First Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards; Santa Fe Playhouse Leads Favorite Local Theatre!

The first standings have been announced as of Monday, November 13th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The 2023 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. 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, 2023.

Winners will be announced in January!

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2023 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Standings - 11/14/23

Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Lou Becker - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 46%
Zoe Burke (intimacy director) - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
Laura Orozco Garrett - SANTA FE FIESTA MELODRAMA - Santa Fe Playhouse 16%
Antonio Miniño (Intimacy Direction) - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 15%

Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Khristah Garcia - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 50%
David Stallings - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
Erica Frank - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 14%
Kaylee Silcocks - The Comedy Of Errors - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 13%

Best Direction Of A Musical
Theresa Carson - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 30%
Robb Sisneros - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 28%
Rebecca Aparicio - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 25%
Patrick MacDonald and Emily Rankin - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 17%

Best Direction Of A Play
Robyn Rikoon - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
Zoe Burke - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 15%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 11%
Levi Gore - Constellations - The Vortex Theatre 11%
James Cady - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 7%
James Cady - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 6%
James Cady - BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 6%
Matt Heath - COPPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 6%
Dodie Montgomery - GLORIA - Actors Studio 66 5%
Itai Rosen - KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 5%
Marc Comstock - The Drawer Boy - Actors Studio 66 4%

Best Ensemble
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 17%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 12%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 7%
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 7%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 7%
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - Santa Fe Opera 7%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 6%
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - The Adobe Theater 5%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
GLORIA - Actors Studio 66 4%
ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 4%
MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 4%
TOSCA - Santa Fe Opera 2%
SIMPATICO - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%
LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 1%

Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Lucas Zuniga - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 24%
Ray Rey Griego - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 19%
Sarah LeBlanc - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 10%
Rob Siler - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Annie Liu - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Max Doolittle - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Skip Rapoport - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 6%
Nicholas Flemming - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Skip Rapoport - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Jared Roberts - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Stephen Anthony Elkins - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 34%
Anthony Barase - TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 26%
Thomas Guggeis - THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - Santa Fe Opera 14%
Kathleen Ritch - I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Tri-M Productions 10%
Harry Bicket - PELLEAS ET MELISANDE - Santa Fe Opera 8%
Eliana Joy O’Brien - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Anthony Barase - LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 1%

Best Musical
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 23%
NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 22%
CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 17%
KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 13%
SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 13%
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Tri-M Productions 3%

Best New Play Or Musical
REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 34%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 31%
CAT'S PAJAMAS - Teatro Paraguas 11%
TURN & CHANGE - Incite Shakespeare Company 9%
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Santa Fe Opera 9%
HUBBA HUBBA - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%

Best Performer In A Musical
Wendy Barker - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 20%
David Stallings - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Lorri Layle Oliver - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 11%
Jonathan Cordova - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 10%
Bill Brooks - THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - The Adobe Theater 7%
Koppany Pusztai - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Jason Roman - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 6%
Paul Ashby - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 6%
Rikki Carroll - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Bear Schacht - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 5%
Evan Galpert - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 4%
Cara Juan - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 4%
Christian Libonati - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
John Alejandro Jeffords - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 1%

Best Performer In A Play
Alexandra Renzo - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Parker Owen - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuqueque Little Theatre 10%
Antonio Miniño - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Geoff Pomeroy - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 7%
Vic Browder - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - New Mexico Shakespeare Festival 5%
Charlie Dearing - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 5%
Debrianna Mansini - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Paul Ford - INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 5%
Michelle Belmont - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Samantha Scarborough - CAT'S PAJAMAS - Teatro Paraguas 5%
Matthew Van Wettering - THE PARFUMERIE - The Vortext Theatre 4%
Kate Udall - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
Mathew Zimmerer - COPENHAGEN - Actors Studio 66 3%
Yannig Morris - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 2%
Montana Miller - ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 2%
Noah Segard - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 2%
Rachel Foster - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Evan Spreen - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Danielle Reddick - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 2%
Evan Spreen - CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 2%
Mairi Chanel - KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 1%
Jeff Dolecek - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 1%
Myriah Duda - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Santa Fe Classic Theater 1%
Quinn Mander - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 1%
Leslie Dillen - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%

Best Play
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albuquerque Little Theatre 20%
DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 14%
THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 12%
RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 7%
SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 6%
CONSTELLATIONS - The Vortex Theatre 5%
INHERIT THE WIND - The Adobe Theater 5%
ORPHANS - Natives of the Apocalypse 4%
MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 3%
COPENHAGEN - Actors studio 66 3%
HUBBA HUBBA - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%
BLOOD KNOT - The Vortex Theatre 2%
SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 1%

Best Production of an Opera
TURANDOT - Opera Southwest 43%
TOSCA - Santa Fe Opera 24%
ORFEO - Santa Fe Opera 13%
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Santa Fe Opera 9%
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE - Santa Fe Opera 7%
LE COMPT ORY - Opera Southwest 4%

Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Joey Sauthoff - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 20%
Mary Rossman - DRACULA - The Vortex Theatre 18%
James W. Johnson - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Ariana Karp - RICHARD III - Incite Shakespeare Company 9%
James W. Johnson - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Tom Burgquist - CABARET - Musical Theatre Southwest 7%
James W Johnson - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
James W. Johnson - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 6%
Robert Benedetti - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Maddie Ross - THE DRESSER - West End Productions 4%
Nicholas Ballas - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 4%
Sarah LeBlanc - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%

Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Bladen Breitreiter - SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 35%
Saibi Khalsa - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 34%
Saibi Khalsa - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 12%
Gregory J. Fields - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 11%
Patrick Janssen - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%

Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
Victor Reyes - KINKY BOOTS - Tri-M Productions 19%
Ryan Pennington - SWEENEY TODD - Musical Theatre Southwest 17%
Jonathan Cordova - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 15%
Bill Brooks - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 9%
Bear Schacht - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 8%
Ron Gallegos - NEXT TO NORMAL - Musical Theatre Southwest 8%
Patrick MacDonald - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Karen Gruber Ryan - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Terri Scullin - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
Noah Segard - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tri-M Productions 4%
Karen Gruber Ryan - A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 3%

Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Jim Williams - THE PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 17%
Brian Clifton - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Albueuerque Little Theatre 15%
Laura Gomez - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 10%
Kim Delfina Gleason - REZ SISTERS - Vortex Theatre 9%
Suzanne Lederer - MORNING SUN - New Mexico Actors Lab 8%
Evan Spreen - THE DRAWER BOY - Actors Studio 66 7%
Joshua Horton - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 7%
Emily Rankin - SEASCAPE - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Shannon Hayes - PARFUMERIE - The Vortex Theatre 5%
Alexander Lane - THE SEAFARER - New Mexico Actors Lab 5%
Scott Harrison - SWEAT - Santa Fe Playhouse 5%
William Potter - COCK - Ad Astra Theatre Company 4%
Julie Shapiro - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Santa Fe Classic Theater 3%
Patrick Janssen - THE BABY MONITOR - Santa Fe Playhouse 1%

Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD - Santa Fe Playhouse 63%
KING LEAR - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 16%
APPRENTICE SCENES - Santa Fe Opera 15%
1 HENRY IV - Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym 6%

Favorite Local Theatre
Santa Fe Playhouse 19%
The Vortex Theatre 17%
Musical Theatre Southwest 16%
New Mexico Actors Lab 11%
Albuquerque Little Theatre 8%
Santa Fe Opera 6%
Tri-M Productions 4%
Natives of the Apocalypse 3%
Actos Studio 66 3%
The Adobe Theater 3%
Opera Southwest 3%
Incite Shakespeare Company 2%
Santa Fe Classic Theater 2%
Theater Grottesco 2%
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe 1%

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