Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!! And Best Musical!!!

[kec]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:38pm

Best Supporting Actress -- Tracie Bennett
Best Actress -- Leanne Jones
Best Actor -- Michael Ball

Still waiting on Best Director and Best Musical.
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[DrTheatre]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:42pm

is there a list somewhere that shows the winners so far?

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:43pm

Winners So Far

[jo]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:44pm

CONGRATULATIONS to --

Michael Ball ( It's about time!)
Leanne Jones
Tracie Bennett


Here's a link from the Official London Theatre Guide on Michael's win :

http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/98415

[jo]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:44pm

Double post --

Too excited that the HAIRSPRAY team swept all the acting awards for a musical


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[kec]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 5:55pm

And now Best Musical can be added to the list!

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:04pm

I still think it's funny how the they consolidate Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress into one category: Best Supporting Performance.

[theaterguy11]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:10pm

I LOVE Hairspray, but Parade was so robbed. Parade should have FOR SURE won best leading actress, director and musical.

[kec]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:11pm

Not only that, there is no separate category for director of a musical.

[sally1112]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:13pm

I wish they would produce a London Hairspray recording so I could hear Ball.

[kec]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:16pm

Sally, a lot of people have the same wish.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:25pm

I think Parade was robbed as well!!!! I LOVE Hairspray but I think Bertie should have gotten Best Actor rather than Michael!!!

[mateo]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:32pm

Yay!

Go UKspray!

[Scripps2]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:36pm

"Parade was robbed"

Maybe it was, but the "serious" musicals cleaned up last year and so there would have been a sway towards the "fun" musicals this year, and it's been a long time since one of those got such right-across-the-board good reviews here.

I saw both and it would have been a hard decision to choose between them.

[another_reprise]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:41pm

I saw both as well and thought Parade was miles ahead of Hairspray as far as acting was concerned. Granted, I've always been drawn to more angsty material/characters, but I definitely did not feel as connected to anyone in Hairspray as much as I felt for every single character in Parade.
Hairspray was good, but it was absolutely nowhere near Parade IMO

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:42pm

congrates to the cast and crew!!

[bob8rich]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:48pm

I SO agree with theaterguy 11. Parade is a far stronger show than Hairspray and was far better directed. Also - much as I love Michael Ball and admire Leanne Jones's energetic performance - Bertie Carvel and Lara Pulver's performances were astonishing.

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[jo]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 8:13pm

Quoting from the report on Whatsonstage.com regarding their win for Best Musical --

Best New Musical (presented by Alan Dale) – Hairspray’s American creators Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman were out in force to collect the trophy for Best New Musical. “To have the experience on Broadway that we had, you never would have thought that could be topped,” said Shaiman, “but you Brits … you just keep making our dreams come true over and over!” Meehan added “there’s no place like London, there’s no theatre like London”. And O’Donnell admitted that he was such an Anglophile growing up in Ohio that “I attempted to talk with a British accent - it’s wonderful to think tonight that in some way my love has been requited.”



Marc Shaiman et al -- you've done it again!

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:00pm

Congrats to everyone who won an award, somewhat dissapointed that Parade didn't walk away with any (unless I missed one). I absolutly love Hairspray and Parade!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:10pm

Poor Lord Of The Rings it even got snubbed on Set and Lights etc

Wish Little Shop would have won for the Revival

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:58pm

Correction. Lord of the Rings was NOT robbed, especially in terms of sets. The scenic design, puppetry included, in War Horse was one of the most astonishing things I've ever seen in a theatre.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:29am

Interesting to see the actress playing Velma Von Tussle walk away a winner, where the actress in the Broadway production didn't even receive a nomination.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 1:07am

I think Tracie was good in Hairspray but Shaun was just OUTSTANDING in Parade... his 'That's What He Said' was worth the award alone! Also as much as I can't believe it's Michael's first Olivier, I think Bertie has done just an AMAZING job!!!! I thought Lara was good but I thought Leanne was easily just as brilliant!

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:52am

I'm thrilled for all involved in Hairspray, and I'm delighted to see Michael finally win his Olivier.

[jo]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 8:51am

Hey, Princeton78 -- Can't help noticing your avatar of Marion Cotillard.



During her Oscar press media appearance, she sang a portion of PADAM, PADAM...and there's a bit of a connection to Michael Ball there. One of his most acclaimed songs in his memorable tour de force at the Donmar Warehouse ( called ALONE TOGETHER) is his version of PADAM, PADAM, a song associated with Edith Piaf. Just goes to show how versatile our newly minted Olivier best actor is
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