Winners Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards; HAMLET Wins Best Play!

Winners have been announced for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017.

This year the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards took place in a record number of markets, with a record number of votes - including 56 cities across the United States; with our awards taking place globally in a record-breaking 11 countries, including multiple Canadian cities!

Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The votes have been counted... Check out the full list of winners below!

Best Actor in a Musical
Cade Forbes - Hairspray Jr. -Corny Collins - Stage Door Productions

Best Actor in a Play
Jared Graham - Hamlet - New Moon

Best Actress in a Musical
Sydnei Sutton - Hairspray Jr.- Motormouth Mabel - Stage Door Productions

Best Actress in a Play
Christina Wellford Scott - The Glass Menagerie - Germantown Community Theatre

Best Choreographer
Kendall McLane - Hairspray Jr. - Stage Door Productions

Best Community Theater Company
Stage Door Productions

Best Costume Design
Lindsay Kelly - Aladdin Jr. - Stage Door Productions

Best Director of a musical
Raejah Bratcher - Hairspray Jr. - Stage Door Productions

Best Director of a play
Ryan Kathman - Hamlet - New Moon

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Hairspray Jr. - Stage Door Productions

Best Ensemble Performance in a play
Annie - Memphis Black Arts Alliance

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Steele Bowers - Hairspray Jr. - Mr. Pinky - Stage Door Productions

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Billy Pullen - Hamlet - New Moon

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Evelyn Young - Annie the Musical - Memphis Black Arts Alliance

Best Lighting Design
Brandon Kelly - Aladdin Jr. - Stage Door Productions

Best Musical
Hairspray Jr - Stage Door Productions

Best Musical Direction
Shelby Pittman/Ashley K. Davis - Dreamgirls AllStars In Concert - Memphis Black Arts Alliance

Best Original/New Work
One Ham Manlet - Theatre Memphis

Best Play
Hamlet - New Moon

Best Set Design
Jack Yates - Shrek the Musical - Theatre Memphis

Best Sound Design
Joshua Crawford - Side Show - Theatre Memphis

Best Younger Actor (under age 25)
Benjamin Cheng - Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Memphis

Best Younger Actress (under age 25)
Kaja Kelson - Annie - Memphis Black Arts Alliance

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