Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards; freeFall's HAIRSPRAY Leads as Best Musical!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
DeeJay Young - Hairspray - American Stage Theater 21%
Matthew McGee - Hairspray - American Stage Theater 13%
Michael Silvestri - La Cage Aux Folles - Carrollwood Players 11%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Joseph Parra - Flying - Tampa Repertory Theater 12%
Stephan Bielawski - All My Sons - Carrollwood Players 11%
Jason Hoolihan - All My Sons - Carrollwood Players 10%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Janelle Richardson - The Wiz - New Tampa Players 17%
Susan Haldeman - Assassins - freeFall Theatre Company 13%
Alison Burns - Hairspray - American Stage 10%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
MaryKay Cyrus - All My Sons - Carrollwood Players 23%
Becca McCoy - Flying - Tampa Repertory Theater 15%
Melissa Minyard - End of the Rainbow - freeFall Theatre Company 9%

Best Choreographer (local)
Shain Stroff - Hairspray - American Stage 37%
Jarrett William Koski - Disaster - mad Theatre 26%
Alison Burns Jackson - Lizzie - The Jobsite Theater 22%

Best Community Theater Company
mad Theatre of Tampa 16%
New Tampa Players 13%
Carrollwood Players 13%

Best Costume Design - Play or Musical (local)
Trish Kelly - HAIRSPRAY - American Stage 22%
David Covach - Marie Antoinette - freeFall Theatre Company 21%
Dee O'Brien - Taming of the Shrew - Tarpon Arts 15%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Shaun Strof - Hairspray - American Stage 21%
Anthony Paul Gilkinson and Donald B. Holt, Jr. - Company - mad Theatre 13%
David Jenkins - Lizzie - The Jobsite Theater 13%

Best Director/Play (local)
Michael Cote - All My Sons - Carrollwood Players 13%
Robin Gordon - Flying - Tampa Repertory Theater 12%
Dee O'Brien - Taming of the Shrew - Tarpon Arts 10%

Best Lighting Design - Play or Musical (local)
Mike Wood - Hairspray - American Stage 15%
Dalton Hamilton - Evita - Eight O'Clock Theatre 14%
Cody Basham - Marie Antoinette - freeFall Theatre 12%

Best Music Director - Play or Musical (local)
Michael Raabe - Assassins - freeFall Theatre Company 33%
Michael Raabe - Hairspray - American Stage 24%
Jeremy Douglass - Lizzie - Jobsite Theater 22%

Best Musical (local)
Hairspray - freeFall Theatre Company 26%
Assassins - freeFall Theatre Company 18%
Company - mad Theatre of Tampa 16%

Best Play (local)
Flying - The Tampa Repertory Theatre 13%
All My Sons - Carrollwood Players 12%
End Of The Rainbow - freeFall Theatre 8%

Best Professional Theater Company
freeFall Theatre Company 27%
American Stage Theater 25%
Stageworks 14%

Best Scenic Design - Play or Musical (local)
Eric Davis - Assassins - freeFall Theatre 20%
Jerid Fox - Hairspray - American Stage 14%
Allen Loyd - Flying - The Tampa Repertory Theatre 11%

Best Sound Design - Play or Musical (local)
Stephen Kraack - Assassins - freeFall Theatre 17%
Matt Cowley - Flying - The Tampa Repertory Theatre 14%
David Cohen - Lizzie - Jobsite Theater 13%

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