Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards; WISTA's SHREK Leads as Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Montreal 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 Montreal:

Best Community Theatre Company
WISTA 38%
Cote St Luc Dramatic Society 33%
McGill Savoy Society 12%

Best Direction of a Musical
Philippe Gobeille - Shrek The Musical - WISTA 24%
Anisa Cameron - Little Shop of Horrors - Cote St-Luc Dramatic Society 19%
Amy Blackmore - Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - MainLine Theatre 19%

Best Direction of a Play
Anisa Cameron - Our Town - Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 20%
Dale Hayes - The Shadow Box - d2 productions 15%
Mike Payette - Angelique - Black Theatre Workshop 12%

Best Ensemble Cast
Shrek the Musical - WISTA (West Island Theatre Association) 23%
Hair - In the Wings Promotions 15%
Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint Luc Dramatic Society 14%

Best Fringe Festival Production
Captain Aurora A new Dawn - Mainline 39%
How to be a Good Modern Woman - Team Greco 15%
Memento Mori - Kaleidescope Theatre 12%

Best Independent Theatre Company
The Rocky Horror Show - Mainline Theatre 27%
HAIR - In the Wings Promotions 22%
Angelique - Black Theatre Workshop 12%

Best Leading Actor (Musical)
Joel Bernstein - Shrek The Musical - WISTA 28%
Anthony Schuller - The Rocky Horror Show - MainLine Theatre 20%
Benjamin Warner - Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 18%

Best Leading Actor (Play)
Benjamin Warner - Our Town - Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 24%
Quincy Armorer - Much Ado About Nothing - Repercussion Theatre 18%
Merlin Simard - Gruesome Playground Injuries - Playground Productions 10%

Best Leading Actress (Musical)
Katja Texeira - Shrek The Musical - WISTA 27%
Stephanie McKenna - Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show - MainLine Theatre 18%
Elyann Quessy - The Rocky Horror Show - MainLine Theatre 14%

Best Leading Actress (Play)
Stephanie McKenna - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spyke - Brave New Productions 21%
Helena Levitt - The Shadow Box - d2productions 18%
Nicola Hanchet - Gruesome Playground Injuries - Playground Productions 13%

Best Musical
Shrek The Musical - WISTA 30%
Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 18%
Hair - In the Wings Promotions 17%

Best Original Choreography
Alexia Gourd - Little Shop of Horors - Cote-Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 24%
Patrick Lloyd Brennan and Holly Greco - Rocky Horror Show - Mainline Theatre 22%
Nadia Verrucci - In the Wings Promotions HAIR - HAIR 22%

Best Original Costume Design
Elyse Malo - Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint Luc Dramatic Society 31%
Karen Pearce, Elizabeth Proulx, Nadia Verrucci - Hair, In the Wings 17%
Louise Bourret - It Shoulda Been You - Segal Centre for Performing Arts 11%

Best Original Lighting Design
Linda Babins - Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 21%
Elly Tomasson & Nadia Verrucci - Hair - In the Wings Promotions 20%
Tim Rodrigues - The Rocky Horror Show - MainLine Theatre 15%

Best Original Set Design
Sabrina Miller - Little Shop of Horrors - Cote Saint Luc Dramatic Society 31%
Nadia Verrucci - Hair - In The Wings Promotions 20%
John C. Dinning - Prom Queen the Musical - Segal Centre Performing Arts 13%

Best Original Sound Design
Chris Cuber - Hair - In the Wings 29%
Rob Denton - HAlloween Tree - Geordie 18%
Emon Barua - Gruesome Playground Injuries - Playground Productions 12%

Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role (Musical)
Rosie Callaghan - HAIR - In the Wings 14%
Robin Kravitz - Shrek the Musical - WISTA 12%
Chelsea Bayer - Shrek the Musical - WISTA 12%

Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role (Play)
Tiernan Cornford - Much Ado About Nothing - Repercussion Theatre 20%
holly Greco - Vanya Sonia Masha Spike - Montreal improv 17%
Ellen David - My Name is Asher Lev - Segal Centre Performing Arts 14%

Best Performance by a Male in a Featured Role (Musical)
Anton May - Shrek: The Musical - WISTA 18%
Daniel Wilkenfeld - Shrek the Musical - WISTA 18%
Nicolas Mancuso - Hair - In the Wings Promotions 15%

Best Performance by a Male in a Featured Role (Play)
Tristan D. Lalla - Angélique - Black Theatre Workshop/Tableau D'Hôte Theatre 18%
Trevor Barrette - The History of Sexuality - Talking Dog Productions 16%
Gabriel Maharjan - Memento Mori - Kaleidescope Theatre 10%

Best Play
The Shadow Box - d2 Productions 15%
Our Town - Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 12%
Noises Off - Segal Centre for Performing Arts 9%

Best Professional Theatre Company
HAIR - In the Wings Promotions 23%
Prom Queen - The Segal Centre for Performing Arts 22%
The Shadowbox - d2 Productions 15%

Emerging Artist Award
Anton Sebastian May 19%
Sarah Kulaga-Yoskovitz - Mainline Theatre/Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society 13%
Meghan Blakeburn; Hair - In the Wings Promotions at MainLine Theatre 11%

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