Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; FIRESIDE Leads Theatre of the Year!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Madison 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 Madison:

Best Actor in a Musical (Equity)
Patrick Fernan - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Capital City Theatre 38%
Michael Glavan (The Beast) - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 20%
Jon Reinhold (Emile DeBecque) - South Pacific - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 20%

Best Actor in a Musical (Non-Equity)
Shawn Holmes - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 29%
Andrew Lonsdale - The Full Monty - Middleton Players Theatre 15%
Trevor J Bass - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 13%

Best Actor in a Play (Equity)
Jim DeVita - View from the Bridge - APT 17%
David Furumoto - , Titus Andronicus - Madison Theatre Guild 15%
Jim Ridge - Cyrano de Bergerac- - American Players Theatre 14%

Best Actor in a Play (Non-Equity)
Francisco C. Torres - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 23%
Scott Bennett - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 17%
Jim Chiolino - Osage County - Mercury Players Theatre 13%

Best Actress in a Musical (Equity)
Heather Patterson King (Donna) - Mamma Mia! - The Fireside Theatre 31%
Julia Johanos (Belle) - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Theatre 23%
Claire Haden - Big Fish - Theatre Lila/Four Seasons Theatre 14%

Best Actress in a Musical (Non-Equity)
Tierney Chamberlin - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 25%
Krystal Lonsdale - Falsettos - StageQ 21%
Stacey Degolier - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Capital City Theatre 20%

Best Actress in a Play (Equity)
Colleen Madden - A Midsummer Night's Dream - American Players Theatre 18%
Colleen Madden - View from the Bridge - APT 18%
Sarah Day - THREE SISTERS - American Players Theatre 15%

Best Actress in a Play (Non-Equity)
Annalyse Lapajenko - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 27%
Colleen Murphy - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 13%
Shirley Nwangwa - Melancholy Play - Kathie Rassmusen Women's Theatre 12%

Best Choreography (Non - Union)
Mari Borowski Bass - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 24%
Sara Bartlett - 42nd Street - Middleton Players Theatre 18%
Brian Cowing - Seussical - Children's Theatre of Madison 16%

Best Costume Design
Robin Buerger - Back to the 50's - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 24%
Raven Albrecht - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 15%
Sharon White - 42nd Street - Middleton Players Theatre 15%

Best Director a Play (Non-Equity)
Michael Bruno - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 27%
Emily Morrison Weeks - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Companyn 27%
David Pausch - August: Osage County - Mercury Players Theatre 14%

Best Director of a Musical (Equity)
Ed Flesch - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 43%
Andrew Abrams/Gail Becker - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Capital City Theatre 29%
Jessica Lanius - Big Fish - Theatre Lila/Four Seasons Theatre 19%

Best Director of a Musical (Non-Equity)
Michael Bruno - Falsettos - StageQ 35%
Brian Cowing - Seussical - Children's Theatre of Madison 25%
Thomas Kasdorf - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 22%

Best Director of a Play (Equity)
Jim Devita - Cyrano de Bergerac - American Players Theatre 38%
Jennifer Uphoff Gray - Learning to Stay - Forward Theater Company 30%
John Langs - A MIdsummer NIght's Dream - American Players Theatre 19%

Best Musical (Equity)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Capital City Theatre 41%
Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Theatre 36%
Big Fish - Theatre Lila/Four Seasons Theatre 14%

Best Musical (Non-Equity)
Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 41%
Falsettos - StageQ 28%
Seussical - Children's Theatre of Madison 17%

Best Play (Equity)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - American Players Theatre 34%
A View From the Bridge - American Players Theatre 16%
View from the Bridge - APT 14%

Best Play (Non-Equity)
As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 25%
Die Mommie Die - StageQ 22%
August: Osage County - Mercury Players Theatre 17%

Best Scenic Design
Rick A. Rasmussen - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Theatre 33%
Pat Motiff - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 22%
Zak Stowe and Fred-Allen Self - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 15%

Theater of the Year (Non-Equity)
Middleton Players Theatre 24%
Madison Shakespeare Company 22%
StageQ 20%

Theatre of the Year (Equity)
The Fireside Dinner Theatre 38%
American Players Theatre 30%
Capital City Theatre 18%

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