Karimloo, Boggess, Ellis, Smith All Nominated In First BWW:UK AWARDS!
By: Carrie Dunn Sep. 13, 2010
Some of the West End's biggest stars have been nominated in BroadwayWorld UK's first-ever awards.
Readers were asked to make nominations in each category to make a shortlist for voting, which opens today and closes in mid-November, with the winners being announced shortly afterwards.
Wicked, Love Never Dies, Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera, Legally Blonde and Avenue Q are all in the running for awards.
Ramin Karimloo (Love Never Dies), Gavin Creel (Hair) and Mark Umbers (Sweet Charity) are all nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, while Sierra Boggess and Tamzin Outhwaite are nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical alongside Sheridan Smith (Legally Blonde) and Rachel Tucker (Wicked).
Straight play nominations include Simon Russell Beale and Mark Rylance as Best Actor, and Meera Syal and Zoe Wanamaker as Best Actress.
BroadwayWorld in the US have run their own awards for the past eight years.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS
Best Choreography
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde
Andrew Wright Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi
Ross Coleman Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Dein Perry Tap Dogs
Mykal Rand Smokey Joe's Café
Lizzi Gee Pirates of Penzance
Stephen Mear Sweet Charity
Karole Armitage Hair
Best Costume Design
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Love Never Dies
We Will Rock You
Hair
Sweet Charity
Best Direction of a Musical
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde
Simon Phillips Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Diane Paulus Hair
Jack O'Brien Love Never Dies
Sasha Regan Pirates of Penzance
Matthew White Sweet Charity
Best Direction of a Play
Matthew Warchus La Bete
David Berthold Holding The Man
Ian Rickson Jerusalem
Rupert Goold Enron
Nicholas Hytner London Assurance
Thea Sharrock After The Dance
Howard Davies All My Sons
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Duncan James Legally Blonde
Joseph Millson Love Never Dies
Steven Hartley Oliver!
Chris Ellis-Stanton Legally Blonde
Stephen Ashfield Jersey Boys
Craig Gallivan Billy Elliot
Nick Holder Assassins
Clive Carter Wicked
Oliver Thornton Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Timothy Speyer The 39 Steps
Adrian Scarborough After The Dance
Harry Lloyd The Little Dog Laughed
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Jill Halfpenny Legally Blonde
Josefina Gabrielle Sweet Charity
Rebecca Lock Phantom of the Opera
Summer Strallen Love Never Dies
Aoife Mulholland Legally Blonde
Katie Rowley Jones Sister Act
Caissie Levy Hair
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Jemima Rooper All My Sons
Tamsin Greig The Little Dog Laughed
Joanna Lumley La Bete
Bettrys Jones The Crucible
Louisa Clein The Railway Children
Anna-Jane Casey The Comedy of Errors
Best Fringe or Regional Musical
Evita UK tour
Porn The Musical Theatre503
Smokey Joe's Café Landor
Spamalot UK tour
Oklahoma UK tour
Assassins Union
Over The Threshold
Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi Union
Only The Brave
Love Story
Hairspray
Best Fringe or Regional Play
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime UK tour
Othello Blue Elephant
Out Vertigo
Top of the World Spike Theatre
Spring Storm Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Mark Umbers Sweet Charity
Gavin Creel Hair
David Shannon Phantom of the Opera
Russ Abbot Oliver!
Ricardo Afonso We Will Rock You
Ramin Karimloo Love Never Dies
Griff Rhys Jones Oliver!
John Owen Jones Les Miserables
Alex Gaumond Legally Blonde
Lee Mead Wicked
Jon Boydon Jersey Boys
Best Leading Actor in a Play
David Hyde-Pierce La Bete
Lee Mead Lord Arthur Saville's Crime
David Suchet All My Sons
David Bark-Jones The 39 Steps
Mark Rylance Jerusalem/La Bete
Simon Russell Beale London Assurance
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Sheridan Smith Legally Blonde
Kerry Ellis Oliver!
Sierra Boggess Love Never Dies
Patina Miller Sister Act
Rachel Tucker Wicked
Gina Beck Phantom of the Opera
Tamzin Outhwaite Sweet Charity
Louise Dearman Wicked
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Meera Syal Shirley Valentine
Zoe Wanamaker All My Sons
Nancy Carroll After The Dance
Phylicia Rashad Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Dianne Pilkington The 39 Steps
Laura Dos Santos Educating Rita
Jodhi May Polar Bears
Best Lighting Design
Hair
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Love Never Dies
Best Long-Running West End Show
Avenue Q
Blood Brothers
We Will Rock You
Chicago
Billy Elliot
Mamma Mia!
Wicked
Jersey Boys
Les Miserables
The Phantom of the Opera
Best Musical (since 2009)
Legally Blonde
Love Never Dies
Wolfboy
Sister Act
Best Orchestrations
Love Never Dies
Hair
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Les Miserables tour
Best Play
Anne Boleyn
La Bete
Holding The Man
Welcome to Thebes
Spring Storm
Jerusalem
39 Steps
War Horse
Enron
After The Dance
Best Revival of a Musical
Sweet Charity
Les Miserables tour
Hair
Into The Woods
Best Revival of a Play
London Assurance
La Bete
After The Dance
All My Sons
The Railway Children
The Crucible
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime
Best Scenic Design
Love Never Dies
Hair
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Sister Act
Best Sound Design
Love Never Dies
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Jersey Boys
Hair
Theatrical Event of the Year
Over The Rainbow
Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act
West End Live
Legally Blonde London live cast recording
Opening of Love Never Dies
Shoshana Bean live in the West End
Theatrical Venue of the Year
Regent's Park Open Air
Landor Theatre
Chocolate Factory
Union Theatre
West Yorkshire Playhouse
London Palladium
Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue
Delfont Room
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Roundhouse
Adelphi Theatre
Cardiff Millennium Centre
Palace Theatre
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