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

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

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.

Updated On: 3/9/08 at 05:38 PM

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

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

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re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

Winners So Far

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re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

Double post --

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

Updated On: 3/9/08 at 05:44 PM

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

And now Best Musical can be added to the list!

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

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re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

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

#10

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

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

#11

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

Sally, a lot of people have the same wish.

#12

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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!!!

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#13

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

Yay!

Go UKspray!

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#14

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

#15

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

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#16

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

congrates to the cast and crew!!

#17

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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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Updated On: 3/9/08 at 06:48 PM

#18

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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!

#19

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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!

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#20

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

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#21

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

#22

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

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#23

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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!

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#24

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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.

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#25

re: Three Acting Oliviers for Hairspray!!!

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

Updated On: 3/10/08 at 08:51 AM

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