2012 BWW Cincinnati/Dayton Regional Awards - LIVE Update - Joplin, Breslin and More Lead - 12/17!

Voting is now underway for the Cincinnati/Dayton Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January.

Here are the current standings for Cincinnati/Dayton:

Best Choreography (Local)
BranDon Kelly - Rent - Wright State University Theatre 24%
Greg Hellems - Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 17%
Jules Shumate - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 15%
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Best Costume Design (Local)
Lisa Loen - The Phantom of the Opera - Wright State University Theatre 23%
Shirley P. Wasser - The Hobbitt - Zoot Theatre Company 19%
Molly Walz - SPRING AWAKENING - Encore Theatre Company 13%
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Best Direction of Musical (Local)
Bunny Arszman - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 15%
Scott Hunt - Rent - Wright State University Theatre 14%
Greg Hellems - Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 13%
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Best Direction of Play (Local)
D.Tristan and J. Gary Thompson - The Hobbit - Zoot Theatre Company 19%
Greg Hellems - Death of a Salesman - Wright State University Theatre 17%
Marya Spring Cordes - Managing Maxine - The Human Race Theatre Company 10%
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Local)
Drew Bowen - Spring Awakening - Encore Theatre Company 21%
Nate Moster - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 19%
Richard Cerato - Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 16%
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Best Featured Actor in a Play (Local)
Justin Baldwin - Reasons to Be Pretty - New Edgecliff Theatre 28%
Scott Stoney - Managing Maxine - The Human Race Theatre Company 18%
Michael Carr - Good People - Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 13%
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Local)
Erin McCamley - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 27%
Mia Gentile - Next to Normal: Encore Presentation - Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 17%
Elizabeth Wellman - 35mm:A Musical Exhibition - The Human Race Theatre 17%
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Best Featured Actress in a Play (Local)
Jennifer Joplin - God of Carnage - The Human Race Theatre Company 18%
Chelsey Cavender - Death of a Salesman - Wright State University Theatre 16%
Ria Villaver - The Hobbit - Zoot Theatre Company 12%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
Robert Breslin - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 19%
Bruce Cromer - Next to Normal: Encore Presentation - Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 18%
Zach Cossman - Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 16%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local)
Bruce Cromer - To Kill A Mockingbird - Cincinnati Shakespeare Company 19%
Justin Baldwin - Quake, A closet love story - New Edgecliff Theatre 14%
Patrick Ross - Death of a Salesman - Wright State University Theatre 10%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Emily Rowekamp - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 23%
Allison Kelly - Rent - Wright State University Theatre 23%
Katie Klaus - Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 17%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Lara Miller - Quake, a closet love story - New Edgecliff Theatre 23%
Lee Merrill - Death of the Salesman - Wright State University Theatre 16%
Jennifer Joplin - God of Carnage - The Human Race Theatre Company 11%
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Best Lighting Design (Local)
Missi Malone - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 23%
Andy Balmert - The Hobbit - Zoot Theatre Company 22%
Andrew Hungerford - Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Know Theatre 17%
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Best Musical (Local)
AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 19%
Band Geeks! - The Human Race Theatre 15%
Rent - Wright State University Theatre 14%
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Best Play (Local)
Death of a Salesman - Wright State University Theatre 33%
God of Carnage - The Human Race Theatre Company 16%
Reasons to Be Pretty - New Edgecliff Theatre 15%
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Best Scenic Design (Local)
Melissa Bennett - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 28%
JJ Parkey, Ray Zupp, Shane Anderson - Spring Awakening - Encore Theatre Company 19%
Brian Mehring - Next to Normal - Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 14%
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Best Sound Design (Local)
Greg Shaffer - AVENUE Q - Showbiz Players 24%
Chuck Hatcher - Next to Normal - Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 23%
Brendan Classen - Willy Wonka the Musical - Anderson Center Theater 13%
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Best Special Theatre Event (Local)
2012 Festival of New Musicals - The Human Race Theatre 53%
Cincinnati Fringe Festival - Know Theatre 47%
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Best Touring Musical
Wicked - Broadway Across America 42%
Les Miserables - Broadway Across America 29%
Billy Elliot the Musical - Broadway Across America 10%
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Person to Watch (Local)
Justin Baldwin 17%
JJ PARKEY 14%
ZACK STEELE 14%
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Theatre of the Year
The Human Race Theatre 42%
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 25%
Know Theatre 12%
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