1989 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1989 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Actress of the Year | Sheila Hancock | Prin |
| Actress of the Year | Jane Lapotaire | Shadowlands |
| Director of the Year | Richard Eyre | Racing Demon and The Voysey Inheritance |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Washington Stage Guild, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | The Cocoanuts |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | William Pucilowsky | The Constant Wife |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Susan Hirschfeld | The Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center, National Theatre, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center | |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Tazewell Thompson | Abyssinia |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Ron Lagomarsino | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Jane Wagner | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In The Universe |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Jerry Zaks | Wenceslas Square |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, Horizons Theatre, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage | |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Aunt Dan and Lemon |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | Eleemosynary |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Stephen Strawbridge | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | On The Verge or the Geography of Yearning |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Playboy of the West Indies |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Six Characters In Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Ain't Misbehavin' |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Centre Management | Cirque du Soleil |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Me and My Girl |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Wenceslas Square |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Cocoanuts |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Elmer Gantry |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre | Gifts of the Magi |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | No-Neck Monsters Theatre Company | Sanctuary D.C. |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Olney Theatre | Side Side Sondheim |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Round House Theatre | Baby With the Bathwater |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Cherry Orchard |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Studio Theatre | Colored Museum |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | Crucible |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Alan Wade | No End of Blame |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Nancy Paris | North Shore Fish |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | The Winter's Tale |
| Peat Marwick Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | R. Robert Linowes | |
| The American Express Tribute | Mary Martin | |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | WETA,Channel 26 | Around Town |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Horizons Theatre | Eleemosynary |
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