Oliviers being announced now - Mary wins Best Actress

[JakeB]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:17pm

Laura Michelle Kelly has won for Mary Poppins..

Conleth Hill (Roger DeBris) best supporting for The Producers..

Matthew Bourne/Stephen Mears for Mary Poppins choreography, NOT Susan Stroman

Fingers crossed for The Producers Best Musical.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:20pm

Depression overtakes me. MARIA...

[Rob]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:27pm

Follow along with the winners @
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=2291

Congrats to Nathan Lane who was just announced as Best Actor in a Musical. Updated On: 2/20/05 at 04:27 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:30pm

THE PRODUCERS and Susan Stroman deserve nothing. THat show is crap.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:31pm

I second that, Munk. I'm fashioning the noose since Maria lost.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:35pm

Hopefully POPPINS or WOMAN will take best musical and they embrace their British-ness, but I have a feeling THE PRODUCERS will undeservedly win.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:36pm

The choreography in THE PRODUCERS isn't too impressive, however the show is DEFINITELY something!

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:36pm

Producers is good, but it isn't worth all the hype that it is getting.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:37pm

It's terribly written.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:39pm

It doesn't need to have a well-written script. It's a unique style comedy. It's Mel Brooks. It's vaudeville-like humor in a musical theatre setting.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:40pm

And it won Best Musical...AGAIN.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:42pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:42pm

I would take THE WOMAN IN WHITE over PRODUCERS any day of the week.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:45pm

i wish mary poppins would have won. producer's is crap in my opinion.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:46pm

I cannot believe that, save for a single award for sound, TWIW left empty-handed.

[JakeB]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:47pm

Really pleased The Producers won. It's the best show in London.

[broadwaynut20]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:55pm

producers did not deserve to win. nath lane wasn't even in the show that long how did he win best actor

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:57pm

Yeah, how long was Lane with the show in London? 8 weeks?

[JakeB]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 5:01pm

So? Limited seasons can win awards. Barbara Cook, for example. Doesn't make it any less of a performance.

[Sally]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 7:29pm

I'm with Melissa erirco fan in mourning the lack of awards for WiW---just one for sound. It was a completely new and rather original musical, but a show has to be new only to the West End, and the voters liked it. I've seen both, and I preferred WiW, but they didn't ask me.

[jo]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 7:45pm

Sorry, but I think the Oliviers are not known for their consistent astuteness in recognizing excellent performances and productions.

The Producers ( I saw the Broadway version ) was too hyped - while I thought it was entertaining, I was somewhat disappointed vis a vis the hypeI was led to believe before I saw it.

[BWAYboi_yes]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 7:53pm

Maria Friedman was robbed.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 8:19pm

While I'm very pleased for Laura Michelle Kelly, I really think that overall, "The Woman In White" and "Mary Poppins" were robbed. I'm so sick of "The Producers" and I resent Mr. Lane's win for having done the show so briefly. Does this mean he can clear room on his shelf for the Oscar when the movie comes out? I'll swear off awards shows forever if this happens. It's nothing personal against Mr. Lane or Ms. Stroman etc., I just still don't see what all the fuss is over "The Producers."

[broadwaynut20]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 9:54pm

if lane gets nominated or even wins for the frogs my head will explode

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:11pm

Congratulations to Nathan and THE PRODUCERS for a well-deserved win.

Seeing all these bitter Bettys stewing in their own sulphrous juices made my evening.