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Posted: 11/27/06 at 1:42pm
CAROLINE beat out SPAMALOT, EVITA and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
Also, Stoppard's wonderful ROCK 'N ROLL won Best Play (over FROST/NIXON).
Funny how much CAROLINE continues to be embraced around the world by critics and audiences after its disappointing reception in New York:
"Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga, set in post-war Czechoslovakia, was named best play at London theatre's most prestigious annual awards ceremony, held at The Savoy.
The play also picked up a best actor prize for Rufus Sewell, while the best actress award went to Kathleen Turner for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ? as the finest plays, players and musicals of the past 12 months were honoured at the 52nd awards, compered by Ned Sherrin.
Rock 'n' Roll, which moved from the Royal Court to the Duke Of York's, beat Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon and Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.
Sir Tom, in New York for tonight's Broadway opening of his The Coast Of Utopia, accepted the prize on film. He said: "This is not a good time for me to be 3,000 miles away. I thank the Evening Standard and am honoured."
Presented with the best actor prize by Kristin Scott Thomas for his role as a Czech dissident, Sewell, 39, said: "This award is very special because it is quite easy to get recognised for being a newcomer, but to still be in the game all these years later is fantastic."
On beating Kevin Spacey (A Moon For The Misbegotten), Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon) and Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?), Sewell said: "It's unbelievable. It doesn't bear thinking about. " But Frost/Nixon, at the Gielgud Theatre - the story of David Frost's landmark 1977 TV interviews with former US president Richard Nixon - won the editor's award, an inaugural prize set up to honour an outstanding contribution to the West End. Culture Minister David Lammy handed the statuette to playwright Peter Morgan.
Kathleen Turner was named best actress for her electrifying performance as Martha in the Apollo Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Turner, 52, said: "As an American actress I have had Tony nominations before, but I have such great admiration for the quality of British theatre, that I am truly thrilled." She beat Sinead Cusack (Rock 'n' Roll) and Frances O'Connor (Tom And Viv).
When it came to best musical the National Theatre emerged triumphant thanks to Caroline, or Change. The civil rights musical defeated Spamalot, Evita and Sunday In The Park With George. Lyricist Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori received the award from Alan Cumming."
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The 2006 winners
BEST PLAY: Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
BEST ACTOR: Rufus Sewell for his performance in Rock 'n' Roll
BEST ACTRESS: Kathleen Turner for her performance in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
THE SYDNEY EDWARDS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Marianne Elliott for Pillars Of The Community
THE CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT: Nina Raine for Rabbit
BEST MUSICAL: Caroline, Or Change
BEST DESIGN: Timothy Bird & David Farley for Sunday In The Park With George
THE MILTON SHULMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER: Andrew Garfield for Beautiful Thing; Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship; The Overwhelming
EDITOR'S AWARD: Frost/Nixon
SPECIAL AWARD: The Tricycle Theatre for its pioneering work in political theatre
Also, Stoppard's wonderful ROCK 'N ROLL won Best Play (over FROST/NIXON).
Funny how much CAROLINE continues to be embraced around the world by critics and audiences after its disappointing reception in New York:
"Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga, set in post-war Czechoslovakia, was named best play at London theatre's most prestigious annual awards ceremony, held at The Savoy.
The play also picked up a best actor prize for Rufus Sewell, while the best actress award went to Kathleen Turner for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ? as the finest plays, players and musicals of the past 12 months were honoured at the 52nd awards, compered by Ned Sherrin.
Rock 'n' Roll, which moved from the Royal Court to the Duke Of York's, beat Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon and Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.
Sir Tom, in New York for tonight's Broadway opening of his The Coast Of Utopia, accepted the prize on film. He said: "This is not a good time for me to be 3,000 miles away. I thank the Evening Standard and am honoured."
Presented with the best actor prize by Kristin Scott Thomas for his role as a Czech dissident, Sewell, 39, said: "This award is very special because it is quite easy to get recognised for being a newcomer, but to still be in the game all these years later is fantastic."
On beating Kevin Spacey (A Moon For The Misbegotten), Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon) and Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?), Sewell said: "It's unbelievable. It doesn't bear thinking about. " But Frost/Nixon, at the Gielgud Theatre - the story of David Frost's landmark 1977 TV interviews with former US president Richard Nixon - won the editor's award, an inaugural prize set up to honour an outstanding contribution to the West End. Culture Minister David Lammy handed the statuette to playwright Peter Morgan.
Kathleen Turner was named best actress for her electrifying performance as Martha in the Apollo Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Turner, 52, said: "As an American actress I have had Tony nominations before, but I have such great admiration for the quality of British theatre, that I am truly thrilled." She beat Sinead Cusack (Rock 'n' Roll) and Frances O'Connor (Tom And Viv).
When it came to best musical the National Theatre emerged triumphant thanks to Caroline, or Change. The civil rights musical defeated Spamalot, Evita and Sunday In The Park With George. Lyricist Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori received the award from Alan Cumming."
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The 2006 winners
BEST PLAY: Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
BEST ACTOR: Rufus Sewell for his performance in Rock 'n' Roll
BEST ACTRESS: Kathleen Turner for her performance in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
THE SYDNEY EDWARDS AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Marianne Elliott for Pillars Of The Community
THE CHARLES WINTOUR AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT: Nina Raine for Rabbit
BEST MUSICAL: Caroline, Or Change
BEST DESIGN: Timothy Bird & David Farley for Sunday In The Park With George
THE MILTON SHULMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER: Andrew Garfield for Beautiful Thing; Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship; The Overwhelming
EDITOR'S AWARD: Frost/Nixon
SPECIAL AWARD: The Tricycle Theatre for its pioneering work in political theatre
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Updated On: 11/27/06 at 01:42 PM
