Thank you for voting! Over 3,000 votes were cast! The MD Theatre Guide is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Reader’s Choice Awards for Professional theatre! On the left-hand column is where you will find the 1st Place Winners. The middle column is where you will find the 2nd Place Winners. The right-hand column is where you will find the 3rd Place Winners. Click here to see the complete list of nominees.
CERTIFICATES: Winners may request a certificate to hang on your wall by sending an email to info [at] mdtheatreguide.com. If you did not receive one from last year you may still request a certificate.
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| Best Theatre Company (1) | Best Theatre Company (2) |
Best Theatre Company (3) |
| Rep Stage | Toby’s Dinner Theatre | Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Best Musical (1) | Best Musical (2) | Best Musical (3) |
| Les Miserables | A Funny Thing Happened… | The King and I |
| at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Shakespeare Theatre Company | at Olney Theatre Center |
| Best Play (1) |
Best Play (2) | Best Play (3) |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Boeing Boeing | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
| at Annapolis Shakespeare Company | at Rep Stage | at Arena Stage |
| Best Production for Young Audiences (1) | Best Production for Young Audiences (2) | Best Production for Young Audiences (3) |
| Three Little Birds | Cinderella | Peter Pan and Wendy |
| at Adventure Theatre MTC | at the Puppet Co. | at Imagination Stage |
| Best Director of a Musical (1) | Best Director of a Musical (2) | Best Director of a Musical (3) |
| Patrick A’Hearn for Les Miserables | Toby Orenstein and Steven Fleming for Les Misérables | Alan Paul for A Funny Thing Happened… |
| at Riverside Center Dinner Theatre | at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Best Director of a Play (1) | Best Director of a Play (2) | Best Director of a Play (3) |
| Matthew Gardiner for The Laramie Project | Tom Delise for Romeo & Juliet | David Esbjornson for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
| by Ford’s Theatre | at The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | at Arena Stage |
| Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Musical (1) | Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Musical (2) | Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Musical (3) |
| Daniel Felton as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables | Bruce Randolph Nelson as Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers | James Gardiner as Jamie in The Last Five Years |
| at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Center Stage | at Signature Theatre |
| Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Musical (1) | Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Musical (2) | Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Musical (3) |
| Katie Keyser as Maria in The Sound of Music | Ashley Johnson as Dorothy in The Wiz | Sherri L. Edelen as Momma Rose in Gypsy |
| at Compass Rose Theater | at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Signature Theatre |
| Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Play (1) | Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Play (2) | Best Performance by Lead Actor in a Play (3) |
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Doctor John Prentice | Ian Blackwell Rogers as Hamlet in Hamlet | Robert Lee Hardy as Cephus Miles in Home |
| in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at Arena Stage | by Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | at Rep Stage |
| Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Play (1) | Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Play (2) | Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Play (3) |
| Christine Demuth as Wilma in A Young Lady of Property | Erin Weaver as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet | Isabelle Anderson as Titus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus |
| at Rep Stage | at Folger Theatre | by Taffety Punk’s Riot Grrrls |
| Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Musical (1) | Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Musical (2) | Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Musical (3) |
| Bill Upshaw as Thenardier in Les Miserables | Bobby Smith as Richard Riddell in Spin | Joshua Dick as Francis in Big Nate The Musical |
| at Riverside Center Dinner Theatre | at Signature Theatre | at Adventure Theatre MTC |
| Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Musical (1) | Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Musical (2) | Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Musical (3) |
| Mariel White as Liesl in The Sound of Music | Sally Struthers as Jeanette in The Full Monty | Tracy Lynn Olivera as Irene Molloy in Hello, Dolly! |
| at Compass Rose Theater | at Riverside Center Dinner Theater | at Ford’s Theatre/Signature Theatre |
| Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Play (1) | Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Play (2) | Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Play (3) |
| Paul Edward Hope as Robert in Boeing Boeing | Matthew Ancarrow as Renfield in Dracula | Christopher Block as Michael in God of Carnage |
| at Rep Stage | at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | at Everyman Theatre |
| Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Play (1) | Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Play (2) | Best Performance by Supporting Actress in a Play (3) |
| Barbara Madison Hauck as Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet | Yvonne Erickson as Gertrude in A Young Lady of Property | Shayna Blass as Izzy, in Rabbit Hole |
| at The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | at Rep Stage | at The Keegan Theatre |
| Best Solo Performer (Theatre or Fringe) (1) | Best Solo Performer (Theatre or Fringe) (2) | Best Solo Performer (Theatre or Fringe) (3) |
| Charlayne Woodard in The Night Watcher | Yanomi Shoshinz as Miss Hiccup | Paul Morella in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas |
| at Studio Theatre | in A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup at Capital Fringe | at Olney Theatre Center |
| Best Capital Fringe Show (1) | Best Capital Fringe Show (2) | Best Capital Fringe Show (3) |
| Disco Jesus and The Apostles of Funk | 1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera | Mark Twain’s Riverboat Extravaganza |
| Best Musical Direction of a Production (1) | Best Musical Direction of a Production (2) | Best Musical Direction of a Production (3) |
| Christopher Youstra for Les Misérables | William Yanesh for The Last Five Years | Laura Bergquist for Animal Crackers |
| at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Signature Theatre | at Center Stage |
| Best Choreography of a Production (1) | Best Choreography of a Production (2) | Best Choreography of a Production (3) |
| Michael J. Bobbitt for Three Little Birds | Christen Svingos for In the Heights | Stephen Nachamie for A Chorus Line |
| at Adventure Theatre MTC | at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | at Olney Theatre Center |
| Best Set Design of a Production (1) | Best Set Design of a Production (2) | Best Set Design of a Production (3) |
| Clint Ramos for Appropriate | Neil Patel for Animal Crackers | Jos B. Musumeci for Three Little Birds |
| by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | at Center Stage | at Adventure Theatre MTC |
| Best Costume Design of a Production (1) | Best Costume Design of a Production (2) | Best Costume Design of a Production (3) |
| Frank Labovitz for Gypsy | Kendra Rai for Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat | Anastasia Rurikov Simes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| at Signature Theatre | at Adventure Theatre MTC | at Synetic Theater |
| Best Lighting Design of a Production (1) | Best Lighting Design of a Production (2) | Best Lighting Design of a Production (3) |
| Jay H. Herzog for The Glass Menagerie | Brittany Diliberto for The Three Musketeers | Robert Wierzel for Spring Awakening |
| at Everyman Theatre | at Synetic Theater | at Olney Theatre Center |
| Best Sound Design of a Production (1) | Best Sound Design of a Production (2) | Best Sound Design of a Production (3) |
| Matt Rowe for Miss Saigon | Edward Moser for A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas | Tom Teasley for Gilgamesh |
| at Signature Theatre | at Olney Theatre Center | by Constellation Theatre Company |
| Best Ensemble of a Musical (1) | Best Ensemble of a Musical (2) | Best Ensemble of a Musical (3) |
| Les Misérables at Toby’s Dinner Theatre | The Sound of Music at Compass Rose Theater | A Funny Thing Happened… at Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Best Ensemble of a Play (1) | Best Ensemble of a Play (2) | Best Ensemble of a Play (3) |
| The Lyons at Round House Theatre | A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Annapolis Theatre Company | The Laramie Project by Ford’s Theatre |
| Best Touring or Non-Resident Play/Musical (1) | Best Touring or Non-Resident Play/Musical (2) | Best Touring or Non-Resident Play/Musical (3) |
| The Book of Mormon at the Kennedy Center | If/Then at the National Theatre | Sister Act at Kennedy Center |
| Best Touring or Non-Resident Concert (1) | Best Touring or Non-Resident Concert (2) | Best Touring or Non-Resident Concert (3) |
| Jackie Evancho ‘Songs of the Silver Screen Tour’ | Josh Groban at Wolf Trap | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at Wolf Trap |
| with BSO at Meyerhoff |
