BWW Australia 2011 Awards Winners Announced!

After an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Australia Awards! This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 BroadwayWorld Australia Award winners!

Nominations were open for the month of October 2011, and voting ran through midnight on December 31, 2011. Watch out for news about the 2012 awards this fall...

Best Actor in a Musical
Matt Lee - Mary Poppins

Best Actor in a Play
Geoffrey Rush - The Diary of a Madman

Best Actress in a Musical
Verity Hunt-Ballard - Mary Poppins

Best Actress in a Play
Cate Blanchett - Uncle Vanya

Best Choreographer
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear - Mary Poppins

Best Community Theater Company
New Musicals Australia

Best Costume Design
Susan Hilferty - Wicked

Best Director of a musical
Lisa Leguillo - Wicked - Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Best Director of a play
Neil Armfield - The Diary of a Madman - Belvoir

Best Ensemble Performance in a musical
Christina Tan - Mary Poppins - Capitol Theatre

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Philip Quast - mary poppins

Best Featured Actor in a Play
John Bell - Uncle Vanya

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Debra Byrne - Mary Poppins - Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Yael Stone - The Diary of a Madman - Belvoir

Best Lighting Design
Kenneth Posner - Wicked - Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Best Musical
Cameron Mackintosh - Mary Poppins - Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Best Musical Direction
David Young - Wicked - Burswood Theatre Perth

Best Original/New Work
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Love Never Dies - Regent Theatre, Melbourne

Best Play
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare - Uncle Vanya

Best Professional Theater Company
Sydney Theatre Company - All

Best Set Design
Eugene Lee - Wicked - Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Best Sound Design
Tony Meola - Wicked - Burswood

Best Younger Actor (under age 25)
George Cartwright Bush - Love Never Dies - Regent Theatre, Melbourne

Best Younger Actress (under age 25)
Jasmin Younger - Mary Poppins - Capitol Theatre