Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards; Just One Week Left!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Louisville 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 Louisville:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
Neill Roberston - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 24%
Mitch Donahue - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 16%
Brian Bowles - Beauty & the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 14%

Best Actor in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Bobby Conte - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 36%
Billy Harrigan Tighe - Finding Neverland - Broadway in Louisville 28%
Kayla Ryan Walsh - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Alec Eldorado - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 14%
Shayne Brakefield - Mothers & Sons - Pandora Productions 12%
Jason Cooper - The Nance - Pandora Productions 11%

Best Actor in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Neill Robertson - Dracula - Actors Theatre of Louisville 33%
J.R. Stuart - Run for Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 14%
Cary Wiger - Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Stevie Griffin - Footloose - New Albany Riverstage 21%
Shelby Brown - Heathers the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 15%
Marina Hart - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Indiana University Southeast 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (professional/national/touring)
Khadijah Rolle - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 28%
Sara King - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 20%
Candace Quarrels - Book of Mormon - Broadway in Louisviile 10%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Leila Toba - Elemeno Pea - Mind's Eye Theatre 13%
Heidi Platt - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actor's Company 12%
Katherine Martin - Coyote Ugly - Alley Theater 8%

Best Actress in a Play (professional/national/touring)
Abigail Maupin - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 24%
Tina Jo Wallace - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%
Rita Thomas - A Murder is Announced - Derby Dinner Playhouse 18%

Best Choreographer
Megan Bliss - The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 27%
Maggie Patten - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 17%
Eliza Donahue - Rocky Horror Picture Show - Indiana University Southeast 16%

Best Costume Design
Vicki Hays - My Fair Lady - Floyd Central high School 26%
Sharon Murray Harrah - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 17%
Whitten Montgomery - Heathers the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 14%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Chris Bundy - Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 27%
Michael J. Drury - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 23%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - Jeffersonville River Stage 16%

Best Director/Musical (professional/national/touring)
Lee Buckholz - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 31%
Jerry Mitchell - Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 27%
Lee Buckholz - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%

Best Director/Play (local)
Michael J. Drury - The Nance - Pandora Productions 11%
Ashley Wallace - Lysistrata - Indiana University Southeast 11%
Jason Cooper - Sordid Lives - Pandora Productions 9%

Best Director/Play (professional/national/touring)
Matt Wallace - Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 34%
Merdith McDonough - Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika - Actors Theatre of Louisville 23%
Bekki Jo Schneider - Southern Fried Nuptials - Derby Dinner Playhouse 21%

Best Ensemble Cast (Local)
Big River - TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana 13%
Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 11%
The Music Man - Derby Dinner Playhouse 11%

Best Lighting Design
Alexa Holloway - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%
Ronnie Breedlove - Beauty and the Beast - RiverPops 19%
Jesse Alford - Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 14%

Best Music Director
Angela Hampton - My Fair Lady - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 20%
Gayle King - Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 14%
Scott Bradley - Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 13%

Best Musical (local)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 20%
Heathers, the Musical - Acting Against Cancer 18%
Big River - Theatreworks of Southern Indiana 16%

Best Musical (professional/national/touring)
Kinky Boots - Broadway in Louisville 25%
The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 23%
Sister Act - Derby Dinner Playhouse 18%

Best Musical by A Regional Company (outisde 15 mile radius)
Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 58%
Mary Poppins - The Theatre Downstream 42%

Best Play (local)
The Nance - Pandora Productions 14%
Alice in Wonderland - Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company 13%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Wayward Actors Company 9%

Best Play (professional/national/touring)
Much Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 33%
Angels in America - Actors Theatre of Company 31%
Run For Your Wife - Derby Dinner Playhouse 30%

Best Play by a Regional Company (outside 15 mile radius)
The Miracle Worker - The Theatre Downstream 36%
Wit - Shelby County Community Theatre 25%
Pride and Prejudice - Haywood Theatre 20%

Best Scenic Design
Patrick Jump - Bonnie & Clyde - Floyd Central High School 33%
Karl Anderson - Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Pandora Productions 11%
Larry Chaney - Into the Woods - Shelby County Community Theatre 10%

Best Sound Design
David Nelson - The Addams Family - Derby Dinner Playhouse 28%
Laura Ellis - Nuch Ado About Nothing - Kentucky Shakespeare 13%
Brian Schaffner - Alice in Wonderland - Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company 10%

Best Student Musical
Beauty and the beast - New Albany Theatre Arts 23%
Bonnie and Clyde - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 14%
Fiddler on the Roof - Kentucky Country Day 13%

Best Student Play
John Lennon and Me - New Albany HS 23%
Elephant Man - Floyd Central Theatre Arts 21%
The Crucible - Kentucky Country Day 19%

Best Youth (under 18) performance)
Katie West - Beauty and the Beast - New Albany HS 15%
Jake Latts - Fiddler on the Roof - Kentucky Country Day 10%
Will DeVary - Merchant of Venice - Globe Players- Kentucky Shakespeare 8%

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