June 16, 2010

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Director Winners

Best Director

2011 Howard Davies for The White Guard
2010 Rupert Goold for Enron
2009 John Tiffany for Black Watch
2008 Rupert Goold for Macbeth
2007 Dominic Cooke for The Crucible
2006 Richard Eyre for Hedda Gabler
2005 Nicholas Hytner for The History Boys
2004 Michael Grandage for Caligula
2003 Sam Mendes for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya
2002 Michael Boyd for Henry VI Parts I, II and III and Richard III
2001 Howard Davies for All My Sons
2000 Trevor Nunn for Summerfolk, The Merchant Of Venice and Troilus And Cressida
1999 Howard Davies for The Iceman Cometh
1998 Richard Eyre for King Lear
1997 Des McAnuff for Tommy
1996 Sam Mendes for Company and The Glass Menagerie
1989/90 Michael Bogdanov for The Wars Of The Roses
1988 Deborah Warner for Titus Andronicus
1987 Declan Donnellan for The Cid, Twelfth Night and Macbeth
1986 Bill Alexander for The Merry Wives Of Windsor
1985 Bill Bryden for The Mysteries
1984 Christopher Morahan for Wild Honey
1983 Terry Hands for Cyrano De Bergerac
1982 Richard Eyre for Guys And Dolls
1981 Peter Wood for On the Razzle
1980 Trevor Nunn and John Caird for Nicholas Nickleby
1979 Michael Bogdanov for The Taming Of The Shrew
1978 Terry Hands for Henry VI
1977 Clifford Williams for Wild Oats
1976 Jonathan Miller for The Three Sisters

Best Director of a Play

1995 Declan Donnellan for As You Like It
1994 Stephen Daldry for Machinal
1993 Stephen Daldry for An Inspector Calls
1992 Deborah Warner for Hedda Gabler
1991 David Thacker for Pericles
Best Director of a Musical
1995 Scott Ellis for She Loves Me
1994 Declan Donnellan for Sweeney Todd
1993 Nicholas Hytner for Carousel
1992 Simon Callow for Carmen Jones
1991 Richard Jones for Into The Woods

Tags: All My Sons, An Inspector Calls, As You Like It, Bill Alexander, Bill Bryden, Black Watch, Caligula, Carmen Jones, Carousel, Christopher Morahan, Clifford Williams, Company, Cyrano de Bergerac, David Thacker, Deborah Warner, Declan Donnellan, Des McAnuff, Dominic Cooke, Enron, Guys And Dolls, Hedda Gabler, Henry VI, Henry VI Parts I, Howard Davies, II and III, Into The Woods, John Caird, John Tiffany, Jonathan Miller, King Lear, Macbeth, Machinal, Michael Bogdanov, Michael Boyd, Michael Grandage, Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Nickleby, olivier awards, On the Razzle, Pericles, Peter Wood, richard eyre, Richard III, Richard Jones, Rupert Goold, Sam Mendes, Scott Ellis, She Loves Me, Simon Callow, Stephen Daldry, Summerfolk, Sweeney Todd, Terry Hands, The Cid, The Crucible, The Glass Menagerie, The History Boys, The Iceman Cometh, The Merchant Of Venice, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Mysteries, The Taming Of The Shrew, The Three Sisters, The Wars Of The Roses, The White Guard, Titus Andronicus, Tommy, Trevor Nunn, Troilus And Cressida, twelfth night, Uncle Vanya, Wild Honey, Wild Oats

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Musicals Winners

June 13, 2010

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Musicals Winners

Best New Musical

2011 Legally Blonde – The Musical book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin at the Savoy
2010 Spring Awakening, music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, based on the play by Frank Wedekind, at the Novello theatre
2009 Jersey Boys, book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe at the Prince Edward theatre
2008 Hairspray, book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, based on the John Waters film,
2007 Caroline, Or Change, book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori
2006 Billy Elliot – The Musical, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, music by Elton John
2005 The Producers book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan; music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and by special arrangement with StudioCanal
2004 Jerry Springer – The Opera music by Richard Thomas, book and lyrics by Stewart Lee & Richard Thomas
2003 Our House by Tim Firth, music and lyrics by Madness
2001 Merrily We Roll Along — music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth, suggested by a play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart
2000 Honk! The Ugly Duckling – music by George Stiles, book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
1999 Kat And The Kings by David Kramer and Taliep Petersen
1998 Beauty And The Beast – music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton
1997 Martin Guerre – book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, original French text by Alain Boublil, additional lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
1996 Jolson The Musical – written by Francis Essex and Rob Bettinson
1995 Once On This Island – book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, based upon the novel My Love My Love by Rosa Guy
1994 City Of Angels – book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel
1993 Crazy For You – music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Ken Ludwig
1992 Carmen Jones by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Meilhac and Halévy’s adaptation of Prosper Merimée’s Carmen with original music by Bizet
1991 Sunday In The Park with George – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
1989/90 Return To The Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton
1988 Candide – book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Richard Wilbur
1987 Follies – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Goldman
1986 The Phantom Of The Opera – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
1985 Me And My Girl – book and lyrics by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, music by Noel Gay
1984 42nd Street – music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, based on a novel by Bradford Ropes
1983 Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
1982 Poppy – book and lyrics by Peter Nichols, music by Monty Norman
1981 Cats – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
1980 Sweeney Todd – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, based on the play by Christopher Bond
1979 Songbook – music by Monty Norman, lyrics by Julian More, book by Monty Norman and Julian More
1978 Evita – lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
1977 The Comedy Of Errors by William Shakespeare, music by Guy Woolfenden
1976 A Chorus Line – book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban

Outstanding Musical Production

2007 Sunday In The Park With George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
2006 Guys And Dolls, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
2005 Grand Hotel book by Luther Davis; music & lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; based on Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel
2004 Pacific Overtures music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, additional material by Hugh Wheeler
2003 Anything Goes music and lyrics by Cole Porter, original book by PG Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, new book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
2002 My Fair Lady book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, adapted from Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture
2001 Singin’ In The Rain — based on the MGM film, original choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, screenplay and adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
2000 Candide – music by Leonard Bernstein, book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler, in a new version by John Caird, lyrics by Richard Wilbur, additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein
1999 Oklahoma! music by Richard Rodgers, book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
1998 Chicago – lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
1997 Tommy – music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff

Best Musical Revival

2011 Into the Woods at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
2010 Hello Dolly!, book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, at the Open Air theatre
2009 La Cage aux Folles, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the play “La Cage Aux Folles” by Jean Poiret, at the Playhouse theatre
2008 The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo
1995 She Loves Me – book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and based on a play by Miklos Laszlo
1994 Sweeney Todd – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond
1993 Carousel – music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnár as adapted by Benjamin F Glazer
1992 The Boys From Syracuse – music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by George Abbott
1991 Show Boat – book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern

Performance of the Year in a Musical

1978 Elaine Paige for Evita
1977 Ann Sharkey for Maggie

Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Musicals

1984 Ned Sherrin for the conception of The Ratepayers’ Iolanthe
1982 Guys And Dolls
1981 Gillian Lynne, choreographer of Cats

Tags: 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, Abe Burrows, Adolph Green, Al Dubin, Alain Boublil, Alan Jay Lerner, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ann Sharkey, Anthony Drewe, Anything Goes, Beauty And The Beast, Benjamin F Glazer, Bernard Shaw, Betty Comden, Billy Elliot the Musical, Blood Brothers, Bob Carlton, Bob Crewe, bob fosse, Bob Gaudio, Bradford Ropes, Candide, Carmen Jones, Caroline, Caroline Or Change, Carousel, Cats, Charles Hart, Chicago, Christopher Bond, City Of Angels, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Cole Porter, Crazy For You, Cy Coleman, Damon Runyon, David Kramer, David Zippel, Des McAnuff, Douglas Furber, Edward Hardy, Edward Kleban, Elaine Paige, Elton John, EVITA, Ferenc Molnár, Follies, Francis Essex, Frank Loesser, Fred Ebb, Frederick Loewe, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, George Forrest, George Furth, George Gershwin, George Stiles, Gillian Lynne, Grand Hotel, Guy Bolton, Guy Woolfenden, Guys And Dolls, Hairspray, Hans Christian Andersen, Harry Warren, Harvey Fierstein, Hello Dolly!, Herbert Kretzmer, Honk! The Ugly Duckling, Howard Ashman, Howard Lindsay, Hugh Wheeler, Impempe Yomlingo, Into The Woods, Ira Gershwin, James Kirkwood, James Lapine, Jean Poiret, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Jerry Herman, Jerry Springer - The Opera, Jersey Boys, Jo Swerling, Joe Masteroff, John Caird, John Goldman, John Kander, John Waters, John Weidman, Jolson The Musical, Julian More, Kat and The Kings, Ken Ludwig, L. Arthur Rose, La Cage Aux Folles, Larry Gelbart, Lee Hall, Legally Blonde, Leonard Bernstein, Linda Woolverton, Lorenz Hart, Luther Davis, Lynn Ahrens, Madness, Maggie, Marc Shaiman, Mark Bramble, Mark O’Donnell, Marshall Brickman, Martin Guerre, Marvin Hamlisch, Maury Yeston, Me and My Girl, Mel Brooks, Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Stewart, Miklos Laszlo, Monty Norman, My Fair Lady, Ned Sherrin, Nicholas Dante, Noel Gay, Oklahoma, olivier awards, Once On This Island, Oscar Hammerstein II, Our House, Pacific Overtures, Pete Townshend, Peter Nichols, PG Wodehouse, Poppy, Return To The Forbidden Planet, Richard Rodgers, Richard Stilgoe, Richard Thomas, Richard Wilbur, Rick Elice, Rob Bettinson, Robert Wright, Rosa Guy, Russel Crouse, Scott Wittman, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Show Boat, Singin’ In The Rain, Songbook, Spring Awakening, Stanley Donen, Stephen Clark, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Stewart Lee, Sunday In The Park With George, Sweeney Todd, T.S. Eliot, Taliep Petersen, The Boys From Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, The Magic Flute, The Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, The Ratepayers’ Iolanthe, Thomas Meehan, Thornton Wilder, Tim Firth, Tim Rice, Tommy, Tony Kushner, Vicki Baum, Voltaire, William Shakespeare, Willy Russell