2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards Update 11/25 - David Girolmo, Taylor Okey Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2013 and September 2014. 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.

Voting is now underway for Chicago! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings for Chicago:

Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
David Girolmo - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 36%
Matthew Brumlow - Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 26%
Larry Adams - 42nd Street - Paramount Theatre 17%
Michael Aaron Lindner - Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 14%
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Best Actor in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non­Equity)
Taylor Okey - Big Fish - Jedlicka Performing Arts Center 28%
David Geinosky - Cabaret - BrightSide Theatre 23%
Billy Dawson - A New Brain - Brown Paper Box Co. 22%
Deric Gochenauer - She Loves Me - Williams Street Repertory 14%
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Best Actor in a Play (Resident Equity)
Mike Nussbaum - Smokefall - Goodman Theatre 34%
Larry Yando - King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 24%
Patrick Andrews - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 18%
David Cromer - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 14%
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Best Actor in a Play (Resident Non-­Equity)
Geoff Button - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 29%
Mark Mahallak - Barefoot in the Park - Williams Street Repertory 20%
Patrick Whalen - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 20%
Nelson Rodriguez - Some Men - Pride Films and Plays 13%
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Best Actor in a Touring Production
Josh Young - Amazing Grace - Bank of America Theatre 25%
Michael Urie - Buyer and Cellar - Broadway Playhouse 25%
David Sajewich - Evil Dead - Broadway Playhouse 25%
Fred Applegate - The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 13%
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Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
Rebecca Finnegan - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 28%
Heidi Kettenring - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 25%
Jennie Sophia - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 21%
Lauren Villegas - Cats - Paramount Theatre 13%
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Best Actress in a Musical or Revue (Resident Non­Equity)
Amanda Horvath - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 34%
Callie Johnson - Carrie - Bailiwick Chicago 29%
Sydney Charles - Dessa Rose - Bailiwick Chicago 15%
Danni Smith - Passion - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 14%
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Best Actress in a Play (Resident Equity)
Kate Fry - Hedda Gabler - Writers Theatre 28%
Mary Beth Fisher - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 28%
Brenda Barrie - The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company 17%
Lindsey Page Morton - Lost in Yonkers - Northlight Theatre 15%
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Best Actress in a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Amanda Drinkall - Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 27%
Julie Stevens - Alone Together - Big Noise Theatre Company 27%
Erin Barlow - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 23%
Nora Lise Ulrey - The Children's Hour - Pride Films and Plays 14%
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Best Actress in a Touring Production
Erin Mackey - Amazing Grace - Bank of America Theatre 24%
Allison Semmes - Motown - Oriental Theatre 23%
Julie Baird - Evil Dead - Broadway Playhouse 19%
Rachel Tucker - The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 18%
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Best Choreography (Resident Equity)
Rachel Rockwell - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 29%
Brenda Didier - How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 24%
Katie Spellman - Rent - Paramount Theatre 19%
Tommy Rapley - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 15%
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Best Choreography (Resident Non-­Equity)
Brenda Didier - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 28%
Zachary L. Gray - Legally Blonde - Big Noise Theatre Company 22%
Annie Jo Ermel - Shrek - Big Deal Productions 19%
Dina DiCostanzo - Crazy for You - Fremont Street Theater Company 19%
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Best Costume Design (Resident Equity)
Mara Blumenfeld - Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 28%
Nancy Missimi - The King and I - Marriott Theatre 24%
Bill Morey - How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 20%
Mariann S. Verheyen - Henry V - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 16%
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Best Costume Design (Resident Non-­Equity)
Alison Siple - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 29%
Patty Halajian & Jean Rebeka - Crazy for You - Fremont Street Theater Company 23%
Beth Laske-Miller - Coraline - Black Button Eyes Productions 18%
Theresa Ham - Amadeus - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble 17%
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Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Equity)
L. Walter Stearns - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 30%
Damon Kiely - Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 19%
Brenda Didier - Ain't Misbehavin' - Porchlight Music Theatre 18%
Jim Corti - Rent - Paramount Theatre 17%
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Best Direction of a Musical or Revue (Resident Non-Equity)
Scott Weinstein - Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 30%
Stacey Flaster - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 26%
Brenda Didier - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 22%
Derek Van Barham - Songs from an Unmade Bed - Pride Films and Plays 12%
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Best Direction of a Play (Resident Equity)
Nick Bowling - The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre Company 33%
Barbara Gaines - King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 19%
Matt Miller - The Seafarer - Seanachai Theatre Company 17%
Robert Falls - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 16%
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Best Direction of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
Sean Graney - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 33%
Catherine Davis - Alone Together - Big Noise Theatre Company 26%
Jason Gerace - Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 18%
David Zak & Derek Van Barham - Some Men - Pride Films and Plays 14%
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Best Ensemble (Resident)
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 37%
Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre Company 19%
Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 17%
Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 14%
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Best Lighting Design (Resident Equity)
Greg Hofmann - Les Miserables - Drury Lane Productions 32%
Nick Belley & Jess Goings - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 31%
Philip S. Rosenberg - Henry V - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 13%
Brian Sidney Bembridge - Cicada - Route 66 Theatre Company 12%
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Best Lighting Design (Resident Non-­Equity)
Nick Belley & Garvin Jellison - Good Boys and True - Raven Theater 24%
Chazz Mallott - Coraline - Black Button Eyes Productions 23%
Cat Wilson - A New Brain - Brown Paper Box Co 19%
Diane D. Fairchild - A Tale of Two Cities - Lifeline Theatre 19%
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Best Musical Direction (Resident Equity)
Eugene Dizon - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 28%
Doug Peck - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theatre 27%
Malcolm Ruhl - Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 18%
Michael Mahler - Road Show - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 16%
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Best Musical Direction (Resident Non-Equity)
Aaron Benham - The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 31%
Robert Deason - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 29%
Roger L. Bingaman - Fiddler on the Roof - Light Opera Works 18%
Robert Ollis - Songs from an Unmade Bed - Pride Films and Plays 13%
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Best New Work/New Adaptation (Resident)
Sean Graney - All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites 38%
Ike Holter - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 20%
Ronald Keaton - Churchill - Greenhouse Theater Center 17%
Laura Eason & Alan Schmuckler - Days Like Today - Writers Theatre 13%
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Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Equity)
Avenue Q - Mercury Theatre Chicago 34%
Brigadoon - Goodman Theatre 26%
Hank Williams: Lost Highway - American Blues Theater 15%
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Porchlight Music Theatre 15%
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Best Revival of a Musical (Resident Non-­Equity)
Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 29%
Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 28%
The Wild Party - Bailiwick Chicago 22%
Dessa Rose - Bailiwick Chicago 14%
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Best Revival of a Play (Resident Equity)
The Normal Heart - TimeLine Theatre 39%
King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 20%
The Seafarer - Seanachai Theatre Company 15%
Hedda Gabler - Writers Theatre 15%
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Best Revival of a Play (Resident Non-Equity)
All My Sons - Raven Theatre 43%
Some Men - Pride Films and Plays 20%
The Mother - Oracle Productions 16%
Look Back in Anger - Redtwist Theatre 11%
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Best Revue (Resident)
Ain't Misbehavin' - Porchlight Music Theatre 39%
A Musical Tribute to the Andrews Sisters - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 31%
Depraved New World - The Second City 11%
Woz - Victory Gardens Theater 10%
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Best Scenic Design (Resident Equity)
Alan Donahue - Avenue Q - Mercury Theater Chicago 29%
Jeffrey D. Kmiec - Sweeney Todd - Porchlight Music Theater 22%
Todd Rosenthal - Luna Gale - Goodman Theatre 21%
Kevin Depinet - Cats - Paramount theater 15%
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Best Scenic Design (Resident Non-Equity)
David Geinosky - Ragtime - Big Noise Theatre Company 34%
Joanna Iwanicka - Monstrous Regiment - Lifeline Theatre 20%
Andrei Onegin, Kristein Abhalter, & Zhanna Albertini - The Playboy of the Western World - Raven Theatre 18%
Adam Veness - Fiddler on the Roof - Light Opera Works 18%
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Best Sound Design (Resident Equity)
Lindsay Jones - Grounded - American Blues Theater 29%
Kevin O'Donnell - Dorian - The House Theatre of Chicago 23%
Christopher Kriz - Cicada - Route 66 Theatre Company 18%
Josh Schmidt - The Dance of Death - Writers Theatre 16%
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Best Sound Design (Resident Non-Equity)
Christopher Kriz - Titanic - Griffin Theatre Company 44%
Thomas Dixon - Exit Strategy - Jackalope Theatre 20%
Christopher Kriz - Jane Eyre - Lifeline Theatre 16%
Andrew Hansen - A Tale of Two Cities - Lifeline Theatre 12%
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Best Special Theatrical Event
The Sound of Music - Lyric Opera of Chicago 32%
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks) - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 31%
Summer Concert in Millennium Park - Broadway in Chicago 16%
Proud at Mary's - Brown Paper Box Co. 11%
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Best Theater Production for Young Audiences
Seussical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 39%
Charlotte's Web - Emerald City Theatre 21%
School House Rock Live! - Marriott Theatre 16%
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites - Chicago Children's Theater 13%
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Best Touring Production
Motown - Oriental Theatre 31%
The Last Ship - Bank of America Theatre 22%
Tristan and Yseult - Chicago Shakespeare Theater 17%
The Phantom of the Opera - Cadillac Palace Theatre 16%
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