2015 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards - Last Week to Vote!

By: Dec. 24, 2015
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Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Phoenix 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 Phoenix! 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 Phoenix:

Best Actor in a Musical (Non-Professional)
Steven Ricks - Les Miserables - Copperstar Repertory Theatre Company 9%
Phillip Amerine - Spamalot - Paradise Valley Community College 6%
Alex Kunz - Company - ASU Lyric Opera Theater 5%

Best Actor in a Musical (Professional)
Alan Ariano - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 28%
Toby Yatso - Mary Poppins - Phoenix Theatre 19%
Andy Meyers - Sweet Charity - Arizona Broadway Theatre 13%

Best Actor in a Musical (Youth Production)
Jordan Sagy - Grease - Studio 3 11%
Nathan Sheppard - Joseph and the Amazing Techincolor Dreamcoat - Valley Youth Theatre 8%
Skyler Washburn - A Year with Frog and Toad - Theater Works 6%

Best Actor in a Play (Non-Professional)
Vinny Chavez - Valhalla - Nearly Naked Theatre 10%
Jericho Thomas - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 8%
Frank Gaxiola - Shifting Gears - Theater Works 7%

Best Actor in a Play (Professional)
Toby Yatso - Buyer & Cellar - Phoenix Theater 38%
Ron May - One Man Two Guvnors - Phoenix Theater 20%
Randy Messersmith - Equivocation - Southwest Shakespeare Company 10%

Best Actor in a Play (Youth Production)
Taylor Bader - Ramona Quimby - Spotlight Youth Theatre 13%
Jesse Pike - The Jungle Book - Theater Works 12%
Riley Thornton - Treasure Island - Studio 3 11%

Best Actress in a Musical (Non-Professional)
Chanel Bragg - Dreamgirls - Desert Foothills Theatre 10%
Kelli James - Follies - Theater Works 9%
Alexandra Utpadel - Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 8%

Best Actress in a Musical (Professional)
Jill Tieskoetter - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 21%
Jill-Christine Wiley - Disney's The Little Mermaid - Arizona Broadway Theatre 17%
Leanne Smith - Legally Blonde - Arizona Broadway Theatre 11%

Best Actress in a Musical (Youth Production)
Mariella DeAngelis - Rent - Spotlight Youth theatre 9%
Carly McClain - Winnie the Pooh - Valley Youth Theatre 8%
Summer Beckman - Little Mermaid - Fountaiin Hills Youth Theater 7%

Best Actress in a Play (Non-Professional)
Elisa Gonzales - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School for Theatre and Film 11%
Vickie Hall - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film Dance and Theater 8%
Veronica Carmack Gasper - Shifting Gears - Theater Works 6%

Best Actress in a Play (Professional)
Jeannie Shultz - End of the Rainbow - Phoenix Theatre 18%
Debra K. Stevens - Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Childsplay 17%
Jenny Hintz - One Man Two Guvnors - Phoenix Theater 15%

Best Actress in a Play (Youth Production)
Spohia Matin - Ramona Quimby - Spotlight Youth Theatre 15%
Zoe Tanton - The Diary of Anne Frank - Musical Theatre of Anthem 13%
Makinlee Wright - Peter Pan & Wendy - Starlight Community Theater 11%

Best Choreography (Non-Professional)
Lynzee Paul Foreman - Dreamgirls - Desert Foothills Theater 15%
Shelby Maticic - Little Women: The Musical - Brelby Theatre Company 10%
Laurie Trygg - The Sound of Music - Hale Center Theatre 9%

Best Choreography (Professional)
Heather Adams - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 19%
Sam Hay - Chicago - Phoenix Theatre 15%
Andy Meyers - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 14%

Best Choreography (Youth Production)
Lucas Coatney - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Valley Youth Theatre 13%
Lynzee Foreman - RENT - Spotlight Youth Theatre 11%
Lynzee Foreman - Wedding Singer - Spotlight Youth Theatre 9%

Best Costume Design (Non-Professional)
Marc Taylor - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 16%
Tamara Treat - Follies - Theater Works 15%
William Gratza - Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 10%

Best Costume Design (Professional)
Kelsey Ettman - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 30%
Cari Smith - Chicago - Phoenix Theatre 17%
Vincent Scassellati, Kenneth Burrell & Robin L. McGee - Disney's The Little Mermaid - Arizona Broadway Theatre 16%

Best Costume Design (Youth Production)
Carol Cooper - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Valley Youth Theatre 17%
Naomi and Andi Jordon - RENT - Spotlight Youth Theatre 10%
Cari Smith - A Year with Frog and Toad - Youth Works Theater Works 10%

Best Director of a Musical (Non-Professional)
Shelby Maticic - Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 14%
D. Scott Withers - Man of La Mancha - Theater Works 11%
Phillip Fazio - Follies - Theater Works 10%

Best Director of a Musical (Professional)
Andy Meyers - King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 31%
Carl Rajotte - Legally Blonde - Arizona Broadway Theatre 16%
Michael Barnard - Mary Poppins - Phoenix Theatre 14%

Best Director of a Musical (Youth Production)
Bobb Cooper - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Valley Youth Theatre 10%
Kenny Grossman - Rent - Spotlight Youth Theatre 8%
Chris Hamby - A Year with Frog and Toad - Youth Works Theater Works 6%

Best Director of a Play (Non-Professional)
Wyatt Kent - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film Dance and Theater 15%
Daniel Schay - Shifting Gears - Theater Works 7%
Ron May - Pluto - Stray Cat Theatre 7%

Best Director of a Play (Professional)
Ron May - Buyer andCellar - Phoenix Theatre 28%
David Barker - Equivocation - Southwest Shakespeare Company 19%
Dwayne Hartford - Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Childsplay 14%

Best Director of a Play (Youth Production)
Brenda Goodenberger - Ramona Quimby - Spotlight Youth Theatre 21%
Chris Hamby - The Tales of the Arabian Nights - Theater Works Youth Works 18%
Susan & Eric Gibson - Peter Pan & Wendy - Starlight Community Theater 11%

Best Hair and Make-Up Design (Non-Professional)
Jean Tanton and Courtney Greger - Follies - Theater Works 16%
Marc Taylor - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 15%
Jessie Tully - Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 13%

Best Hair and Make-Up Design (Professional)
Sasha Wordlaw - SpellBound! - Southwest Shakespeare Company 60%
Christy Lindsay - King Lear - Southwest Shakespeare Company 40%

Best Hair and Make-Up Design (Youth Production)
Angel DeMichael and Jacob Hamilton - RENT - Spotlight Youth Theatre 14%
Cheri Lundgreen - Frankenstein - Actor's Youth Theatre 13%
Trey DeGroodt - The Wedding Singer - Spotlight Youth Theatre 13%

Best Light Design (Non-Professional)
Jamie Arakas - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 16%
Jeff Davis - Man of La Mancha - Theater Works 15%
Jeff Davis - The Wizard of Oz - Hale Centre Theatre 11%

Best Light Design (Professional)
Will Kirkham - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 30%
Paul Black - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 25%
Paul Black - Disney's The Little Mermaid - Arizona Broadway Theatre 18%

Best Light Design (Youth Production)
Kenny Grossman - Rent - Spotlight Youth 16%
Dale Nakagawa - Into the Woods - Greasepaint Youtheatre 14%
Emma England, Brian Foley - The Addams Family - Studio 3 Performing Arts 12%

Best Musical (Non-Professional)
Les Miserables - Copperstar 12%
Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 8%
Wizard of Oz - Hale 8%

Best Musical (Professional)
The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 24%
Legally Blonde - Arizona Broadway Theatre 15%
Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 12%

Best Musical (Youth Production)
Rent - Spotlight Youth Theatre 9%
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Valley Youth Theatre 8%
Hairspray - Desert Foothills Youth Theater 8%

Best Play (Non-Professional)
A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film Music and Dance 20%
Lend Me A Tenor - Hale Centre Theatre 8%
Shifting Gears - Theater Works 8%

Best Play (Professional)
Charlotte's Web - Childsplay 19%
Buyer & Cellar - Phoenix Theater 17%
One Man Two Guvnors - Phoenix Theater 15%

Best Play (Youth Production)
Ramona Quimby - Spotlight Youth Theatre 19%
Treasure Island - Studio 3 Performing Arts 11%
Much Ado About Nothing - Greasepaint 11%

Best Scenic Design (Non-Professional)
Brett Aiken - Man of La Mancha - Theater Works 16%
Tyler Scrivner - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 14%
Brian Dailey - Tarzan - Hale Centre Theatre 9%

Best Scenic Design (Professional)
Jim Hunter - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 26%
Paul Black - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 20%
Joel Birch - Chicago - Phoenix Theatre 15%

Best Scenic Design (Youth Production)
Bobby Sample & Clancy DeGroodt - RENT - Spotlight Youth Theatre 18%
Dori Brown - A Year with Frog and Toad - Theater Works 16%
Emma England - Grease - Studio 3 Performing Arts 9%

Best Sound Design (Non-Professional)
Katerina Noori - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 17%
Toby Payne - Dreamgirls - Desert Foothills Theater 16%
Wizard of Oz - Hale Centre Theatre 10%

Best Sound Design (Professional)
Almir Lejic - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 22%
Dave Temby - Chicago - Phoenix Theatre 19%
Eric Johnson - Legally Blonde: The Musical - Arizona Broadway Theatre 19%

Best Sound Design (Youth Production)
Peter Bish - Into the Woods - Greasepaint Youtheatre 19%
Marcus Ellsworth - Frankenstein - Actor's Youth Theater 13%
Aldy Montufar - Grease - Studio 3 Performing Arts 12%

Best Supporting Actor (Non-Professional)
Abel Zidane - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 9%
Vinny Chavez - Lend Me a Tenor - Hale Centre Theatre 6%
Michael Schwenke - How to Succeed - Theater Works 5%

Best Supporting Actor (Professional)
Eymard Cabling - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 14%
Aaron Ronnelle - Disney's The Little Mermaid - Arizona Broadway Theatre 10%
Andy Meyers - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 10%

Best Supporting Actor (Youth Production)
Spencer Claus - Hairspray - Desert Foothills Youth Theater 9%
Alex Acosta - RENT - Spotlight Youth Theatre 9%
Connor Baker - Into the Woods - Valley Youth Theatre 7%

Best Supporting Actress (Non-Professional)
Martina Stellnert - A Streetcar Named Desire - ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre 7%
Kay Gray - Little Women - Brelby Theatre Company 6%
Yolanda London - Pluto - Stray Cat Theatre 6%

Best Supporting Actress (Professional)
Kyoko Ogawa - The King and I - Arizona Broadway Theatre 18%
Carly Grossman - Les Miserables - Arizona Broadway Theatre 16%
Abigail Raye - Legally Blonde: The Musical - Arizona Broadway Theatre 10%

Best Supporting Actress (Youth Production)
Kiara Adams - Hairspray - Desert Foothills Theater 9%
Liz Grannis - Hairspray - Greasepaint Youtheatre 7%
Ali Whitwell - Rent - Spotlight Youth Theatre 6%

Best Touring Production
Wicked - Gammage 40%
Kinky Boots - ASU Gammage 17%
Phantom of the Opera - ASU Gammage 11%


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