2012 BWW Los Angeles Regional Awards - LIVE Update - Ilene Graff and Juliana Hansen Tied for the Lead - 12/10!

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

Here are the current standings for Los Angeles:

Best Cabaret Artist - Female 
Ilene Graff - First You Dream - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 11%
Juliana Hansen - An Evening with Juliana Hansen - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 11%
Alissa-Nicole Koblentz and Rachel Howe - Self Titled Show Title - Chromolume Theatre Co. at the Attic Theatre 11%
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Best Cabaret Artist - Male 
Jason Graae - The Prince and The Showboy - Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal 19%
Dennis McNeil - Cool Songs For a Hot Summer - The Lounge (Comedy and Magic Club) 15%
Mark Reis - Diapers, Dishes and Dreams - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 15%
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Best Choreography (Local Production) 
Billy Sprague, Jr. - Monty Python's Spamalot - Musical Theatre West 21%
Dana Solimando - Miss Saigon - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 17%
Janet Roston - The Color Purple - Celebration Theatre 12%
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Best Choreography (Touring Production) 
Casey Nicholaw - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 25%
Peter Darling & Kathryn Dunn - Billy Elliot - Pantages Theatre 20%
Andy Blankenbuehler - Bring It On: the Musical - Ahmanson Theatre 18%
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Best Costume Design (Local Production) 
Bobby Pearce - The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns - Laguna Playhouse 18%
Shigeru Yaji - Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 17%
Randon Pool - Hairspray - Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center 17%
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Best Direction of a Musical (Local Production) 
Neil Dale - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 18%
Brian Kite - Miss Saigon - La Mirada Theatre 18%
Michael Matthews - The Color Purple - Celebration Theatre 13%
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Best Direction of a Musical (Touring Production) 
Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 58%
Eric Schaeffer - Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 18%
Christopher Ashley - Memphis - Pantages Theatre 12%
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Best Direction of a Play (Local Production) 
David Lee - Art - Pasadena Playhouse 20%
Ken Sawyer - Deathtrap - LA Gay & Lesbian Center 19%
Diedra Celeste Miranda - It's a Wonderful Life - Glendale Centre Theatre 16%
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Best Direction of a Play (Touring Production) 
Marianne Elliott Tom Morris - War Horse - Ahmanson Theatre 57%
Michael Grandage - Red - Mark Taper Forum 33%
Sam Gold - Seminar - Ahmanson Theatre 10%
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Local Production) 
Danny Gurwin - Once Upon a Mattress - Cabrillo Music Theatre 23%
Joseph Anthony Foronda - Miss Saigon - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 15%
Michael D'Elia - The World Goes 'Round - Actor's Co-op 11%
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Touring Production) 
Gary Henson - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 32%
Cameron Clifford - Billy Elliot - Pantages Theatre 30%
Cody Slaughter - Million Dollar Quartet - Pantages Theatre 13%
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Best Featured Actor in a Play (Local Production) 
John Dantona - To Kill a Mockingbird - Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center 34%
Dan Sykes - The Paris Letter - The Group Rep 24%
PatRick Rogers - All My Sons - Hillcrest Center for the Arts 19%
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Local Production) 
Stella Kim - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 27%
Alet Taylor - Justin Love - Celebration Theatre 17%
Melina Porto - Bend in the Road - Carrie Hamilton Theatre @ Pasadena Playhouse 14%
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Touring Production) 
Elaine Paige - Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 37%
Samantha Marie Ware - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 32%
Julie Johnson - Memphis - Pantages Theatre 19%
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Best Featured Actress in a Play (Local Production) 
Esperanza America - A Mexican Trilogy - Los Angeles Theatre Center 31%
Rachael Pugh - All My Sons - Hillcrest Center for the Arts 29%
Casey Kramer - The New Electric Ballroom - Rogue Machine 19%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local Production) 
Davis Gaines - Man of La Mancha - Musical Theatre West 24%
Kristopher Kyer - The Music Man - Actors Repertory of Simi Valley 23%
Eduardo Enrikez - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 16%
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Touring Production) 
Gavin Creel - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 30%
Ty Forhan - Billy Elliot the Musical - Pantages Theatre 18%
Danny Burstein - Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 15%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local Production) 
French Stewart - Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton - Sacred Fools 26%
Andrew Prine - On Golden Pond - Glendale Centre Theatre 17%
Jordan Monsell - It's a Wonderful Life - Glendale Centre Theatre 15%
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Best Leading Actor in a Play (Touring Production) 
Alfred Molina - Red - Mark Taper Forum 46%
Jonathan Groff - Red - Mark Taper Forum 32%
John Hurt - Krapp's Last Tape - Kirk Douglas Theatre 22%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local Production) 
Nicole Santiago - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 21%
Bets Malone - Once Upon a Mattress - Cabrillo Music Theatre 16%
Cesili Williams - The Color Purple - Celebration Theatre 14%
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Touring Production) 
Cathy Rigby - Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 27%
Jan Maxwell - Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 16%
Leah Hocking - Billy Elliot - Pantages Theatre 15%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local Production) 
Ann Gee Byrd - The Savannah Disputation - The Colony Theatre 17%
Ashley Sullivan - It's a Wonderful Life - Glendale Centre Theatre 16%
Bella Popa - Barefoot in the Park - Canyon Theatre Guild 15%
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Best Leading Actress in a Play (Touring Production) 
Angela Reed - War Horse - Ahmanson Theatre 55%
Sunny Thompson - Marilyn: Forever Blonde - El Portal Theatre 25%
Jennifer Ikeda - Seminar - Ahmanson Theatre 10%
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Best Lighting Design (Local Production) 
Jean Yves Tessier - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 33%
Steven Young - Miss Saigon - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 18%
Steven Young - Monty Python's Spamalot - Musical Theatre West 16%
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Best Musical (Local Production) 
Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 23%
The Color Purple - Celebration Theatre 16%
The World Goes 'Round - Actor's Co-op 13%
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Best Musical (Touring Production) 
The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 41%
Billy Elliot the Musical - Pantages Theatre 14%
Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 13%
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Best Musical Direction (Local Production) 
John Glaudini - Miss Saigon - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 21%
Steven Applegate - Annie - Glendale Centre Theatre 17%
Michael Borth - The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns - Laguna Playhouse 14%
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Best Musical Direction (Touring Production) 
Cian McCarthy - The Book of Mormon - Pantages Theatre 42%
James Moore - Follies - Ahmanson Theatre 21%
Alvin Hough, Jr. - Memphis - Pantages Theatre 17%
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Best Play (Local Production) 
It's a Wonderful Life - Glendale Centre Theatre 25%
Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton - Sacred Fools 23%
Deathtrap - L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center 20%
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Best Play (Touring Production) 
Red - Mark Taper Forum 45%
Marilyn: Forever Blonde - El Portal Theatre 24%
Seminar - The Ahmanson 20%
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Best Scenic Design (Local Production) 
Orlando Montes/Neil Dale - Miss Saigon - Candlelight Pavilion 32%
John Iacovelli - Peter Pan - La Mirada Performing Arts 21%
Amanda Lawson - Xanadu - DOMA Theatre Company 17%
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Best Sound Design (Local Production) 
Cricket S. Myers - Justin Love - Celebration Theatre 27%
David Crawford - Jekyll & Hyde - DOMA Theatre Company 22%
Brian Maier - The Full Monty - Third Street Theatre 20%
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Best Special Theatre Event 
Titanic Staged Reading - Musical Theatre Guild at the Alex Theatre 42%
Kritzerland Records: The Songs That Got Away - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 20%
LA's Next Great Stage Star 2012 - Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal 15%
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Favorite Local Theatre Company 
A Noise Within 24%
Actor's Co-op 20%
The Troubadour Theatre Company 15%
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Favorite Local Theatre Venue 
Pantages Theatre 27%
Ahmanson Theatre 17%
Pasadena Playhouse 10%
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Don't miss out!  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.

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