BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, SWEAT, Ensemble Theatre Company & More Lead!

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Standings

Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
Eric Byrd - GUYS AND DOLLS - The Carnegie 59%
Diane Lala - SOMETHING ROTTEN! - UC-CCM 6%
Jenna Treinen - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 5%
Rachel Perin  - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 5%
Jules Breslin - KINKY BOOTS - Cincinnati Music Theatre 5%
Amanda Marasch - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 5%
Maddie Jones - DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
Abby Farmer - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 4%
Eric Byrd - FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 3%
Peyton Wright - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Jay & Jenny Goodlett - BRIGHT STAR - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 1%

Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
Rainy Edwards - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 52%
Kristie Marasch & Carolyn Marinez - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 8%
Erin Donnelly - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 7%
Brittanie McKenna Travis - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patrica Corbett Auditorium 6%
Jeff Shearer - DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 5%
Gail Rudolph and Linda Geering - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 4%
Jessica Pitcairn - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Allison Jones - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 3%
Daryl Harris - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
Rainy Edwards - GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Allison Jones - KISS ME KATE - The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
Jessica Pitcairn - 9 TO 5 - Xavier University Theatre 2%
Allison Jones - THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 2%
Noelle Wedig - ALL-ONE! THE DR. BRONNER'S PLAY - Know Theatre of Cincinnati 1%

Best Direction Of A Musical
Lindsey Augusta Mercer - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 51%
Dee Anne Bryll - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 5%
Greg Eldridge & Daria Zholnerova - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 5%
Chad Brinkman - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 4%
Lara Gonzalez - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 4%
Stephen Skiles - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Maggie Perrino - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 4%
Brant Russell - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 4%
Ed Cohen - BRIGHT STAR - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 3%
Hannah Ryan - SPRING AWAKENING - UC-CCM 3%
Stephen Skiles - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 2%
Roderick Justice - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
Maddie Jones - PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
Jerry Wiesenhahn - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Footlighters, Inc. 2%
Rodney Neal - HOLIDAY INN - Rise Up Performing Arts 2%
Eric Byrd - FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 2%
Nate Bertone - RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER JR. - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 1%
Joe Stollenwerk - MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 1%

Best Direction Of A Play
Lynn Meyers - MORNING SUN - Ensemble Theatre Company 57%
Torie Wiggins - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 6%
Jerry Wiesenhahn - AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Mariemont Players 6%
Darnell Pierre Benjamin - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - The Carnegie 6%
Tessa D’Errico - GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES - Xavier University Theatre 5%
Ray Lebowski - ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT - Mason Community Players 4%
Aaron Rossini - OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Chris Stewart - NICOLA TESLA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 3%
Darnell Pierre Benjamin - SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 3%
Jemma Alix Levy - LITTLE WOMEN - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Tom Peters - A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Tri-County Players 2%
Jemma Alix Levy - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Erika MacDonald - ALL-ONE! THE DR. BRONNER'S PLAY - Know Theatre of Cincinnati 1%

Best Ensemble
MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 9%
SPRING AWAKENING - UC-CCM 8%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 7%
KINKY BOOTS - Cincinnati Music Theatre 7%
FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 6%
SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 5%
ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 5%
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Mariemont Players 5%
THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 4%
FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 4%
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 3%
THE LIVING DEAD - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
HOLIDAY INN - Rise Up Performing Arts 3%
LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 3%
BRIGHT STAR - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 3%
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 2%
DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 2%
A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT - Mason Community Players 1%
MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 1%

Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
Laura Glover - GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 53%
Alaina Pizzoferrato - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 9%
Baron Leon - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 7%
Chad Brinkman - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 6%
Ben Gantose - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 5%
Joe Mitchell - GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Joe Beumer - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Bob Kessler - PUFFS - Loveland Stage Company 3%
Jessica Drayton - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Robert Carlton Stimmel - TAMING OF THE SHREW - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Jessica Drayton - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Elizabeth Boland - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Footlighters, Inc. 2%
Alec Schneider - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 1%
Krista Billings - OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 0%

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
Ryan Heinrich - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 58%
Scot Buza - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 6%
William Langley - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 6%
Charlie Wilhelm - KINKY BOOTS - Cincinnati Music Theatre 5%
Julie Spangler - SPRING AWAKENING - UC-CCM 5%
Mark Femia - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
Tom and Sara Davis - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 4%
Alan Masters - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 4%
Damon Stevens - FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 3%
Charles Wilhelm - WONDERFUL TOWN - Cincinnati Music Theatre 2%
Jason Alexander Holmes - PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
J.E. Kurzman - MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 0%

Best Musical
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 44%
MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 7%
SPRING AWAKENING - UC-CCM 6%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 5%
KINKY BOOTS - Cincinnati Music Theatre 5%
LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 4%
AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 4%
SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 3%
ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 3%
DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 3%
BRIGHT STAR - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER JR. - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
HOLIDAY INN - Rise Up Performing Arts 2%
KISS ME KATE - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 2%
SOMETHING ROTTEN - Footlighters, Inc. 2%
A CHORUS LINE - Cincinnati Playhouse 2%
COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 2%
RING OF FIRE - Cincinnati Pl 1%
MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 0%

Best New Play Or Musical
THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 26%
THE LIVING DEAD - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 25%
CINDERELLA WORE COWBOY BOOTS - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 20%
ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 16%
MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 14%

Best Performer In A Musical
Tomi Newman - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 12%
Courtney Lucien - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 8%
Rick Kramer - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 8%
Wayne Wright - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 7%
Kavan Vadivelu - RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 6%
Maria Zierolf - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 6%
Corey Meyer - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 5%
Logan Wagner - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 5%
Delaney Benson - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 4%
Montez O. Jenkins Copeland - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 4%
Matthew Callas - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Evan Blust - FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 3%
Henry Benson - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 3%
Rosvic Siason - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 3%
Juno Brosas - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 3%
Karen Galliers Hendershot - WONDERFUL TOWN - Cincinnati Music Theatre 2%
Peyton Hahn - COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 2%
Erik Nordstrom - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 2%
Alex Devore - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 2%
Kali Marsh - KISS ME KATE - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
Doug Berlon - A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
Hope Pauly - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 2%
Nicco Morello - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 1%
Mollie Bryson - MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 1%
Elvie Ellis - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Aronoff Theatre 1%

Best Performer In A Play
Sara Mackie - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 50%
Brandi La’sherrill - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - The Carnegie 6%
Abby Sherr - OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 5%
Diana Rogers - AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Mariemont Players 4%
Mary Stone - AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Mariemont Players 4%
Molly Franzen - GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Parker Culp - OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Candice Handy - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
Chris Carter - NICOLA TESLA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 3%
Debbi Berlon - STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Mariemont Players 2%
Christine Pedi - THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Andrew Leonard - PUFFS - Loveland Stage Company 2%
Kelsey Schwarber - BOEING BOEING - The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 2%
Christine Pedi - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Tora Nogami Alexander - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%
Mary Stone - A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Tri-County Players 1%
Kelly Mengelkoch - THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%
Kelly Mengelkoch - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%
Burgess Byrd - SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 1%
Keith Cassidy - MACBETH - CenterStage Players 1%
James Evans - THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%

Best Play
SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 43%
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Mariemont Players 12%
OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 10%
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - The Carnegie 7%
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Tri-County Players 5%
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 5%
TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 4%
ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT - Mason Community Players 3%
THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
BOEING BOEING - The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 3%
PUFFS - Loveland Stage Company 3%
MORNING SUN - Ensemble Theatre Company 1%

Best Production of an Opera
MADAME BUTTERFLY - Cincinnati Opera 80%
FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 11%
LA CANTERINA - Northern Kentucky University 5%
THE KNOCK - Cincinnati Opera 4%

Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
Brian Mehring - SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 55%
Tyler Gabbard - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - The Carnegie 7%
Chad Brinkman - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 6%
Mark Halpin - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 6%
Charlie Calvert - SPRING AWAKENING - UC-CCM 4%
Ben Gantose - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
Joe Leonard - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 4%
Nate Bertone - DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 4%
Joe Beumer - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Micheal Kiser - COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 2%
Samantha Reno - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 2%
Shannon Robert - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. 2%
Samantha Reno - GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%
Sam Reno - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 1%
Chad Brinkman - FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE - Footlighters, Inc. 1%

Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
Kaitlin Barnett - FELLOW TRAVELERS - Patricia Corbett Auditorium 18%
Forrest Goodwin - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 14%
Avery Reynolds - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 14%
Don Moore - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 11%
Sam Sadler - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 10%
Anna Kahle - OUR TOWN - Xavier University Theatre 9%
Robert Carlton Stimmel - TROUBLE IN MIND - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 7%
Chris Lee - PUFFS - Loveland Stage Company 6%
Robert Carlton Stimmel - GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 6%
Robert Carlton Stimmel - LITTLE WOMEN - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 5%

Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
K.P. Powell - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 39%
Monique Churchill - KINKY BOOTS - The Carnegie 19%
Arabella Bertucci - MEAN GIRLS - Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre 7%
Dan Cohen - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 4%
Amanda Marasch - COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 3%
Joe Mitchell - SOMETHING ROTTEN - Xavier University Theatre 3%
Doug Berlon - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 3%
Angelique Archer - AS YOU LIKE IT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 3%
Bob Herzog - DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 3%
Josh Galloway - FOOTLOOSE - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 2%
Anna Kahle - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 2%
Aaron Marshall - GUYS AND DOLLS - The Carnegie 2%
Eva Bower - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 2%
Hope Pauly - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 1%
Kim Toft - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 1%
Delaney O'Toole - A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER - Footlighters, Inc. 1%
Josh Galloway - PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 1%
Jenna Treinen - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 1%
Regan Utrup - LIZZIE - THE MUSICAL - Xavier University Theatre 1%
Laurie Schneider Brinkman - COMPANY - Loveland Stage Company 1%
David Bower - ABOVE THE SAND - Mason Community Players 1%
Jeremiah Plessinger - MAN OF LA MANCHA - The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 1%
Kennedy Florence - MUSICALS SHE WROTE - Cincinnati Music Theatre 0%

Best Supporting Performer In A Play
Allen Middleton - SWEAT - Ensemble Theatre Company 64%
Burgess Byrd - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 14%
Dev Marvelous - LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL - The Carnegie 8%
Jim Hopkins - GASLIGHT - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 7%
Tom Quandary - PUFFS - Loveland Stage Company 7%

Best Theatre For Young Audiences Production
DISNEY’S MOANA - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 75%
PRINCESS & FROG - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 8%
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS - Acting Up 7%
DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 5%
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 5%

Favorite Local Theatre
Ensemble Theatre Company 47%
The Carnegie 12%
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati 8%
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 7%
Xavier University Theatre 6%
Cincinnati Music Theatre 4%
Mason Community Players 4%
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 3%
The Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 3%
Footlighters, Inc. 2%
Mariemont Players 2%
Know Theatre of Cincinnati 1%
Performing Arts Center 0%

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