Vote For The 2018 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards; STEEL MAGNOLIAS Leads Best Play!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.

If you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends. Here are the current standings for Maine:

Best (Local) Debut
Tess McLaughlin - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Portland Players 8%
Delaney Woodward - RENT - Some Theater Company 5%
Jelani Remi - SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 5%

Best Actor in a Musical
Jelani Remi - SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 16%
Adam Gary Normand - A CHRISTMAS STORY - Portland Players 6%
Andrew Lyndaker - SEUSSICAL - Waterville Opera House 6%

Best Actor in a Play
Brian McAloon - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - BiddefordCity Theater 8%
Caleb Lacy - ENCHANTED APRIL - BiddefordCity Theater 7%
Michael Donovan - OUR TOWN - Portland Players 6%

Best Actress in a Musical
Hannah Bonnett - PETER PAN - Point Sebago Resort 4%
Bunny Baldwin - WHITE CHRISTMAS - Ogunquit playhouse 4%
Evelyn LaCroix - ANNIE - Waterville Opera House 4%

Best Actress in a Play
A.J. Mooney - THE GRADUATE, MISERY - Penobscot Theatre Company 8%
Tara Golson - OUR TOWN - Portland Playets 7%
Lisa Neal - STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Waterville Opera House 7%

Best Choreographer
Adam P. Blais - PRODUCERS, ANNIE - Waterville Opera House 12%
Mariel Roy - PRODUCERS, COMPANY - Bideford City Theater 10%
Ray Dumont & Keith Nadeau - 42ND STREET - Lyric Music Theater 8%

Best Costume Design (play or musical)
Linda Sturdivant - PRODUCERS, DISENCHANTED - Biddeford City Theater 7%
Ryan J. Moller - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - MSMT 7%
Travis Grant - ANNIE - Waterville Opera House 7%

Best Dance Performance in a Musical
Kristen Farwell - THE WEDDING SINGER - Point Sebago Resort 8%
Joshua Veilleux - SEUSSICAL - Waterville opera house 8%
Jelani Remi - SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 7%

Best Director of a Musical
Joshua Bergasse - SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 7%
Linda Sturdivant - Season - Biddeford City Theater 6%
Michael Donovan - TITANIC - Portland Players 6%

Best Director of a Play
Debra Susi - CALENDAR GIRLS - Waterville Opera House 13%
Linda Sturdivant - SEASON - Biddeford City Theater 13%
Charlie P Marenghi - OUR TOWN - Portland Players 10%

Best Ensemble Performance (play or musical)
SKOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 6%
ANNIE - Waterville Opera House 5%
TITANIC - Portland Players 5%

Best Lighting &/or Sound Design (play or musical)
Jason 'Cha-Chi' Robinson - TITANIC - Portland Players 10%
Chad Lefebvre - ANNIE, THE PRODUCERS - Waterville Opera House 9%
Will Klotz - THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Nezinscot Valley Community Players 7%

Best Musical
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 7%
TITANIC - Portland Players 5%
RENT - Some Theatre Company 5%

Best Play ( not musical)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Waterville Opera House 10%
OUR TOWN - Portland Players Maine 10%
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - City Theater 8%

Best Set Design (play or musical)
Chad Lefebvre - ANNIE - Waterville Opera House 9%
Tim Baker - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Portland Players 8%
Beowulf Boritt - SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - Ogunquit Playhouse 7%

Best Vocal Performance in a Musical
TJ Scannell - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Portland Players 4%
Cody Curtis - THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY - Lakewood Theater 4%
Bunny Baldwin - WHITE CHRISTMAS - Ogunquit Playhouse 4%

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