Groff, Smith & Karimloo Pick Up Whatsonstage Awards!
By: BWW Feb. 20, 2011
Just as with the BWW:UK awards, Legally Blonde and Love Never Dies led the way at the Whatsonstage awards this weekend.
Legally Blonde ended up finishing on top with four awards, including Best New Musical, and gongs for its leading ladies, Sheridan Smith (named Best Actress in a Musical) and Jill Halfpenny (Best Supporting Actress in a Musical).
Love Never Dies' men Ramin Karimloo and Joseph Millson won the equivalent male prizes.
Les Misérables's epic 25th anniversary concert at The O2, which brought together over 500 past and present cast members, took home Theatre Event of the Year and Best Ensemble Performance, whilst the 25th anniversary production at the Barbican also won Best Musical Revival.
All My Sons narrowly missed out on Best Play Revival, beaten by Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by only 14 votes. But the fantastic leading performances of All My Sons stars were rewarded, with David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Play respectively for their roles as husband and wife Joe and Kate Keller.
It was another Arthur Miller revival, Broken Glass, which helped Nigel Lindsay win Best Supporting Actor in a Play. Lindsay's next challenge will be as the title ogre in the Broadway transfer of Shrek - The Musical, which has its UK premiere at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in June.
Glee star Jonathan Groff beat off strong competition for London Newcomer of the Year for his performance in Deathtrap at the Noel Coward, while husband and wife Lee Mead and Denise Van Outen left empty-handed, beaten to Best Takeover in a Role by previous nominee Rachel Tucker. Elphaba in Wicked, which also won the prize for long-runners, Best West End Show.
Full list of winners
The SPOTLIGHT Best Actress in a Play
Zoë Wanamaker - All My Sons
The SPOTLIGHT Best Actor in a Play
David Suchet - All My Sons
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Tamsin Greig - The Little Dog Laughed
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Nigel Lindsay - Broken Glass
The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical
Sheridan Smith - Legally Blonde
The EMG Best Actor in a Musical
Ramin Karimloo - Love Never Dies
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Jill Halfpenny - Legally Blonde
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Joseph Millson - Love Never Dies
Best Ensemble Performance
Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert - the company of companies - at The O2
The CAPITAL BREAKS Best Solo Performance
Meera Syal - Shirley Valentine
The TAKE ONE1MEDIA Best Takeover in a Role
Rachel Tucker - Wicked
The OBERON BOOKS Best New Play
Best New Comedy
Yes, Prime Minister by AnTony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
Best New Musical
Legally Blonde by Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe & Heather Hach
The AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP Best Musical Revival
Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Production
The LAST SECOND TICKETS Best Director
Timothy Sheader - Into the Woods & The Crucible at the Open Air
Best Set Designer
Joanna Scotcher - The Railway Children at Waterloo Station
The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
James Farncombe - Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith & Duke of York's
Best Choreographer
Jerry Mitchell - Legally Blonde
The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer
The LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE Best Off-West End Production
La Bohème - at the c*ckTavern
Best Regional Production
Chess - on tour
The EQUITY Best West End Show
Wicked
The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
Les Misérables' 25th anniversary concert at The 02 & screened to cinemas worldwide
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