Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld REGION Awards; West Side Story Leads Best Production of a Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017. 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.

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 Cleveland:

Best actor in a comedy or drama
Will C Crosby - It's Only A Play - Weathervane Playhouse 14%
Ian Zainea - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 9%
Marc'A Bickerstaff - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 9%

Best Actor in a musical
Colton Ryan - West Side Story - Baldwin Wallace University 20%
Dan Polk - Next To Normal - CAMEO 10%
Michael Knobloch - Bonnie and Clyde - French Creek Theatre 6%

Best actress in a comedy or drama
Janelle Fant - Blood Money - East Cleveland Theater 12%
Emily Dunay - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 11%
Ryan Kacmar - Almost Maine - Aurora High School 10%

Best Actress in a musical
Christina Gavarone - Titanic the Musical - Cassidy Theatre 10%
Karson Taylor - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 10%
Joy Ellis - Memphis - Players Guild Theatre 7%

Best choreographer
Gregory Daniels - West Side Story - Baldwin Wallace University 19%
Bebe Weinberg Katz - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 14%
Michael Akers - Memphis - Players Guild Theatre 11%

Best costume design of a drama or comedy
Tesia Benson - Our Town - Baldwin Wallace University 42%
Julie Harter - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 36%
Luke Scattergood - Doubt: A Parable - Strongsville Community Theatre 15%

Best Costume Design of a musical
Jasen J Smith - Jesus Christ Superstar - Weathervane Playhouse 17%
Amy Lence - Beauty and the Beast - Mighty Goliath Productions 14%
Claudette Campana/Marlene Karpinski - The Little Mermaid - Lorain Community Music Theater 13%

Best director of a comedy or drama
Michael Lenzo - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 17%
Scott Plate - Our Town - Baldwin Wallace University 14%
Adam Heffernan - Rock n Roll - Baldwin Wallace University 10%

Best director of a musical
Bebe Weinberg Katz - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 11%
Colin McCord - Next To Normal - CAMEO 11%
Jonathan Tisevich - Memphis - Players Guild Theatre 8%

Best musical director of a musical
Tom Bonezzi - Next To Normal - CAMEO 16%
Carey Knox - Avenue Q - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre 15%
John Krol - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 13%

Best production for young audiences
Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 16%
Rock n Roll - Baldwin Wallace University 16%
Willy Wonka - Brecksville Theatre on the Square 10%

Best production of a drama or comedy
Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 19%
Our Town - Baldwin-Wallace University 12%
Rock'n'Roll - Baldwin-Wallace University 9%

Best production of a musical
West Side Story - Baldwin Wallace University 11%
Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 11%
Next To Normal - CAMEO 11%

Best scenic design of a drama or comedy
Michael Lenzo - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 35%
Terry Martin - Macbeth - Kent State University 16%
Chelby Benson Dawn Sniadak-Yamokoski - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 14%

Best Scenic Design of a musical
T.Paul Lowry - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 16%
Bruce Orendorf - Willy Wonka - Brecksville Theatre on the Square 9%
Richard Morris Jr - Jesus Christ Superstar - Weathervane Playhouse 9%

Best sound design of a comedy or drama
John Russell - Rock N Roll - Baldwin Wallace University 30%
Michael Lenzo - Frankenstein 1930 - East Cleveland Theater 28%
Carlton Guc - Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 22%

Best sound design of a musical
Children of Eden - Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute 32%
Carrie - Near West Theatre 22%
The Wiz - CMSD All-City Arts Program 18%

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