BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards Update 12/14 - Close Calls in Choreography!

By: Dec. 14, 2013
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Here are the current standings for San Francisco:

Best Choreography (Local)
Corey Strauss - Urinetown - Playhouse Merced 5%
Robyn Tribuzi - Cats - Broadway by the Bay 4%
Josh Montgomery - Grease - Children's Musical Theaterworks 4%
Shane Oliver & Samantha Koski - Ragtime - Youth Entertainment Stage Company 4%

Best Community Theatre
Coastal Repertory Theatre 8%
Playhouse Merced 8%
Good Company Players 7%
Stockton Civic Theatre 6%

Best Costume Design (Local)
Wendy Kaufmann - The Wiz - Berkeley Playhouse 5%
Cindy Strauss - Les Miserables - Playhouse Merced 4%
Ginger Kay Lewis-Reed - Shrek the Musical - Good Company Players 4%
Lisa Claybaugh/Sue Joswiak - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 4%

Best Direction of a Musical (Local)
Pat Nims - LES MISERABLES - Marin Summer Theater 5%
Joe Duffy - Hair - Coastal Repertory Theatre 4%
Robyn Tribuzi - Cats - Broadway by the Bay 4%
Joel C. Abels - Grey Gardens - StageWorks Fresno 4%

Best Direction of a Play (Local)
Roxane Ashe - The Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 6%
Shawn Carrington - Lend Me A Tenor - Stockton Civic Theatre 4%
J. Daniel Herring - I Am My Own Wife - StageWorks Fresno 4%
Craig A. Miller - Red - 6th Street Playhouse 4%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Local)
James Reed - White Christmas - Stockton Civic Theater 3%
Ethan Hennes - 'West Side Story' - Playhouse Merced 3%
Brandon Delsid - Shrek - Good Company Players 3%
Terry Lewis - Grey Gardens - StageWorks Fresno 2%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Touring)
Jimmy Larkin - Beauty and the Beast 34%
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful 19%
Christian Marriner - Shrek 18%
Stephen Michael Kane - Rock of Ages 11%

Best Featured Actor in a Play (Local)
Jeshamon Volkerts - 'The Hobbit' - Playhouse Merced 4%
Zac Schuman - Wonder of the World - Lucky Penny Productions 4%
David Nelson - Lend Me A Tenor - Stockton Civic Theatre 4%
Finn Rollings - A Christmas Story - Coastal Repertory Theatre 4%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Local)
Alexa Ortega - In The Heights - Palo Alto Players 10%
Shawna Olivia Eiermann - The Rocky Horror Show - 6th Street Playhouse 4%
Tiffany Davis - White Christmas - Stockton Civic Theatre 4%
Booket Fingerhut - Gypsy - Marin Summer Theater 2%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Touring)
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful 34%
Amma Osei - Rock of Ages 14%
Tryphena Wade - Lion King 13%
Charity Dawson - Dreamgirls 13%

Best Featured Actress in a Play (Local)
Francesca Izzo - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 9%
Greet Jaspaert - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 5%
Damaris Divito - Boeing Boeing - Palo Alto Players 5%
Samantha Gorjanc - Looking for Normal - Palo Alto Players 4%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
Fernando Sui - Les Miserables - Marin Summer Theater 7%
Joshua Dixon - Oklahoma - Sierra Repertory Theatre 5%
Daniel Hernandez - Grey Gardens - StageWorks Fresno 4%
Brian Palac - Miss Saigon - Palo Alto Players 4%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Touring)
Scott Willis - Priscilla Queen of the Desert 34%
Joe Hager - Beauty and the Beast 23%
Danny Mchugh - Rock of Ages 16%
Michael Jahlil - Dreamgirls 16%

Best Leading Actor in A Play (Local)
Michael Lederman - The Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 7%
Terry Lewis - I Am My Own Wife - StageWorks Fresno 6%
Joseph T. Smith - Lend Me A Tenor - Stockton Civic Theatre 5%
Joel Roster - The Rainmaker - Town Hall Theatre 3%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Alexa Ortega - In the Heights - Palo Alto Players 11%
Jennifer Gregoire - Hair - Coastal Repertory Theatre 8%
Booket Fingerhut - Gypsy - Marin Summer Theater 4%
Katherine Dela Cruz - Miss Saigon - Palo Alto Players 3%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Touring)
Cathy Rigby - Peter Pan 30%
Shawna M. Hamic - Les Miserables 18%
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful 18%
Whitney Winfield - Shrek 14%

Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Klara Laguardia - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 12%
Hannah Bloom - Almost Maine - Marin Summer Theater 7%
Damaris DiVito - Boeing Boeing - Palo Alto Players 6%
Noelle D.W. Chandler - 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' - Playhouse Merced 4%

Best Lighting Design (Local)
Valerie Clear - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 5%
Rob Hypes - 'Les Miserables' - Playhouse Merced 5%
Ellen Brooks - Iolanthe - Lamplighters 4%
Alisha Ramos - Les Miserables - Marin Summer Theater 4%

Best Local Musical
In The Heights - Palo Alto Players 7%
Hair - Coastal Repertory Theatre 5%
Les Miserables - Marin Summer Theatre 5%
'Les Miserables' - Playhouse Merced 3%

Best Local Play
Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 10%
Les Miserables - Marin Summer Theater 5%
Boeing Boeing - Palo Alto Players 5%
Lend Me a Tenor - Stockton Civic Theatre 5%

Best Production Performed by Youth
Legally Blonde - Henry M. Gunn High School 12%
LES MISERABLES - Marin Summer Theater 7%
All Shook Up - Starstruck Theatre 6%
Singin' in the Rain - 6th Street Playhouse 6%

Best Production Performed For Youth
Singin' In The Rain - 6th Street Playhouse 23%
A Year With Frog and Toad - StageWorks Fresno 20%
Fantastical Family Night - Transcendence Theatre - Broadway Under The Stars 14%
Sweeney Todd - Throckmorton Youth Performers 10%

Best Professional Theatre
Palo Alto Players 15%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre 15%
American Conservatory Theatre 10%
Sierra Repertory Theatre 10%

Best Scenic Design (Local)
Dutch Fritz - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 7%
Dominic Grijalva & Mitchell Lam Hau - Les Miserables - StageWorks Fresno 7%
Phoenix Ritchie - The Rocky Horror Show - 6th Street Playhouse 5%
Corey Strauss - 'Les Miserables' - Playhouse Merced 4%

Best Sound Design (Local)
Chad Phillips - 'Les Miserables' - Playhouse Merced 11%
Paul Anable - Diary of Anne Frank - Coastal Repertory Theatre 8%
Albert Casselhoff - Spamalot - 6th Street Playhouse 7%
Jon Hayward - Cats - Broadway by the Bay 6%

Best Special Theater Event
Broadway Under The Stars in Jack London State Park - Transcendence Theatre Company 13%
Anne Frank A History For Today - Coastal Repertory Theatre 12%
Good Company Players 40th Anniversary - Good Company Players 9%
Drama Island - Playhouse Merced 7%

Best Touring Production
Les Miserables 14%
Beauty and the Beast 10%
Lion King 10%
Billy Elliot 10%

Person to Watch
Alexa Ortega 9%
Marshall McGraw 3%
Shawna Olivia Eiermann 3%
Katherine Dela Cruz 3%

Theater of the Year
Palo Alto Players 8%
6th Street Playhouse 7%
Playhouse Merced 6%
Coastal Repertory Theatre 5%



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