2015 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards Update 11/27 - Ed Morvant, Robert Sturcken Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. 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.

Voting is now underway for New Orleans! 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 New Orleans:

Best direction of a musical (local)
Ed Morvant - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 23%
Jonathan Sturcken - Hit It! 2015 - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 14%
Chrisopher Bentivegna - Musical of the Living Dead - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 12%

Best direction of a play (local)
Robert Sturcken - Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 31%
Bonnie Gabel - Your Lithopedion - Lux et Umbra 11%
Robert Sturcken - 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 11%

Best leading actor in a musical (local)
Ed Morvant - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 27%
Sean Patterson - Once Upon a Mattress - Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre 9%
Sean Richmond - The Rocky Horror Show - Jubilee Entertainment Theatre 7%

Best leading actor in a play (local)
Eddie Simon - Dinner With Friends - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 28%
Jake Wynne-Wilson - Incarnate - New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane 15%
Brandon Kenyon - The Butler Did It - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 12%

Best leading actor in a play or musical (touring)
Adam Garst - The Little Mermaid - Saenger Theatre 42%
Stuart Ward - Once - Saenger Theatre 31%
Ace Young - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Saenger Theatre 27%

Best leading actress in a musical (local)
Elizabeth Burris - Yes, Virginia The Musical - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 24%
Emily Carmadelle - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 22%
Elyse McDaniel - Jesus Christ Superstar - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 12%

Best leading actress in a play (local)
Madison Lusco - Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 24%
Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 21%
Kali Russell - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 13%

Best leading actress in a play or musical (touring)
Diana DeGarmo - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Saenger Theatre 53%
Dani de Waal - Once - Saenger Theatre 43%
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Best musical (local)
Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 21%
Hit It! 2015 - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 10%
Musical of the Living Dead - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 10%

Best play (local)
Steel Magnolias - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 26%
Dinner With Friends - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 18%
Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 15%

Best play or musical (touring)
The Phantom of the Opera - Saenger Theatre 35%
Once - Saenger Theatre 20%
Annie - Saenger Theatre 15%

Best set design of a musical (local)
John Carambat - Moon Over Montevideo - Covington Center Of Performing Arts 40%
David Raphel - Peter Pan - Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts 22%
Rick Paul - Once Upon a Mattress - The NOLA Project 13%

Best set design of a play (local)
Matthew Collie - Flowers in the Attic - See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company 47%
David Raphel - Peter and the Starcatcher - Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 21%
Bill Walker - Marie Antoinette - The NOLA Project 15%