Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
#1Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 4:56pm
"With a record-breaking 11 nominations, the musical “Hairspray” leads the competition for the Laurence Olivier Awards in London. “Hairspray” was followed by three other musicals: “Parade,” with seven nominations, and “The Drowsy Chaperone” and “Lord of the Rings,” each with five. All four shows will compete in the best new musical category. The contenders for best new play are “A Disappearing Number” by Simon McBurney; “The Reporter” by Nicholas Wright; “Vernon God Little” by DBC Pierre, adapted by Tanya Ronder; and “War Horse,” adapted by Nick Stafford from the novel by Michael Morpurgo. “War Horse” captured a total of six nominations. The 32nd annual Olivier Awards, created to recognize excellence on the London stage, will be announced on March 9 in London."
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Updated On: 2/6/08 at 04:56 PM
#2re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:13pmDidn't Drowsy close there???
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#2re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:15pmYes, Drowsy closed back in August.
#3re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:16pmYes, it did. In about two months. But much like Parade here, it can still be nominated seeing as ran during the season.
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#4re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:25pm
Anyone have a link to a full list of nominations?
Akiva
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#5re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 8:27pmCongratulations to everyone involved in Hairspray UK!
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-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
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#6re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 8:30pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24957
There you go
Im so chuffed for Hairspray and im glad its doing so well here in the UK
Its great to see Little Shop Of Horrors getting some nominations to, especially the brilliant Sheridan Smith
Well done to Parade to
And im so glad Rent Remixed was snubbed lol
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#7re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 8:31pm
Check out the full list of nominees here --
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/97803
CONGRATULATIONS to the HAIRSPRAY team --
especially to:
*Marc Shaiman
*Michael Ball
*Leanne Jones
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#8re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/6/08 at 11:36pm
Congratulations to the entire Hairspray UK cast and creative team.
Wonderful news.
#9re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 12:04amInteresting that Elaine Page didn't get a nomination when she played the same role that earned Beth Leavel her Tony Award.
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#10re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 12:19am
The Best Supporting Role award is a crowded category, as there is only one award in supporting roles for both actors and actresses.
Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
Tracie Bennett for HAIRSPRAY at the Shaftesbury
Elinor Collett for HAIRSPRAY at the Shaftesbury
Shaun Escoffery for PARADE at the Donmar Warehouse
Alistair McGowan for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the Duke of York’s and Ambassadors
#11re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 1:15amA little sad that Laura Michelle Kelly didn't get a nom for her Galadriel.
#12re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 1:27amWhich roles in HAIRSPRAY do Tracie Bennett and Elinor Collett play?
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#13re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:01am
Tracie - Velma
Elinor - Penny
mateo
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#14re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 11:58am
with 11 Olivier Noms,
Can we PLEASE have a cast recording??
Mel Smith is already gone, don't wait till more leave.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
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#15re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 1:16pm
I, personally, am rooting for War Horse, which was one of the highlights of my theater-going career. It was absolutely spectacular, and more moving than anything I've seen in a long time. I WISH it would transfer to the Vivian Beaumont. It'd be perfect... It'd be a smash.
For anyone who doesnt know, War Horse is a play about a boy and his relationship with his horse. The boy's father irrisponsibly sells the horse to the army to be a general's horse in WWI, and the play follows both the journey of the horse and of the boy as he fights to win him back. It's done with puppetry similar to The Lion King, but not quite as spectacular -- yet it achieves a kind of emotional resonance Lion King can't even compete with. (no disrespect to the brilliant work of Ms Taymor... that was only to put this into perspective.)
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#16re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 2:11pmDo they not have categories for score and book?
#17re: Olivier Award Nominees Chosen (Hairspray 11 nominations)
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:49pmNope -- the bookwriter, lyricist, and composer get the Best Musical award along with the producers if the show wins Best Musical.
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