February 18, 2007

BEST ACTOR
Rufus Sewell for ROCK ‘N’ ROLL at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke of York’s

Following its world premiere in June 2006 at the Royal Court, as part of the theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, Rock 'n' Roll opened on 22 July at the West End’s Duke of York’s, where its extended season finishes on 25 February 2007, ahead of a Broadway transfer. This is the third major Best Actor prize for Rufus Sewell, who created the role of Czech dissident Jan – it follows wins at the Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle awards. Tom Stoppard’s epic has also nabbed Best Play honours in the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, while Trevor Nunn also won Best Director honours in the Whatsonstage.com Awards.

for the complete list of winners go to Whatsonstage

Rufus Sewell won best actor for his starring role in Tom Stoppard's Rock'N'Roll........
The awards are voted by The Society of London Theatre.

read the complete article here:Yahoo! News UK

thanks, Michelle!

What's On Stage
Jnuary 18, 2007

Winners of the 31st annual Olivier Awards will be announced on Sunday, 18 February 2007 in a star-studded ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane.

The full list of 2007 Olivier nominations is as follows:

BEST ACTRESS

- Eve Best for A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at The Old Vic
- Sinead Cusack for ROCK ‘N’ ROLL at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke of York’s
- Tamsin Greig for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Novello
- Kathleen Turner for WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at the Apollo

BEST ACTOR

- Iain Glen for THE CRUCIBLE at the Gielgud
- David Haig for DONKEYS’ YEARS at the Comedy
- Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud
- Rufus Sewell for ROCK ‘N’ ROLL at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke of York’s
- Michael Sheen for FROST/NIXON at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

- Samantha Bond for DONKEYS’ YEARS at the Comedy
- Deborah Findlay for THE CUT at the Donmar Warehouse
- Mark Hadfield for THÉRÈSE RAQUIN at the Lyttelton
- Colm Meaney for A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at The Old Vic
- Jim Norton for THE SEAFARER at the Cottesloe

BEST NEW PLAY

- BLACKBIRD by David Harrower at the Albery
- FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud
- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL by Tom Stoppard at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and at the Duke of York’s
- THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson at the Cottesloe

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London Theatre Guide
January 18. 2007

Nominations announced for 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards

The nominations have been announced for the 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, the most prestigious theatre awards in the UK. In a year dominated by musicals, Monty Python's Spamalot is the most nominated show with a total of seven nominations across seven categories. Sunday In The Park With George has six nominations. In non-musical work, A Moon For The Misbegotten, Rock 'N' Roll, The Crucible, Donkeys' Years and Frost/Nixon are among the leading contenders.

The leading players from Monty Python's Spamalot (Tim Curry and Hannah Waddingham), The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess (Clarke Peters and Nicola Hughes), Evita (Philip Quast and Elena Roger) and Sunday In The Park With George (Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell), go head-to-head in the Best Actor/Actress In A Musical categories. The only interloper from outside this quartet of shows is Caroline, Or Change's Tonya Pinkins, who is also included in the Best Actress In A Musical category.

The Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical is a more varied affair. Spamalot is still represented through Tom Goodman-Hill, but also included are Anna Francolini (Caroline, Or Change), Sheila Hancock (Cabaret) and Summer Strallen (The Boy Friend).

The hotly contested Best New Musical award sees Spamalot again up against Porgy And Bess, which qualifies as a new musical and not a revival as its earlier incarnations were operas. The category also includes Caroline, Or Change and rude puppet romp Avenue Q. Evita and Sunday In The Park With George face off against Cabaret and The Sound Of Music for Outstanding Musical Production.

In a year where musicals have made the headlines, some of the best new plays of recent years have also been making waves. The Best New Play category includes the high profile Frost/Nixon and Rock 'N' Roll, along with The Seafarer and Blackbird.

Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon has two nominations for Best Actor, with both leads Michael Sheen and Frank Langella getting the nod. Rock 'N' Roll's Rufus Sewell, who has already won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for this production, is also nominated along with David Haig (Donkeys' Years) and Iain Glen (The Crucible).

The Best Actress category features Kathleen Turner, who is aiming to add a Laurence Olivier Award to the Evening Standard Theatre Award she has already won for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, last year's winner Eve Best (A Moon For The Misbegotten), who is aiming to be the first woman to win back-to-back in this category, Sinead Cusack (Rock 'N' Roll) and Tamsin Greig (Much Ado About Nothing).

Samantha Bond (Donkeys' Years), Deborah Findlay (The Cut), Mark Hadfield (Thérèse Raquin), Colm Meaney (A Moon For The Misbegotten) and Jim Norton (The Seafarer) are all nominated for the Best Performance In A Supporting Role award.

Best New Comedy will be decided between The 39 Steps, Don Juan In Soho and Love Song, while Best Revival sees The Crucible against Donkeys' Years, A Moon For The Misbegotten and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?. The Best Director category includes Sam Buntrock (Sunday In The Park With George), Dominic Cooke (The Crucible) and Joe Mantello (Wicked).

Spamalot, Wicked and Sunday In The Park With George dominate the design awards, while English National Opera collects five of the eight nominations in the opera categories and the Royal Ballet collects six of the eight nominations in the ballet dance categories. The Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre nominations include the productions Love And Money (Young Vic) and Pied Piper (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Roy Dotrice's performance in The Best Of Friends (Hampstead) and the Theatre Royal Stratford East entire season.

The Laurence Olivier Awards, the highlight of the London theatre year, will be announced during a star-studded ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 18 February. Entrance is by invitation only, but two tickets can be won simply by registering or re-registering with this website. For more information, please click here. If you don’t win tickets to the ceremony, you can follow all the action, the gossip, the speeches and the frocks on this very website. We will be running an interactive commentary on the night, to make everyone a part of this celebration of West End theatre.

For a full list of 2007 Laurence Olivier Award nominees, please see below:

Best Actress
Eve Best for A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at The Old Vic
Sinead Cusack for ROCK ‘N’ ROLL at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke of York's
Tamsin Greig for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Novello
Kathleen Turner for WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at the Apollo

Best Actor
Iain Glen for THE CRUCIBLE at the Gielgud
David Haig for DONKEYS' YEARS at the Comedy
Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud
Rufus Sewell for ROCK 'N' ROLL at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and the Duke of York's
Michael Sheen for FROST/NIXON at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud

Best Performance In A Supporting Role
Samantha Bond for DONKEYS' YEARS at the Comedy
Deborah Findlay for THE CUT at the Donmar Warehouse
Mark Hadfield for THÉRÈSE RAQUIN at the Lyttelton
Colm Meaney for A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at The Old Vic
Jim Norton for THE SEAFARER at the Cottesloe

Best New Play
BLACKBIRD by David Harrower at the Albery
FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud
ROCK 'N' ROLL by Tom Stoppard at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and at the Duke of York's
THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson at the Cottesloe

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