Final Chance to Vote for the BWW Minneapolis Awards!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis:

Best Actor in a Musical
Aleks Knezevich - NEWSIES - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 15%
Raye Birk - WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 11%
Quinn Forrest Masterson - SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 10%

Best Actor in a Play
Howard Held - AWAKE AND SING - Artistry 7%
Ben Cherry - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 6%
Zach Fine - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 6%

Best Actress in a Musical
Ana Isabelle - WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 28%
Dorian Brooke - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 28%
Allyson Tolbert - BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 5%

Best Actress in a Play
Miriam Schwartz - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 9%
Erin Roberts - MY 4 BODIES - Nightfox Productions 7%
Sally Wingert - UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL - Theater Latte Da 5%

Best Choreographer
Tamara Kangas - NEWSIES - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 27%
Talya Dozois - BEEHIVE - Old Log Theatre 13%
Yehuda Hyman - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 11%

Best Community Theater Company
Lakeshore Players 17%
Theatre in the Round 16%
Black Dirt Theatre 13%

Best Costume Design
Rich Hamson - SISTER ACT - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 12%
Sara Lawrence - SHREK THE MUSICAL - Black Dirt Theatre 12%
Jennifer Schultz - SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Morris Park Players 9%

Best Director of a Musical
Angela Timberman - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 14%
Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha - HIGH FIDELITY - Minneapolis Musical Theatre 14%
Wade Fields - SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Morris Park Players 8%

Best Director of a Play
Wendy Goldberg - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 15%
Benjamin McGovern - NOISES OFF - Artistry 8%
Rob Melrose - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 6%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical
NEWSIES - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 17%
LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 13%
MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 6%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Play
INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 12%
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - Lakeshore Players 7%
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Lyric Arts 6%

Best Lighting Design
Ed McCarthy - MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 13%
Josh Epstein - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 11%
Grant E. Merges - ONCE - Theater Latte Da 9%

Best Musical
WEST SIDE STORY - Guthrie Theater 24%
LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 17%
NEWSIES - Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 12%

Best Musical Direction
Amanda Weis McGivern - HIGH FIDELITY - Minneapolis Musical Theatre 13%
Raymond Berg - MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 12%
Jason Hansen - ONCE - Theater Latte Da 12%

Best Original/New Work
FIVE POINTS - Theater Latte Da 17%
NATASHA AND THE COAT - Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company 10%
BEST SUMMER EVER - Children?s Theatre Company 9%

Best Play
INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 14%
Guess Who's Coming TO DINNER - Guthrie Theater 10%
FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 7%

Best Professional Theater Company
Guthrie Theater 27%
Chanhassen Dinner Theaters 16%
Artistry 11%

Best Set Design
Arnulfo Maldonado - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 15%
Michael Locher - FRANKENSTEIN PLAYING WITH FIRE - Guthrie Theater 12%
Erik Paulson - GUYS AND DOLLS - Old Log Theatre 11%

Best Sound Design
Andy Horka - MAMMA MIA! - Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 21%
Matt Bombich - LEGALLY BLONDE - Artistry 16%
Kate Marvin - INDECENT - Guthrie Theater 12%

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