2015 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards Update - JT Walker III, Stacie Boord Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Columbus Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. 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 Columbus! 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 Columbus:

Best Choreography (Local)
Edward Charles Carignan - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 23%
Katy Psenicka - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 19%
Katy Psenicka - Which One's Pink - Shadowbox Live 18%

Best Costume Design (Local)
Linda Mullin - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 47%
Jackie Farbean - Sweeney Todd - Imagine Productions 15%
Hannah Chalman - Rent - Weathervane Playhouse 9%

Best Direction of a Musical (Local)
Stev Guyer - American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 31%
Edward Charles Carignan - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 16%
Adam Karsten - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 12%

Best Direction of a Play (Local)
Kevin Connell - One Man Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 35%
Coreen Janetzke - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 24%
Sarah Merkey - Pack of Lies - Curtain Players 21%

Best High School Production of a Play or Musical
Pippin - Gahanna Lincoln High School 34%
In The Heights - Dublin Scioto High School 22%
Mary Poppins - Upper Arlington High School 21%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
JT Walker III - American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 23%
Jordan Donica - Into the Woods - Otterbein University 11%
Layne Roate - Rent - Weathervane Playhouse 8%

Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local)
Peter Moses - The Greeks - Otterbein Theatre 23%
Ryan Metzger - One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 21%
Michael Evanichko - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 13%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Stacie Boord - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 16%
Anabelle Smith - Peter Pan - Dublin Scioto High School 12%
Kayla Walsh - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 11%

Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Kayla Walsh - Rabbit Hole - Otterbein University 22%
Kayla Walsh - One Man Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 19%
Diane Hooper - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 14%

Best Lighting Design (Local)
Aaron Pelzak - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 44%
Adam Zeek - A Little Night Music - Short North Stage 20%
Glen Garcia - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre Off Broadway 15%

Best Musical (Local)
The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 17%
American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 11%
Nice Work if you Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 11%

Best Musical Director
Stev Guyer - American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 35%
Tim Valentine - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 23%
Martha Tepper - Oliver! - Pickerington Community Theatre 15%

Best Original Play (Local)
The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 43%
Rabbit Hole - Otterbein University 23%
One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 21%

Best Scenic Design (Local)
Rob Kuhn - In The Heights - Dublin Scioto High School 30%
Kat Wexler - The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 21%
Andrew Weibel - 1776 - Pickerington Community Theatre 20%

Best Sound Design (Local)
Gar Phillips - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre Off Broadway 40%
Megan Culley - One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 30%
Megan Culley - Dial 'M' For Murder - Weathervane Playhouse 19%

Best Touring Musical
Lion King - Ohio Theatre 33%
Newsies - Ohio Theatre 24%
Once - Palace Theatre 13%

Best Young Actor Under Age 18
Keegan Sells - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 48%
Isaac Barnes - The Match Girl's Gift - Curtain Players 23%
William Gorgas - Sondheim In Concert - Warehouse Theatre 17%

Best Young Actress Under Age 18
Sabrina Brush - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 46%
Mary Kate Gebhart - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Grandview Carriage Place Players 37%
Amelia Cameron - The Match Girl's Gift - Curtain Players 17%

Theater of the Year
Shadowbox Live 35%
Columbus Children's Theatre 20%
Short North Stage 19%