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There's just a few weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Chicago Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday December 05, 2011.

There's just 4 weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Chicago Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday November 28, 2011.

Today, BroadwayWorld.com is announcing the nominees for the 2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Representatives of 67 different theater productions, which played at 40 different Chicagoland theaters, are nominated in the 25 categories for the second annual Awards. As these are the only Theater Fan Choice Awards for the internationally known Chicago theater scene, the nominees rightly come from both Equity and Non-Equity theater companies, and from the worlds of plays, musicals, revues and touring shows.

At its 38th annual celebration of Chicago's non-union theatre scene, the Jeff Awards honored 27 award recipients for excellence Monday evening at the Park West. The event, emceed by Circle Theatre's Kevin Bellie for the second consecutive year, featured production numbers by the nominated musicals and presentation of awards, two of which were delivered by robots. The robots, created for Sideshow Theatre Company's 'Heddatron,' earned their creators an award for Robot Design and Engineering in the Artistic Specialization category, shared with Izumi Inaba, who received an award for makeup design for 'Cats' at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in association with Michael James.

Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts opens at Redtwist Theatre on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00pm

Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts opens at Redtwist Theatre on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00pm

Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts opens at Redtwist Theatre on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00pm

Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts opens at Redtwist Theatre on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00pm

A Delicate Balance, by Edward Albee, opens on Saturday, September 25, at 3pm. the production is directed by Steve Scott, Artistic Associate, Goodman Theatre. The show features company members Brian Parry, Jacqueline Grandt, and Jan Ellen Graves with guest artists Millicent Hurley, Chuck Spencer, and Cece Klinger.

A Delicate Balance, by Edward Albee, opens on Saturday, September 25, at 3pm. the production is directed by Steve Scott, Artistic Associate, Goodman Theatre. The show features company members Brian Parry, Jacqueline Grandt, and Jan Ellen Graves with guest artists Millicent Hurley, Chuck Spencer, and Cece Klinger.

A Delicate Balance, by Edward Albee, opens on Saturday, September 25, at 3pm. the production is directed by Steve Scott, Artistic Associate, Goodman Theatre. The show features company members Brian Parry, Jacqueline Grandt, and Jan Ellen Graves with guest artists Millicent Hurley, Chuck Spencer, and Cece Klinger.

The Jeff Awards have announced 105 nominations in 24 categories for Non-Equity Jeff Awards, which honor excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract, for productions that opened between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010. The Jeff Awards judged the opening nights of 116 productions offered by 55 non-Equity producing organizations and recommended 51 shows for further judging, making those 51 eligible for Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations in all categories.

The Jeff Awards today announced 105 nominations in 24 categories for Non-Equity Jeff Awards, which honor excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract, for productions that opened between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010. The Jeff Awards judged the opening nights of 116 productions offered by 55 non-Equity producing organizations and recommended 51 shows for further judging, making those 51 eligible for Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations in all categories.

'Lillian Hellmania!',a festival celebrating the playwrights' work, will run in Chicago at Eclipse ('The Autumn Garden'), Shattered Globe ('The Little Foxes,' 1/8-3/8/09), and City Lit ('Scoundrel Time,' 1/30-3/8/09).

'Lillian Hellmania!',a festival celebrating the playwrights' work, will run in Chicago at Eclipse ('The Autumn Garden'), Shattered Globe ('The Little Foxes,' 1/8-3/8/09), and City Lit ('Scoundrel Time,' 1/30-3/8/09).

Fresh from Frank Wildhorne's 'Camille Claudel' and previously starring in the Paper Mill's Romeo and Bernadette.