2015 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards Update - Elizabeth Burris, Adam Garst Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. 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.

Voting is now underway for New Orleans! 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 New Orleans:

Best direction of a musical (local)
Ed Morvant - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 22%
Jonathan Sturcken - Hit It! 2015 - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 13%
Kelly Fouchi - Peter Pan - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 12%

Best direction of a play (local)
Robert Sturcken - Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 29%
Bonnie Gabel - Your Lithopedion - Lux et Umbra 16%
Robert Sturcken - 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 11%

Best leading actor in a musical (local)
Ed Morvant - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 25%
Sean Patterson - Once Upon a Mattress - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 13%
Sean Richmond - The Rocky Horror Show - Jubilee Entertainment Theatre 7%

Best leading actor in a play (local)
Eddie Simon - Dinner With Friends - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 27%
Jake Wynne-Wilson - Incarnate - New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane 15%
Brandon Kenyon - The Butler Did It - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 11%

Best leading actor in a play or musical (touring)
Adam Garst - The Little Mermaid - Saenger Theatre 41%
Stuart Ward - Once - Saenger Theatre 33%
Ace Young - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Saenger Theatre 26%

Best leading actress in a musical (local)
Elizabeth Burris - Yes, Virginia The Musical - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 23%
Emily Carmadelle - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 21%
Elyse McDaniel - Jesus Christ Superstar - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 16%

Best leading actress in a play (local)
Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 25%
Madison Lusco - Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 23%
Kali Russell - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 13%

Best leading actress in a play or musical (touring)
Diana DeGarmo - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Saenger Theatre 51%
Dani de Waal - Once - Saenger Theatre 45%
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Best musical (local)
Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 21%
Hit It! 2015 - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 9%
Musical of the Living Dead - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 9%

Best play (local)
Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 25%
Dinner With Friends - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 18%
Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 15%

Best play or musical (touring)
The Phantom of the Opera - Saenger Theatre 35%
Once - Saenger Theatre 21%
Annie - Saenger Theatre 14%

Best set design of a musical (local)
John Carambat - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 39%
David Raphel - Peter Pan - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 23%
Evan Adamson - Merrily We Roll Along - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 13%

Best set design of a play (local)
Matthew Collie - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 51%
David Raphel - Peter and the Starcatcher - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 19%
Bill Walker - Marie Antoinette - The NOLA Project 15%