AMERICAN IDIOT, NEXT FALL, RAGTIME, TENOR Off to Early Leads in 2010 Fans' Choice

Voting is fully underway for BroadwayWorld's 2010 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, with thousands of votes already in and early leads established for some surprising and not so suprising early leaders. Voting will continue through June 4, 2010 and anything can happen between now and then. In the meantime early leaders range from those overlooked by the TONY nominations to fan favorites. Check out the current stats below by category.

Last year hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans weighed in, breaking site traffic records, and further solidifying the Theater Fans' Choice Awards place as the largest and most popular online Broadway polling event of its kind.

So, without any further delay, click here to vote and view the full stats!

Best Book of a Musical
Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer - American Idiot 55%
Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 19%
Joe DiPietro - Memphis 10%

Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett - American Idiot 48%
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away 8%
Bill T. Jones - Fela! 7%

Best Costume Design
Andrea Lauer - American Idiot 43%
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 9%
Santo Loquasto - Ragtime 8%

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Mayer - American Idiot 55%
Marcia Milgrom Dodge - Ragtime 12%
Terry Johnson - La Cage aux Folles 5%

Best Direction of a Play
Stanley Tucci - Lend Me a Tenor 16%
Sheryl Kaller - Next Fall 10%
Michael Grandage - Red 8%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Vincent - American Idiot 31%
Michael Esper - American Idiot 13%
Bobby Steggert - Ragtime 11%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brian D'Arcy James - Time Stands Still 16%
Eddie Redmayne - Red 9%
Anthony LaPaglia - Lend Me a Tenor 8%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Rebecca Naomi Jones - American Idiot 31%
Angela Lansbury - A Little Night Music 13%
Christina Sajous - American Idiot 12%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Scarlett Johansson - A View from the Bridge 15%
Jan Maxwell - Lend Me a Tenor 12%
Alicia Silverstone - Time Stands Still 10%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
John Gallagher, Jr. - American Idiot 51%
Douglas Hodge - La Cage aux Folles 10%
Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises 6%

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jude Law - Hamlet 15%
Alfred Molina - Red 10%
Denzel Washington - Fences 10%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 18%
Catherine Zeta Jones - A Little Night Music 18%
Kristin Chenoweth - Promises, Promises 18%

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Laura Linney - Time Stands Still 14%
Carrie Fisher - Wishful Drinking 13%
Abigail Breslin - The Miracle Worker 13%

Best Lighting Design
Kevin Adams - American Idiot 58%
Donald Holder - Ragtime 6%
Natasha Katz - The Addams Family 4%

Best Long Running Broadway Show
Next to Normal 21%
Wicked 17%
Hair 9%

Best Musical
American Idiot 62%
Memphis 9%
The Addams Family 8%

Best Off-Broadway Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 31%
Yank! 26%
The Scottsboro Boys 23%

Best Off-Broadway Play
The Tempermantals 12%
Love, Loss and What I Wore 12%
Orphans' Home Cycle 11%

Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt - American Idiot 62%
William David Brohn - Ragtime 11%
Jason Carr - A Little Night Music 4%

Best Original Score
Music - David Bryan, Lyrics - Joe DiPetro, David Bryan - Memphis 31%
Music & Lyrics - Andrew Llippa - The Addams Family 29%
Music - Adam Cork, Lyrics - Lucy Prebble - Enron 7%

Best Play
Next Fall 22%
Enron 13%
Red 12%

Best Revival of a Musical
Ragtime 29%
La Cage aux Folles 21%
A Little Night Music 14%

Best Revival of a Play
Lend Me a Tenor 20%
Hamlet 19%
A View From the Bridge 18%

Best Scenic Design
Christine Jones - American Idiot 53%
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 10%
Derek McLane - Ragtime 8%

Best Sound Design
Brian Ronan - American Idiot 59%
ACME Sound Partners - Ragtime 6%
ACME Sound Partners - The Addams Family 4%

 

So, without any further delay, click here to vote and view the full stats!