Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; SPELLING BEE Leads Best Musical!

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.

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 Madison:

Best Actor in a Musical (Equity)
Patrick Fernan - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Capital City Theatre 36%
Michael Glavan (The Beast) - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 21%
Jon Reinhold (Emile DeBecque) - South Pacific - The Fireside Dinner Theatre 19%

Best Actor in a Musical (Non-Equity)
Shawn Holmes - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 28%
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 16%
Jim Ridge - Cyrano de Bergerac- - American Players Theatre 15%
David Furumoto - , Titus Andronicus - Madison Theatre Guild 14%

Best Actor in a Play (Non-Equity)
Francisco C. Torres - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 22%
Scott Bennett - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 16%
Casem Abuloghod - Laughter on the 23rd Floor - Strollers 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 22%
Claire Haden - Big Fish - Theatre Lila/Four Seasons Theatre 15%

Best Actress in a Musical (Non-Equity)
Tierney Chamberlin - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 24%
Krystal Lonsdale - Falsettos - StageQ 21%
Stacey Degolier - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Capital City Theatre 19%

Best Actress in a Play (Equity)
Colleen Madden - View from the Bridge - APT 19%
Colleen Madden - A Midsummer Night's Dream - American Players Theatre 16%
Clare Haden - Outside Mullingar - Forward Theater Company 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 11%

Best Choreography (Non - Union)
Mari Borowski Bass - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 25%
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 23%
Raven Albrecht - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 15%
Sharon White - 42nd Street - Middleton Players Theatre 15%

Best Director a Play (Non-Equity)
Emily Morrison Weeks - As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Companyn 26%
Michael Bruno - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 26%
David Pausch - August: Osage County - Mercury Players Theatre 15%

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 20%

Best Director of a Musical (Non-Equity)
Michael Bruno - Falsettos - StageQ 34%
Brian Cowing - Seussical - Children's Theatre of Madison 25%
Thomas Kasdorf - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 23%

Best Director of a Play (Equity)
Jim Devita - Cyrano de Bergerac - American Players Theatre 38%
Jennifer Uphoff Gray - Learning to Stay - Forward Theater Company 29%
John Langs - A MIdsummer NIght's Dream - American Players Theatre 19%

Best Musical (Equity)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Capital City Theatre 40%
Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Theatre 35%
Big Fish - Theatre Lila/Four Seasons Theatre 15%

Best Musical (Non-Equity)
Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 41%
Falsettos - StageQ 27%
Seussical - Children's Theatre of Madison 18%

Best Play (Equity)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - American Players Theatre 33%
A View From the Bridge - American Players Theatre 15%
Cyrano de Bergerac - American Players Theatre 13%

Best Play (Non-Equity)
As You Like It - Madison Shakespeare Company 26%
Die Mommie Die - StageQ 21%
August: Osage County - Mercury Players Theatre 18%

Best Scenic Design
Rick A. Rasmussen - Beauty and the Beast - The Fireside Theatre 32%
Pat Motiff - Ragtime - Middleton Players Theatre 23%
Zak Stowe and Fred-Allen Self - Die Mommie Die - StageQ 14%

Theater of the Year (Non-Equity)
Middleton Players Theatre 24%
Madison Shakespeare Company 21%
StageQ 20%

Theatre of the Year (Equity)
The Fireside Dinner Theatre 37%
American Players Theatre 32%
Capital City Theatre 18%

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