Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards; MSMT's NEWSIES Leads as Best Ensemble and Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Maine 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 Maine:

Best (Local) Debut
Kevin Murray - Newsies - MSMT 28%
Corey Osbourne - Lumberjacks in Love - Penobscot Theare 25%
Lilly Tobin - Grease - MSMT 23%

Best Actor in a Musical
Matt Farcher - Newsies - MSMT 31%
Darnell Abraham - Ragtime - Ogunquit 22%
Josh Young - Ragtime - Ogunquit 14%

Best Actor in a Play
Shayne Bither - Boys Next Door - Some Theatre 27%
Dustin Tucker - Buyer and Cellar - Portland Stage 26%
Nicholas Schroeder - Last Days of Judas Iscariot - MadHorse Theatre 18%

Best Actress in a Musical
Shannon Thurston - Little Mermaid - Waterville Opera House 31%
Charis Leos - Guys and Dolls/Always, Patsy Cline - MSMT 28%
Kate Fahrner - Newsies - MSMT 16%

Best Actress in a Play
Maiya Koloski - The Nether - MadHorse Theatre 42%
Louisa Flaningam - Trip to Bountiful - Good Theater 35%
Lisa Stathoplos - Vanya, Sonia.. - Good Theater 14%

Best Choreographer
Marc Robin - Newsies/Always, Patsy C;line - MSMT 42%
Dominick Varney - Lumberjacks in Love - Penobscot Theatre 25%
Mark Martino - Grease - MSMT 10%

Best Costume Design (play or musical)
Kathleen P.Brown - Newsies/All Night Strut/Buyer and Cellar - MSMT/MSMT & Portland Stage/Portland Stage 27%
Travis Grant - Grease - MSMT 26%
Ryan Moller - Guys and DOlls - MSMT 25%

Best Dance Performance in a Musical
Newsies Ensemble - Newsies - MSMT 62%
Grease Ensemble - Grease - MSMT 17%
Guys and Dolls Ensemble - Guys and Dolls - MSMT 15%

Best Director of a Musical
Marc Robin - Newsies - MSMT 35%
Seth Sklar-Heyn - Ragtime - Ogunquit 27%
Dominick Varney - Lumberjacks in Love - Penobscot Theatre 23%

Best Director of a Play
Paul J Bell - Prime of Miss Jean Bordie - Portland Players 31%
Brianne Beck - Unnecessary Farce - Winterport 19%
Brian P. Allen - season - Good Theater 18%

Best Ensemble Performance (play or musical)
Newsies MSMT 35%
Ragtime Ogunquit 33%
Grease MSMT 16%

Best Musical
Newsies MSMT 36%
Ragtime Ogunquit 28%
Mamma Mia Ogunquit 14%

Best Play ( not musical)
Last Days of Judas Iscariot MadHorse 27%
Unnecessary Farce Winterport 27%
Trip to Bountiful Good Theater 26%

Best Set Design (play or musical)
Charles Kading - Newsies/Grease - MSMT 45%
Steve Lupien - Spring Awakening/Nice Work - Lyric Music Theatre 14%
Robert Andrew Kovach - Guys and Dolls - MSMT 13%

Best Vocal Performance in a Musical
Matt Farcher - Newsies - MSMT 41%
Christine Mild - Always Pasty Cline - MSMT 31%
Charis Leos - Guys and Dolls - MSMT 20%

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