Olivier nominees announced
'Spamalot' tops list of contenders
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In London's year of record tuner openings, Tony winner "Monty Python's Spamalot" topped the nominees list for the 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards with seven mentions, including best musical.
The Broadway-bound revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park With George" scored six mentions for London's top theater honors, including Daniel Evans (actor in a musical), Jenna Russell (actress in a musical) and Sam Buntrock (director).
"Spamalot" goes up against fellow Broadway transfers "Avenue Q" and "Caroline, or Change" in the new-musical race, along with Trevor Nunn's reworked version of the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess." "Sunday in the Park" will wrestle with "Cabaret," "Evita" and "The Sound of Music" for musical production.
Broadway box office champion "Wicked" was unexpectedly shut out of the musical and performance categories. Tuner did land a directing mention for Joe Mantello and does figure in all three design lists.
In the play stakes, Dominic Cooke's revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Tom Stoppard's latest, "Rock 'n' Roll," nabbed four nominations apiece.
Cooke's production faces stiff competition in the play-revival stakes, notably from Howard Davies' Broadway-bound "A Moon or the Misbegotten," which also received noms for Eve Best as actress and Colm Meaney for supporting role.
Actor race looks like the toughest fight, with a battle between Rufus Sewell for "Rock 'n' Roll," Iain Glen for "The Crucible," David Haig for "Donkey's Years" and both Michael Sheen and Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon." That drama, also headed for a Broadway berth in spring, landed a play nom, a further feather in the cap for hot scribe Peter Morgan ("The Queen").
The 31st annual Laurence Olivier Awards will be presented Feb. 18 at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
ACTRESS
Eve Best, "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
Sinead Cusack, "Rock 'n' Roll"
Tamsin Greig, "Much Ado About Nothing"
Kathleen Turner, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
ACTOR
Iain Glen, "The Crucible"
David Haig, "Donkey's Years"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Michael Sheen, "Frost/Nixon"
Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll"
PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Samantha Bond, "Donkey's Years"
Deborah Findlay, "The Cut"
Mark Hadfield, "Therese Raquin"
Colm Meaney, "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
Jim Norton, "The Seafarer"
NEW PLAY
"Blackbird" by David Harrower
"Frost/Nixon" by Peter Morgan
"Rock 'n' Roll" by Tom Stoppard
"The Seafarer" by Conor McPherson
NEW COMEDY
"The 39 Steps" by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
"Don Juan in Soho" by Patrick Marber after Moliere
"Love Song" by John Kolvenbach
REVIVAL
"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller
"Donkey's Years" by Michael Frayn
"A Moon for the Misbegotten" by Eugene O'Neill
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee
NEW MUSICAL
"Avenue Q," music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty, based on an original concept by Lopez and Marx
"Caroline, or Change," book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori
"Monty Python's Spamalot," from the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, book and lyrics by Idle, music by John Du Prez and Idle
"Porgy and Bess, " a new musical production by George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
MUSICAL PRODUCTION
"Cabaret," book by John Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the play by John van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
"Evita," lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
"The Sound of Music," music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp
"Sunday in the Park With George," music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Nicola Hughes, "Porgy and Bess"
Tonya Pinkins, "Caroline, or Change"
Elena Rogers, "Evita"
Jenna Russell, "Sunday in the Park With George"
Hannah Waddingham, "Monty Python's Spamalot"
ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Tim Curry, "Monty Python's Spamalot"
Daniel Evans, "Sunday in the Park With George"
Clarke Peters, "Porgy and Bess"
Philip Quast, "Evita"
PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Anna Francolini, "Caroline, or Change"
Tom Goodman-Hill, "Monty Python's Spamalot"
Sheila Hancock, "Cabaret"
Summer Strallen, "The Boy Friend"
DIRECTOR
Sam Buntrock, "Sunday in the Park With George"
Dominic Cooke, "The Crucible"
Joe Mantello, "Wicked"
THEATER CHOREGRAPHER
Rob Ashford, "Evita"
Javier De Frutos, "Cabaret"
Bill Deamer, "The Boy Friend"
Stephen Mear, "Sinatra"
LIGHTING DESIGN
"The Crucible," Jean Kalman and Vince Herbert
"Monty Python's Spamalot," Hugh Vanstone
"Sunday in the Park With George," Natasha Chivers and Mike Robertson
"Therese Raquin," Neil Austin
"Wicked," Kenneth Posner
SET DESIGN
"Monty Python's Spamalot," Tim Hatley
"Sunday in the Park With George," David Farley
"Wicked," Eugene Lee
COSTUME DESIGN
"Monty Python's Spamalot," Tim Hatley
"The Voysey Inheritance," Alison Chitty
"Wicked," Susan Hilferty
SOUND DESIGN
"The 39 Steps," Mic Pool
"Rock 'n' Roll," Ian Dickinson
"Waves," Gareth Fry
ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATER
"Pied Piper," Theater Royal, Stratford East
Theater Royal, Stratford East, for a powerful season of provocative work reaching new audiences
"Love and Money" at the Maria, Young Vic
Roy Dotrice for his performance in "The Best of Friends" at Hampstead Theater
NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
"Jenufa," English National Opera
"The Makropulos Case," English National Opera
"Orfeo," English National Opera
"Peter Grimes," Opera North
ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
John Mark Ainsley for his performance in "Orfeo," English National Opera
Joyce DiDonato for her performance in "Hercules," Les Arts Florissant
Amanda Roocroft for her performance in "Jenufa," English National Opera
John Tomlinson for his performance in "Gotterdammerung," Royal Opera
NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
"The Sleeping Beauty," Royal Ballet
Kabuki "Fuji Musume" and "Kasane"
"DVG (Dance a Grande Vitesse)," Royal Ballet
"Chroma," Royal Ballet
ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Steven McRae for his performances in "Homage to the Queen" and "Chroma," Royal Ballet
Carlos Acosta for his program of work and performances at Sadler's Wells
Mariela Nunez for her performances in "Chroma" and "The Sleeping Beauty," Royal Ballet, and in Carlos Acosta's program at Sadler's Wells
Wayne McGregor for his choreography of "Chroma," Royal Ballet
