Cleveland - OLIVER - MAS Community Theatre 9%
Shelley Giles - ANNIE - New Tampa Players 8%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Jason Fortner - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 9%
Derek Baxter - JEKYLL & HYDE - Carrollwood Players 7%
Tracy Stemm-Crews - OLIVER - MAS Community Theatre 6%

Best Director/Play (local)
Steven Bucko - RUMORS - Plant City Entertainment 12%
Jason Fortner - ON GOLDEN POND - Francis Wilson Playhouse 8%
Miguel E. Rodriguez - THE FOREIGNER - Carrollwood Players 7%

Best Lighting Design - Play or Musical (local)
Andy Rufo - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 15%
Joshua Eberhart - JEKYLL & HYDE - Carrollwood Players 11%
Dalton Hamilton - SPRING AWAKENING - Eight O'Clock Theatre 9%

Best Music Director - Play or Musical (local)
Emi Stefanov - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 12%
Mary Jo Hahn - OLIVER - MAS Community Theatre 7%
Joseph Scarbrough - 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Carrollwood players 7%

Best Musical (local)
ANNIE - New Tampa Players 9%
INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 9%
SPELLING BEE - CWP 9%

Best Play (local)
RUMORS - Plant City Entertainment 9%
BAD JEWS - AMERICAN STAGE 7%
ROMEO AND JULIET - St. Petersburg Shakespeare Festival 7%

Best Professional Theater Company
American Stage 19%
Freefall Theatre 11%
St. Petersburg Shakespeare Festival 10%

Best Scenic Design - Play or Musical (local)
Dalton Hamilton - SPRING AWAKENING - Eight O'Clock Theatre 14%
Jason Fortner - INTO THE WOODS - Francis Wilson Playhouse 14%
Chelsie Camaro - JEKYLL & HYDE - Carrollwood Players 11%

Best Sound Design - Play or Musical (local)
Joshua Eberhart - JEKYLL & HYDE - Carrollwood Players 17%
Sean Quinn - SPRING AWAKENING - Eight O'Clock Theatre 15%
Sean Quinn - JEKYLL & HYDE - Eight O'Clock Theatre 12%

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