2014 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards Update 11/25 - Mark Mann, Kevin Connell Gobble Up Competition!

Voting has opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Columbus Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2013 and September 2014. 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.

Voting is now underway for Columbus! 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 Columbus:

Best Choreography (Local)
Karen Sieber - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 22%
Kati Serbu - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 13%
Sage Moreno - Hair - Imagine Productions 10%
Dionysia Williams - Wizard of Oz - Columbus Children's Theatre 7%
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Best Costume Design (Local)
Sarah Frady - Rent - Imagine Productions 27%
Jackie Farbeann - La Cage Aux Folles - Imagine Productions 22%
Edward Carignan - The Who's Tommy - Short North Stage 19%
Betsy Gerhart - Shrek: The Musical - MTVarts 16%
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Best Direction of a Musical (Local)
Adam Karsten - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 22%
Jonathan Collura - Rent - Imagine Productions 15%
Chris Gallaugher - The Music Man - Pickerington Community Theatre 11%
Patrick McGregor II - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 7%
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Best Direction of a Play (Local)
Kevin Connell - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 42%
Alan Bomar Jones - A Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 9%
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 9%
April Olt - Other Desert Cities - Gallery Players 7%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
Josh Meredith - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 13%
Jordan Donica - Les Miserables - Otterbein University Theatre 13%
David Aaron - The Music Man - Pickerington Community Theatre 8%
Josh Meredith - Cabaret - Weathervane Playhouse 8%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local)
Mark Mann - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 41%
David Glover - How We Got On - Available Light Theatre 17%
Harold Yarborough - Driving Miss Daisy - Columbus Civic Theater 11%
Drew Eberly - Cock - Available Light Theatre 7%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Katherine Riddle - Oklahoma! - Weathervane Playhouse 9%
Bailey Maholm - Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 9%
Jenna Lee Shively - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 9%
Madison Tinder - Sweet Charity - Otterbein University Theatre 8%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Kate Lingnofski - Cymbeline - Available Light Theatre 17%
Wilma Hatton - Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 15%
Christina Kirk - Claudel - Contemporary Dance Theatre 13%
Justine Apiah Danquah - A Raisin in the Sun - SRO Theatre Company 11%
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Best Lighting Design (Local)
Jennifer Sansfacon - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 43%
Curtis Brown - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 19%
Jordan Fehr - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 12%
Sam Stoker - Hairspray - Worthington Community Theatre 9%
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Best Local Playwright
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 43%
Kristofer Green - Big Voice: The Ethel Merman Experience - Warehouse Theatre 41%
Matt Slaybaugh - Leaving the Atocha Station - Available Light Theatre 16%
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Best Musical (Local)
Les Miserable - Weathervane Playhouse 22%
bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 14%
Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 9%
Murder Ballad - Short North Stage 6%
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Best Musical Director
Lori Kay Harvey - Les Miserables - Otterbein University 23%
Zac DelMonte - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 15%
Valerie Accetta - Oklahoma! - Weathervane 14%
Jonathan Collura - Spamalot - Little Theatre off Broadway 10%
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Best Original Play (Local)
Matt Slaybaugh - Dirty Math 2016 - Available Light Theatre 37%
Jacob Juntunen - Joan's Laughter - Shots in the Dark ITC 33%
Mark Snyder - Trigger/Guru - Available Light Theatre 18%
Matt Slaybaugh - Leaving the Atocha Station - Available Light Theatre 12%
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Best Scenic Design (Local)
Rebecca Wolf - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 46%
MK Hughes - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 25%
Kat Wexler - Spamalot - LIttle Theater Off Broadway 11%
Michael S. Brewer - A Christmas Carol - Catco is Theatre 8%
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Best Sound Design (Local)
Josh Tobin - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 34%
PJ Peters - Les Miserables - Otterbein University 26%
Megan Deets Culley - bare: a pop opera - Evolution Theatre Company 20%
Gar Phillips - Black Widow - LIttle Theater Off Broadway 7%
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Best Touring Musical
The Book of Mormon - Ohio Theatre 47%
Phantom of the Opera - Ohio Theatre 32%
Addams Family - Ohio Theatre 9%
Blue Man Group - Ohio Theatre 5%
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Best Young Actor Under Age 18
Daniel Wolfe - Les Miserables - Weathervane Playhouse 39%
Kyle Swearingen - Bridge to Terabithia - Shots in the Dark ITC 22%
Keegan Sells - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Roundtown Players 15%
Hunter Minor - Flat Stanley - Columbus Children's Theatre 13%
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Best Young Actress Under Age 18
Olivia Weiss - To Kill a Mockingbird - Weathervane Playhouse 26%
Mary Kate Gebhart - Alice in Wonderland - Wagnalls Community Theatre 17%
Hayley Dougherty - Into the Woods - Grandview Carriage Place Players 13%
Emma Lou Andrews - Into the Woods - Columbus Children's Theatre 10%
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Person to Watch (Local)
Ricky Locci 13%
Olivia Weiss 11%
Mary Kate Gebhart 11%
Bailey Maholm 9%
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Theater of the Year
Weathervane Playhouse 22%
Columbus Children's Theatre 17%
Otterbein Theatre 16%
Imagine Productions 10%
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