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By: Dec. 22, 2017
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Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles 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.

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Here are the current standings for Los Angeles:

Best Cabaret Artist - Female (Large Venue)
Rita Wilson - Liner Notes: Songwriters, Stories and Music with Rita Wilson and Friends - Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at The Geffen 35%
Kelli O'Hara - An Evening with Kelli O'Hara - Valley Performing Arts Center 33%
Clinton Leupp - Miss Coco Peru- The Taming of the Tension - Renberg Theatre 16%

Best Cabaret Artist - Female (Small Venue)
Donna Louden - Donna Explains It All: a Totally 90's Cabaret - Rockwell Table & Stage 31%
Kay Cole - Souvenir - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 26%
Andrea Marcovicci - Crossing Time - The Gardenia 25%

Best Cabaret Artist - Male (Large Venue)
Matthew Morrison - Solo Concert - The Broad Stage 47%
Jason Graae - Faith Prince & Jason Graae - The Prince and the Showboy - Irvine Barclay Theatre 28%
Kyle Riabko - Bacharach Reimagined - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 13%

Best Cabaret Artist - Male (Small Venue)
Mark Reis - I'd Enjoy Being a Girl...on Broadway - Rockwell Table & Stage 30%
Aaron Lazar - From Broadway to Hollywood - Rockwell Table & Stage 21%
James Snyder - Soliloquy - Catalina Bar & Grill 17%

Best Choreography (Local Production)
Cheryl Baxter - Peter Pan - Cabrillo Music Theatre 23%
Cate Caplin - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 20%
Shauna Bradford - Cabaret - One More Productions at The GEM Theater 9%

Best Choreography (Touring Production)
Andy Blankenbuehler - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 46%
Christopher Wheeldon - An American In Paris - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 20%
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 13%

Best Costume Design (Local Production)
Larry Watts - Sweeney Todd - One More Productions at The GEM Theater 17%
Angela M. Eads - Lost in Yonkers - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 13%
Michael Mullen - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 9%

Best Costume Design (Touring)
Paul Tazewell - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 46%
Catherine Zuber - The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 26%
Bob Crowley - An American in Paris - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 19%

Best Direction of a Musical (Local Production)
Michael A. Shepperd - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 14%
Yvette Lawrence - Peter Pan - Cabrillo Music Theatre 14%
Kent Nicholson - Once - South Coast Repertory 8%

Best Direction of a Musical (Touring Production)
Thomas Kail - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 58%
Sam Gold - Fun Home - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 20%
Bartlett Sher - The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 14%

Best Direction of a Play (Local Production)
Larry Eisenberg - Lost in Yonkers - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 9%
Jonah Platt - Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead - Worst First Kiss Productions 8%
Iain Sinclair - Grey Nomad - Australian Theatre Company 6%

Best Director of a Play (Touring)
Marianne Elliot - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 66%
Simon McBurney - The Encounter - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 17%
Mark Brokaw - Heisenberg - Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group 17%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Local Production)
Alex Nee - Once - South Coast Repertory 13%
Pip Lilly - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 12%
Daniel Dawson - Monty Python's Spamalot - 3-D Theatricals 7%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Touring Production)
Rory O'Malley - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 29%
Kevelin B Jones III - The Bodyguard - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 25%
Isaiah Johnson - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 22%

Best Featured Actor in a Play (Local Production)
Arthur James Solomon - That Long Damn Dark - Red Cup Theatre Company 11%
Todd Ball - A Dull Pain Turned Sharp - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 8%
Paul Tassone - Grey Nomad - Australian Theatre Company 7%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Local Production)
Cassidy Stirtz - Once - South Coast Repertory 12%
Isa Briones - Next To Normal - East West Players 11%
Karla Franko - Sister Act - Cabrillo Music Theatre 9%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Touring Production)
Emmy-Raver Lampman - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 47%
Joan Almedilla - The King and I - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 18%
Alessandra Baldacchino - Fun Home - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 18%

Best Featured Actress in a Play (Local Production)
Wendy Hammers - Grey Nomad - Australian Theatre Company 10%
Janet Wood - A Dull Pain Turned Sharp - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 9%
Sandra Mae Frank - Our Town - Pasadena Playhouse 8%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local Production)
Rustin Cole Sailors - Once - South Coast Repertory 11%
Gregory North - Peter Pan - Cabrillo Music Theatre 9%
Cliffton Hall - Next to Normal - East West Players 9%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Touring Production)
Darren Criss - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 36%
Joshua Henry - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 22%
Michael Luwoye - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 16%

Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local Production)
Adam Segaller - Dial 'M' For Murder - The Group Rep at The Lonny Chapman Theatre 11%
David Ross Paterson - Grey Nomad - Australian Theatre Company 9%
Rod Hernandez-Farella - That Long Damn Dark - Red Cup Theatre Company 6%

Best Leading Actor in a Play (Touring Production)
Adam Langdon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 59%
Denis Arndt - Heisenberg - Mark Taper Forum 26%
Jonny Donahoe - Every Brilliant Thing - The Broad Stage 15%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local Production)
Carly Bracco - Peter Pan - Cabrillo Music Theatre 17%
Amanda Leigh Jerry - Once - South Coast Repertory 11%
Deedee Magno Hall - Next to Normal - East West Players 10%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Touring Production)
Solea Pfeiffer - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 38%
Deborah Cox - The Bodyguard - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 22%
Kate Shindle - Fun Home - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 18%

Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local Production)
Barbara Brownell - A Dull Pain Turned Sharp - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 9%
Carolyn Hennesy - Master Class - Garry Marshall Theatre 9%
Ellia English - Yes, Virginia - Studio C 5%

Best Leading Actress in a Play (Touring Production)
Mary-Louise Parker - Heisenberg - Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group 44%
Felicity Jones Latta - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 28%
Maria Elena Ramirez - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 20%

Best Lighting Design (Local Production)
Martha Carter - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 15%
Jon Hyrkas - Sweeney Todd - One More Productions at The GEM Theater 13%
Steven Young - The Last Five Years - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 10%

Best Musical (Local Production)
Once - South Coast Repertory 12%
West Side Story - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 12%
The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 10%

Best Musical (Touring Production)
Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 45%
Fun Home - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 11%
The Book of Mormon - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 8%

Best Musical Direction (Local Production)
Dan Redfeld - Peter Pan - Cabrillo Music Theatre 11%
Jake Anthony - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 10%
Andy Taylor - Once - South Coast Repertory 10%

Best Musical Direction (Touring Production)
Julian Reeve - Hamilton - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 41%
Stephen Oremus - The Book of Mormon - Hollywood Pantages Theatre 17%
Chris Fenwick - Fun Home - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 16%

Best Play (Local Production)
Lost in Yonkers - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 9%
Grey Nomad - Australian Theatre Company 7%
Our Town - Pasadena Playhouse 7%

Best Play (Touring Production)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 60%
The Encounter - Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 17%
Heisenberg - Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group 16%

Best Scenic Design (Local Production)
Alex Calle - The View UpStairs - Celebration Theatre 15%
Stephen Gifford - The Last Five Years - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 11%
Susan Gratch - The Secret Garden - MainStreet Theatre Company 10%

Best Sound Design (Local Production)
Jonathan Burke - Sister Act - Cabrillo Music Theatre 14%
Steve Shaw - A Dull Pain Turned Sharp - The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre 12%
Becca Kessin - Die, Mommie, Die! - Celebration Theatre 11%

Best Special Theatre Event
LA LA LAND in Concert - Hollywood Bowl 19%
Danny Elfman: Halloween at the Hollywood Bowl, The Nightmare Before Christmas - Hollywood Bowl 15%
Sondheim on Sondheim - Hollywood Bowl 13%

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