Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards; SHE KILLS MONSTERS Leads Best Play!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Nashville 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 Nashville:

Best Actor in a Musical
Cameron Bortz - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Actors Point Theatre 8%
Darryl Wheeler - The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 7%
Harley Jay - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 7%

Best Actor in a Play
Sumner McMurtry - Charlotte's Web - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 7%
Logan Dowlen (Hank) - Marvin's Room - Lakewood Theatre Company 7%
Adam LaPorte - Peter and the Starcatcher - Arts Center of Cannon County 6%

Best Actress in a Musical
Maya Jaffar - The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 7%
Illeana Kirven - Sister Act - Cumberland County Playhouse 6%
Danielle Threet - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 5%

Best Actress in a Play
Abby West (Tilly Evans) - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 6%
Jamie Kirkland (Agnes Evans) - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 4%
Christina Ray - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers - Audience Of One 4%

Best Choreographer
Jamie Kirkland - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 8%
Anna Owen - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 7%
Bakari Jamal King - Jesus Christ Superstar - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 6%

Best Community Theater Company
Lakewood Theatre Company 9%
Murfreesboro Center for the Arts 9%
Springhouse Theatre 8%

Best Costume Design
Zoe Garner - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood theatre Comapny 11%
Chesley Parfait - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 6%
Loren Shaw - Part of the Plan - James K Polk 5%

Best Director of a musical
Rachael E. Parker - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 9%
Lynne Taylor Corbett - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 6%
Angie Dee - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Audience of One Productions 6%

Best Director of a play
Jonathan Hunter - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre 12%
Angie Dee - A Christmas Carol - Audience of One Productions 8%
Tara Winton - Peter and the Starcatcher - Art Center of Cannon County 7%

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre 9%
Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 6%
The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 5%

Best Ensemble Performance in a play
She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 12%
Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse 9%
Charlotte's Web - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 6%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Donel Solomon - The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 8%
Alan Smith - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theater 4%
John Goodwin - Annie - Art Center of Cannon County 4%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Logan Dowlen (Orcus) - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 10%
Sheldon McMurtry - Charlotte's Web - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 7%
Noah Brady - Peter and the Star Catcher - Arts Center of Cannon County 6%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Tiffany Williams - The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 8%
Jayme Lake - Part of the Plan - TPAC's Polk Theater 5%
Elizabeth Golden - Sweeney Todd - Robertson County Players 5%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Sophia McKanna - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 9%
Elise Piliponis - Charlotte's Web - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 6%
Emma Messer - Sweeney Todd - Act Too Players/ Franklin Theatre 5%

Best Lighting Design
John Carpenter - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 12%
Jason Kantrowitz - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 8%
Terry Hubbard - Jesus Christ Superstar - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 6%

Best Musical
Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 10%
The Wiz - Chattanooga Theatre Centre 7%
Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 6%

Best Musical Direction
Stephen Kummer - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 8%
Haley Ray - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 7%
Brittany Goodwin - Annie - Art Center of Cannon County 5%

Best Original/New Work
Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 22%
Somebody's Baby - Lakewood Theater Company 19%
Sleepy Hollow - Cumberland County Playhouse 18%

Best Play
She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 13%
Peter and the Starcatcher - Art Center of Cannon County 6%
Charlotte's Web - Hendersonville Performing Arts Co. 5%

Best Professional Theater Company
Cumberland County Playhouse 24%
Nashville Children's Theatre 23%
Studio Tenn 14%

Best Set Design
Abby West - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 12%
Jason Sherwood - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 8%
Tom Tutino - Sister Act - Cumberland County Playhouse 5%

Best Sound Design
Josh Liebert - Part of the Plan - Tennessee Performing Arts Center 9%
Logan Dowlen - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 8%
Keith Cohl - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 8%

Best Younger Actor (under age 25)
Treston Henderson - The Wiz - Circle Players 8%
Cameron Bortz - Hunchback - Actors Point 7%
Wyatt Rodgers - Part of the Plan - TPAC's Polk Theater 6%

Best Younger Actress (under age 25)
Danielle Threet - Beauty and the Beast - Springhouse Theatre Company 6%
Abby West (Tilly Evans) - She Kills Monsters - Lakewood Theatre Company 6%
Olivia Culp - Legally Blonde - Pull Tight Theatre 4%

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