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Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Portland Awards; Portland Center Stage's FUN HOME Leads Best Musical!

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Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Portland 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 Portland:

Best Actor in a Musical
Isaiah Rosales - The Fantasticks - Metropolitan Community Theatre Project 15%
James Sharinghausen - Avenue Q - triangle productions 12%
Joe Theissen - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 12%

Best Actor in a Play
Isaac Lamb - Every Brilliant Thing - Portland Center Stage 13%
Nicholas Granato - Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) - Bag&Baggage Productions 12%
Michael Teufel - Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 10%

Best Actress in a Musical
Alison Mickelson - Fun Home - Portland Center Stage 11%
Kelly Sina - Cabaret - Lakewood Theatre Company 9%
Hannah Wilson - Avenue Q - triangle productions 8%

Best Actress in a Play
Signe Larsen - Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 13%
Marilyn Stacey - God of Carnage - Lakewood Theatre Company 9%
Jaime Langton - Hot 'N' Throbbing - Twilight Theater 7%

Best Choreography
Peggy Taphorn - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 21%
Laura Hiszczynskyj - Cabaret - Lakewood Theatre Company 14%
David Marquez - Rock of Ages - Stumptown Stages 13%

Best Costume Design
Melissa Heller - Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) - Bag&Baggage Productions 13%
Darrin Pufall - Gypsy - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 12%
Mary Eggers Rochon - Wizard of Oz - Northwest Children's Theatre 8%

Best Director of a Musical
Chris Coleman - Fun Home - Portland Center Stage 13%
Sara Fay Goldman and Rusty Tennant - Under the Influence: All Trumped Up - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 12%
Peggy Taphorn - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 11%

Best Director of a Play
Antonio Sonera - God of Carnage - Lakewood Theatre Company 9%
Rusty Tennant - Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 8%
Scott Palmer - Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) - Bag&Baggage Productions 8%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Musical
Under the Influence: All Trumped Up - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 12%
The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 12%
Fun Home - Portland Center Stage 11%

Best Ensemble Performance in a Play
Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 10%
Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) - Bag&Baggage Productions 9%
Astoria Part I - Portland Center Stage 9%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Isaac Lamb - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 12%
Sean Ryan Lamb - Rock of Ages - Stumptown Stages 10%
Ben Tissell - Billy Elliott - Pixie Dust Productions 8%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Leif Norby - The Oregon Trail - Portland Center Stage 12%
Nikolas Hoback - Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 11%
Matthew Kerrigan - Miss Julie - Shaking the Tree 10%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Amy Jo Halliday - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 8%
Jessica Tidd - Under the Influence: All Trumped Up - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 8%
Kelly Sina - Cabaret - Lakewood Theatre Company 8%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Signe Larsen - Romeo & Juliet/Layla & Majnun - Bag & Baggage Productions 15%
Adriana Gantzer - Hot 'N' Throbbing - Twilight Theater 11%
Landy Hite - Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 10%

Best Lighting Design
Gene Dent - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 13%
Gene Dent - Fly By Night - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 10%
Jim Ricks-White - The Drowning Girls - Bag&Baggage Productions 8%

Best Musical
Fun Home - Portland Center Stage 14%
The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 13%
Avenue Q - triangle productions 11%

Best Musical Direction
Rick Lewis - Fun Home - Portland Center Stage 19%
Alan D. Lytle - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 15%
Matt Insley - Under the Influence: All Trumped Up - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 12%

Best Play
Sordid Lives - Fuse Theatre Ensemble/OUTwright 10%
Every Brilliant Thing - Portland Center Stage 9%
Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) - Bag&Baggage Productions 8%

Best Set Design
The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 13%
Megan Wilkerson - The Drowning Girls - Bag & Baggage Productions 9%
Sean O'Skea - Fly By Night - Broadway Rose 9%

Best Sound Design
Brian K. Moen - The Addams Family - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 21%
Andrew Bray - A Maze - Theatre Vertigo 15%
Brian K. Moen - Gypsy - Broadway Rose Theatre Company 11%

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