2000 Olivier Award Nominations
(for 1999 season)
Here are the nominations
for the Laurence Olivier Awards 2000. The winners will be announced
at the Lyceum Theatre on Friday 18 February in a star-studded ceremony
that will be recorded and shown on BBC2 television on Sunday 20 February.
Best Actress
Janie Dee for Comic Potential at the
Lyric
Jennifer Ehle for The Real Thing at the
Donmar Warehouse and now at the Albery
Maggie Smith for The Lady in The Van
at the Queen's
Alison Steadman for The Memory of Water at the Vaudeville
Best Actor
Roger Allam for Summerfolk at the
Olivier
Stephen Dillane for The Real Thing at the
Donmar Warehouse and now at the Albery
Henry Goodman for The Merchant of Venice
at the Cottesloe and now at the Olivier
Michael Sheen for Look Back in Anger
at the Lyttelton
Antony Sher for The Winter's Tale
at the Barbican
Best Supporting Actor
Roger Allam for Money at the Olivier
Michael Bryant for Summerfolk at the
Olivier
Ron Cook for Juno
and The Paycock at the Donmar Warehouse
Michael Williams for The Forest at the Lyttelton
Best Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff for Collected Stories at
the Haymarket
Patricia Hodge for Money at the Olivier
Estelle Kohler for The Winter's Tale
at the Barbican
Kika Markham for Song at Twilight
at the Gielgud
Best New Musical
Honk! The Ugly Duckling
by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe at the Olivier
Mamma Mia! by Benny Andersson,
Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson and Catherine Johnson at the Prince Edward
Spend Spend Spend
by Steve Brown, Justin Greene, Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith at
the Piccadilly
The Lion King
by Elton John, Tim Rice and others at the Lyceum
Outstanding Musical
Production
A Funny Thing Happened On
The Way To The Forum by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Stephen
Sondheim at the Open Air
Candide by Leonard
Bernstein, Hugh Wheeler and others at the Olivier
Dick Whittington devised
by Gillian Lynne, Stephen Clark and Chris Walker at Sadler's Wells
The Pajama Game by
George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross at the
Victoria Palace
Best New Play
Goodnight Children Everywhere by Richard Nelson, RSC at The
Pit
Perfect Days by Liz
Lochhead at the Vaudeville
Rose by Martin Sherman at the Cottesloe
The Lady
In The Van by Alan Bennett at the Queen's
Three Days of Rain by Richard
Greenberg at the Donmar Warehouse
Best New Comedy
Comic Potential by Alan
Ayckbourn at the Lyric
Quartet by Ronald Harwood
at the Albery
The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson at the Vaudeville
Best Entertainment
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord
by Al Murray at the New Ambassadors
Defending The Caveman
by Rob Becker at the Apollo
Fascinating Aida - Barefaced
Chic by Fascinating Aida at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Soul Train devised by
Mark Clements and Michael Vivian at the Victoria Palace
Best Actor In A Musical
Rob Edwards for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Daniel Evans for Candide at the Olivier
Ben Keaton for Animal Crackers at the
Lyric
Gus MacGregor for Buddy at the Strand
Simon Russell Beale for Candide at the Olivier
Best Actress In A Musical
Josette Bushell-Mingo for The
Lion King at the Lyceum
Barbara Dickson for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Rachel Leskovac for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Siobhàn McCarthy for Mamma Mia! at the Prince
Edward
Best Supporting Performance
In A Musical
Joseph Alessi for Animal
Crackers at the Lyric
Jenny Galloway for Mamma Mia! at the Prince
Edward
Steven Houghton for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Louise Plowright for Mamma Mia! at the Prince
Edward
Denis Quilley for Candide at the Olivier
Best Director
David Leveaux for The Real Thing at the
Donmar Warehouse and now at the Albery
Trevor Nunn for Summerfolk at the
Olivier, The
Merchant of Venice at the Cottesloe and now at the Olivier, and
Troilus and Cressida
at the Olivier
Jeremy Sams for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Julie Taymor for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Best Theatre Choreographer
Peter Darling for Candide at the Olivier
Garth Fagan for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Craig Revel Horwood for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Stephen Mear for Soul Train at the Victoria
Palace
Best Set Designer
Lez Brotherston for Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly
Maria Björnson for Plenty, Almeida at the
Albery
Rob Howell for Richard III at
the Savoy, Troilus
and Cressida at the Olivier and Vassa at the Albery
Richard Hudson for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Best Lighting Designer
Howard Harrison for Private Lives at
the Lyttelton, Sleep With Me at the Cottesloe and The Tempest at the
Barbican
Mark Henderson for Plenty at the Albery, Spend Spend Spend at the
Piccadilly, Suddenly
Last Summer at the Comedy, The Forest at the Lyttelton,
The Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe the Barbican, The Real Thing at the
Donmar Warehouse and now at the Albery, and Vassa at the Albery
Donald Holder for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Peter Mumford for Collected Stories at
the Haymarket, Richard III at
the Savoy, Summerfolk at the
Olivier and The
Merchant of Venice at the Cottesloe and now at the Olivier
Best Costume Designer
Rob Howell for Money and Troilus and Cressida
both at the Olivier
Robert Jones for The Winter's Tale
at the Barbican
John Napier with Elise Napier for Candide at the Olivier
Julie Taymor for The Lion King at the
Lyceum
Best New Opera Production
English National Opera's Alcina at the London Coliseum
Welsh National Opera's Hansel and Gretal at Sadler's Wells
English National Opera's Parsifal at the London Coliseum
English National Opera's Semele at the London Coliseum
Oustanding Achievement
In Opera
Kim Begley for his performance in English National Opera's Parsifal
at the London Coliseum
English National Opera for its high standard of production and in
particular for championing the works of Handel
Rosemary Joshua for her performance in English National Opera's Semele
at the London Coliseum
Bryn Terfel for his performance in The Royal Opera's Falstaff
at the Royal Opera House
Best New Dance Production
San Francisco Ballet's Sandpaper Ballet at Sadler's Wells
Nederlands Dans Theater 1's Symphony of Psalms at Sadler's
Wells
San Francisco Ballet's The Cage at Sadler's Wells
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal's Viktor at Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement
in Dance
Nina Ananiashvili for her performance in The Bolshoi Ballet's Don
Quixote at the London Coliseum
Pina Bausch and her Company for the conception of Viktor at
Sadler's Wells
David Bintley and his creative team for Birmingham Royal Ballet's
Edward II at Sadler's Wells
Jirí Kylián for his artistic excellence and outstanding direction
of Nederlands Dans Theater 1's season at Sadler's Wells