Best of Baltimore Theatre 2007: Readers' Choice Contest

By: Dec. 27, 2007
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VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!  Thank you to everyone who entered a ballot.  Results will post LATE on Monday, January 7th.  Contest winners will be notified no later than Tuesday morning, January 8th.

2007 has been a banner year for theatre in the greater Baltimore area.  To celebrate, we are holding the first ever Baltimore Readers' Choice Awards.  This year, Baltimore.BroadwayWorld reviewed over 100 productions at all levels from college to professional touring shows!  And that didn't even scratch the surface! 

The ballot below includes all of the shows reviewed, but each category also allows a "write in" vote.  So, if you don't see the show of your choice listed, please write it in, and tell us where it played during 2007 in the greater Baltimore area.  (Please be sure the show and theatre you write in belongs in that category!)

This contest is open to ALL members of the Baltimore Theatre Community.  Spread the word, inviting friends to visit this page.  BUT Please do not send bulk emails as entries.  Only one entry per email address will be accepted.

Be sure you follow all of the rules to qualify for any one of the 11 prize packages listed below, after the ballot.  Nearly every area theatre has offered some amazing gifts of theatre to thank you for being the best theatre fans on the Internet!  Thanks!  And good luck!

THE RULES:

  1. All rules must be followed completely.
  2. One entry per person.  Bulk emails will be deleted.  Send your email to: jameshoward@broadwayworld.com.
  3. Your entry email MUST be received by noon on Sunday, January 6th.  James Howard and BroadwayWorld are not responsible for lost, late, or misaddressed emails.
  4. You DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE IN EVERY CATEGORY, BUT you must file a COMPLETE BALLOT.
  5. A COMPLETE BALLOT follows these guidelines:
    1. Your entry email MUST be titled: Baltimore Readers' Choice Ballot 2007
    2. You MUST provide all "INFORMATION ABOUT YOU,"  including the five questions that are a part of "INFORMATION ABOUT YOU."  Give the number of the question, the letter of your answer AND the words of that answer.  EX.: 1. H. Drama
    3. You may answer any 2 or more of parts I – XI.  You MUST answer at least 2 categories, up to all 11.  Give the number of the question, the letter of your answer AND the words of that answer.  EX.: IV: A. Starlight Express, D. Evita.  (Just an example!)  YOU MAY PICK UP TO 2 PER CATEGORY.
    4. If you choose to WRITE IN show or company, do it like this: IV: J. Sweeney Todd at Joe Smith Dinner Theatre.
  6. Winners will be selected at random from all eligible ballots, and winners will be notified on or before January 7th.

THE BALLOT:

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU:

Name:

Age:

 

REMEMBER!  Give the number of the question, the letters of your answers AND the answers for each.  Anything less will disqualify your entry.

 

Select the answers that best describe you:

1. I attended (as an audience member) the following types of theatre in the Baltimore area (name all that apply)

a.  Community  

b.  College  

c. Regional  

d. Professional

e. Plays  

f. Musicals  

g. Comedy  

h. Drama  

i. Classical

 

2. I attended (as an audience member - comped or paying) theatre in the Baltimore area (approximately):

a. 1 – 5 times  

b. 6 – 10 times  

c. 11 – 20 times  

d. 21 – 30 times  

e.  more than 30 times

 

3.   I work with a local theatre or theatre company.  ("Work with" = act, direct, design, volunteer, manage, etc.  ANYTHING you do aside from being an audience member.)

a.  TRUE   (If TRUE, please name the company or organization)

b.  FALSE     

4.  I read BroadwayWorld.com (Main Page, Baltimore Page, DC Page combined):

a.  Daily  

b.  Weekly  

c.  Once a month  

d.  More than once a month, but less than weekly

 

5. On BroadwayWorld.com, I read (name all that apply) REGULARLY:

a. Reviews  

b.  Interviews  

c.  Weekly Columns  

d. other BWW features

REMEMBER!  Give the number of the question, the letters of your answers AND the answers for each.  Anything less will disqualify your entry.

PLEASE CONSIDER ONLY PRODUCTIONS PERFORMED DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2007.   SELECT YOUR FAVORITES - YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO GUESS BWW's PICKS!

I: Professional Touring (Pick up to 2)                  

A. Annie                                         

B. Avenue Q                                  

C. Cats                                            

D. Chicago: The Musical                

E. Doubt                                         

F. Hairspray                                   

G. Menopause: The Musical           

H. My Fair Lady                             

I. Spamalot                                    

J. Sweet Charity                            

K. The Wedding Singer                  

L. Wicked                                      

 

II: Regional/Resident Musical (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Dreamgirls - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

B.     Fiddler on the Roof  - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

C.     The Full Monty - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

D.    Grease - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

E.     Holiday Hot Nostalgia - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

F.      Little Shop of Horrors - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia

G.    Oliver! - Theatre on the Hill

H.    Titanic: The Musical - Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia

I.     WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)                                       

 

III: Regional/Resident Classic Play (Pick up to 2)      

A.    All's Well That Ends Well - Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

B.     As You Like It - Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

C.     Henry V - Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

D.    Macbeth - Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

E.     Much Ado About Nothing - Everyman Theatre

F.     The Tragedy of Macbeth - Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

G.    WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)

 

IV: Regional/Resident Contemporary Play (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Bach at Liepzig - RepStage

B.     Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief  - Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

C.     Going to St. Ives - Everyman Theatre

D.    Hearts - CENTERSTAGE

E.     Help Wanted - CENTERSTAGE

F.      Joe Turner's Come and Gone - CENTERSTAGE

G.    La Muneca - Single Carrot Theatre

H.    Mrs. Farnsworth - RepStage

I.     Red Light Winter - Single Carrot Theatre

J.    Sight Unseen - Everyman Theatre

K.    The Baltimore Waltz - Single Carrot Theatre

L.     The Foreigner - Timonium Dinner Theatre

M.   Things of Dry Hours - CENTERSTAGE

N.    WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)

V: Regional/Resident Modern Classic Play (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Arsenic and Old Lace - CENTERSTAGE

B.     Ah, Wilderness! - CENTERSTAGE

C.     Betrayal - Everyman Theatre

D.    Two By Pinter: The Collection & The Lover - RepStage

E.     The Front Page - Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

F.    Trouble in Mind - CENTERSTAGE

G.     WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)

VI: College Production (Pick up to 2)      

A.    AIDA - ArtsCentric/Theatre Morgan

B.     Angels in America: Millennium Approaches - Towson University Dept. of Theatre

C.     Angels in America: Perestroika - Towson University Dept. of Theatre

D.    Mr. Marmalade - TU Theatre Summer Season

E.     Six Degrees of Separation - JHU Barnstormers

F.      The Crucible - Student-Alumni Arts HCC

G.    The Diary of Anne Frank - Towson University Dept. of Theatre

H.    The Trial of the Catonsville 9 - CCBC - Catonsville

I.      The Who's Tommy - TU Theatre Summer Season

J.      WRITE IN (Name Show and College)

 

VII: Community Theatre Musical Production (Pick up to 2)      

A.    AIDA - Cockpit in Court

B.     Annie Get Your Gun - Dundalk Community Theatre

C.     Assassins - Spotlighters

D.    Disney's High School Musical - Winters Lane

E.     Falsettos - Fells Point Corner Theatre

F.      A Funny Thing Happened …Forum - Dundalk Community Theatre

G.    The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Spotlighters

H.    High Society - Cockpit in Court

I.       Into the Woods - Laurel Mill Playhouse

J.       The Last 5 Years - Vagabonds

K.    Listen to My Heart: The Songs of D. Friedman Vagabonds

L.     Once on This Island - Winters Lane

M.   WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)                                                

 

VIII: Community Theatre Play: Comedy (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Barbie: A Doll Her - Uncommon Voices/BPF

B.     Beau Jest - Dundalk Community Theatre

C.     The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Fells Point Corner Theatre

D.    Epic Proportions - Vagabonds

E.     Fat Pig - Spotlighters

F.     The Foreigner - Cockpit-in-Court

G.    The Foreigner - Laurel Mill Playhouse

H.    Last Night at the Owl Bar - Chesapeake Arts Center/BPF

I.       Mary, Mary - Spotlighters

J.       The Mineola Twins - Spotlighters

K.    Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge - Mobtown

L.     The Nerd - Spotlighters

M.   Rounding Third - Catonsville Theatre Company

N.    Rudy Doo - Spotlighters/BPF

O.   Servant of Two Masters - Mobtown                                       

P.   WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)                                                                               

IX: Community Theatre Play: Drama (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Almost Vermilion - Theatrical Mining Company/BPF

B.     Angels in America: Perestroika - Spotlighters

C.     Anna in the Tropics - Fells Point Corner Theatre

D.    The Blessed Mothers of War - Theatrical Mining Company/BPF

E.     Blood Wedding - Run of the Mill

F.      Broadway Bound - Fells Point Corner Theatre

G.    Burn This - Fells Point Corner Theatre

H.    CYA - Mobtown/BPF

I.      Driving Miss Daisy - Catonsville Theatre Company

J.      The Lion in Winter - Spotlighters

K.    Nickel and Dimed - TheatreHopkins

L.     Perpendicular - Vagabonds/BPF

M.   The Pillowman - Mobtown

N.    Save Me - Fells Point Corner Theatre/BPF

O.    Variations on Justice - Run of the Mill

P.      WRITE IN (Name Show and Theatre Company)                                                     

 

X: Favorite Local Community Theatre Company/Organization (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Baltimore Playwrights Festival

B.    Catonsville Theatre Company

C.    Cockpit-in-Court

D.    Dundalk Community Theatre

E.    Fells Point Corner Theatre

F.    Laurel Mill Playhouse

G.    Mobtown Players

H.    Run of the Mill

I.    Spotlighters

J.    Theatre Hopkins

K.  Vagabond Players

L.   Winters Lane Theatre

M.   WRITE IN (Name Theatre Company)

XI: Favorite Regional Theatre Company (Pick up to 2)      

A.    Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

B.     CENTERSTAGE

C.     Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

D.    Everyman Theatre

E.     Rep Stage

F.      Single Carrot Theatre

G.    Theatre on the Hill

H.    Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore

I.       Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia

J.       WRITE IN (Name Theatre Company) 

REMEMBER!  YOU MUST VOTE IN AT LEAST TWO CATEGORIES!

THE PRIZES!

Thank you to all of the theatres listed below for their generosity!  

Dinner and a Show I

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia:

  • 1 pair of gift certificates

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore:

  • 1 pair of gift certificates

Dinner and a Show II

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia:

  • 1 pair of gift certificates

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore:

  • 1 pair of gift certificates 

Theatre Classics I

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company:

  • 2 tickets to Opening Night of A Doll's House

Rep Stage:

  • A pair of tickets to Mrs. Warren's Profession 

Theatre Classics II

Rep Stage:

  • A pair of tickets to Thom Pain
  • A Rep Stage T-Shirt

Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

  • A pair of tickets to The Comedy of Errors 

Theatre Classics III

Rep Stage:

  • A pair of tickets to In the Heart of America

Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

  • A pair of tickets to The Winter's Tale

Theatre Adventure I:

Mobtown:

  • A pair of tickets to Six Dead Queens…

Baltimore Theatre Alliance:

  • A one-year individual membership with Baltimore Theatre Alliance, which includes theatre ticket discounts, free or highly discounted theatre workshops, subscription to the newsletter and other services.

Theatre Adventure II:

Mobtown:

  • A pair of tickets to Mr. Marmalade

Run of the Mill:

  • 1 pair of tickets to Variations on Power at Theatre Project in May 

Charm City Opening Nights

CENTERSTAGE:

  • A pair of Opening Night tickets to A Little Night Music

The Hippodrome

  • A pair of Opening Night tickets to Camelot

 

Theatre Night for the Family/Theatre Night for Grown-ups

Catonsville Theatre Company

  • 4 tickets to A Year with Frog and Toad

Single Carrot Theatre

  • 4 tickets to The Sketch Comedy Show 

Local Theatre Tour A

Fells Point Corner Theatre

  • 1 gift certificate for 2 tickets

Spotlighters:

  • A certificate for 4 seats to any remaining shows in the 2007-2008 season 

Local Theatre Tour B

Fells Point Corner Theatre

  • 1 gift certificate for 2 tickets

Run of the Mill:

  • 1 pair of tickets to Variations on Power at Theatre Project in May

NOTE: Due to the nature of theatrical bookings, show titles and dates may change.  Each theatre reserves the right to place limits on prizes or to offer a comparable prize, should a change be necessary.  Prize winners may be required to make individual arrangements for redeeming prizes.  Prizes have no monetary value if unused.  Winners must seek permission of the individual theatres to transfer prize to a third party.



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