2015 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards Winners Announced!

Votes are cast; polls are closed; and results have been tabulated! This was our biggest year yet! After a record number of voters in more than 70 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the 2015 Cleveland winners! Thanks to all who voted, and huge congratulations to all the winners!

Check back in October when the public nomination period will once again open.

And the winners are....

Best actor in a comedy or drama - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Esau Pritchett - The Crucible - Cleveland Play House

Best actor in a comedy or drama - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Corey Knick - The Glass Menagerie - TrueNorth Theatre

Best Actor in a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Pat Miller - Bat Boy the Musical - Blank Canvas

Best Actor in a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Benjamin Frankart - Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best actress in a comedy or drama - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Rachel Lee Kolis - A Streetcar Named Desire - Mamai Theatre Company

Best actress in a comedy or drama - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Ryan Kacmar - Little Women - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute

Best Actress in a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Neely Gevaart - The Spitfire Grill - Beck Center for the Arts

Best Actress in a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Lex Subbotin - Legally Blonde - Aurora High School

Best choreographer - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Martin Cespedes - American Idiot - Beck Center

Best choreographer - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Pam Shirtz - Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best Costume Design of a drama or comedy - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Lex Liang - The Crucible - Cleveland Play House

Best Costume Design of a drama or comedy - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Jen Ryan - Snow Queen - Near West Theater

Best Costume Design of a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Susan Williams - Violet - Porthouse Theatre

Best Costume Design of a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Judy MacKeigan - The Woman In Black - Workshop Players

Best director of a comedy or drama - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Scott Spence - Lend Me a Tenor - Beck Center

Best director of a comedy or drama - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Fred Sternfeld - The Glass Menagerie - TrueNorth Theatre

Best director of a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Scott Spence - American Idiot - Beck Center

Best director of a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Nick Hrutkay - Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best musical director of a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Brian Byrd - American Idiot - Beck Center

Best musical director of a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Michael Jordan - Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best production of a drama or comedy - Theatres With Equity Contracts
The Crucible - Cleveland Play House

Best production of a drama or comedy - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
The Diary of Anne Frank - Olmsted Performing Arts

Best production of a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts e
American Idiot - Beck Center

Best production of a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best Professional Musical, Drama or Comedy touring production
Kinky Boots - Playhouse Square

Best Scenic Design of a drama or comedy - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Cameron Michalak - Becky Shaw - Dobama Theatre

Best Scenic Design of a drama or comedy - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Randall Hansen - The Diary of Anne Frank - Geauga Lyric Theater

Best Scenic Design of a musical - Theatres With Equity Contracts
Douglas Puskas and Adam Zeek - American Idiot - Beck Center for the Arts

Best Scenic Design of a musical - Theatres Without Equity Contracts
Dominic DeRiso - Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best sound design of a drama of comedy-Theatres without Equity Contract
The Diary of Anne Frank - Olmsted Performing Arts

Best sound design of a drama or comedy-Theatres with Equity Contract
Becky Shaw - Dobama Theatre

Best sound design of a musical-Theatres with Equity Contracts
Always Patsy Cline - Actors' Summit Theater

Best sound design of a musical-Theatres without Equity Contracts
Footloose - Huron Playhouse

Best theatre production for young audiences
Rent: School Edition - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute