1999 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
1999 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Michael Frayn | Copenhagen |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | David Hare | The Blue Room |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Yasmina Reza | The Unexpected Man |
| BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Conor McPherson | The Weir |
| Best Actor | David Suchet | Amadeus |
| Best Actor | Iain Glen | The Blue Room |
| Best Actor | Kevin Spacey | The Iceman Cometh, Almeida |
| Best Actor | Michael Gambon | The Unexpected Man |
| Best Actor | Jim Norton | The Weir |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Clarke Peters | Chicago |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Cast | Kat And The Kings |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Hugh Jackman | Oklahoma! |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Adam Garcia | Saturday Night Fever |
| Best Actress | Diana Rigg | Britannicus and Phedre |
| Best Actress | Judi Dench | Filumena |
| Best Actress | Sinead Cusack | Our Lady Of Sligo |
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | The Blue Room |
| Best Actress | Eileen Atkins | The Unexpected Man |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Maria Friedman | Chicago |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sophie Thompson | Into The Woods |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sophie Thompson | Into The Woods |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Josefina Gabrielle | Oklahoma |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Krysten Cummings | Rent |
| Best Costume Designer | William Dudley | Amadeus |
| Best Costume Designer | Bunny Christie | As You Like It |
| Best Costume Designer | Maria Bjornson | Britannicus and Phedre, Almeida |
| Best Costume Designer | Robert Jones | Henry VIII |
| Best Director | Trevor Nunn | Oklahoma! |
| Best Director | Sam Mendes | The Blue Room |
| Best Director | Howard Davies | The Iceman Cometh |
| Best Director | Ian Rickson | The Weir |
| Best Entertainment | Jackie Mason | Much Ado About Everything |
| Best Entertainment | Steven Berkoff | Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass In Evil conceived |
| Best Entertainment | Steve Coogan and Henry Normal | Steve Coogan is The Man Who Thinks He's It |
| Best Entertainment | Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Josef Houben | The Right Size in Do You Come Here Often? |
| Best Lighting Designer | Paule Constable | Amadeus |
| Best Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | Britannicus and Phedre, Almeida |
| Best Lighting Designer | David Hersey | Oklahoma! |
| Best Lighting Designer | Hugh Vanstone | The Blue Room |
| Best New Comedy | Michael Frayn | Alarms And Excursions |
| Best New Comedy | Terry Johnson | Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick |
| Best New Comedy | Patrick Barlow | Love Upon The Throne |
| Best New Comedy | Alan Ayckbourn | Things We Do For Love |
| Best New Dance Production | Ballet Frankfurt | Enemy In The Figure |
| Best New Dance Production | City of London Ballet | Room Of Cooks, Sadler's Wells |
| Best New Dance Production | Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor, Sadler's Wells |
| Best New Opera Production | The Barbican | BITE:98 season |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Boris Godunov |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Il Trittico |
| Best New Opera Production | Welsh National Opera | La Clemenza Di Tito |
| Best Set Designer | William Dudley | Amadeus |
| Best Set Designer | Maria Bjornson | Britannicus and Phedre, Almeida |
| Best Set Designer | Richard Hoover | Not About Nightingales |
| Best Set Designer | Anthony Ward | Oklahoma! |
| Best Set Designer | Mark Thompson | The Blue Room |
| Best Supporting Performance | Michael Sheen | Amadeus |
| Best Supporting Performance | Adam Godley | Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick |
| Best Supporting Performance | Emma Fielding | The School For Scandal |
| Best Supporting Performance | Brendan Coyle | The Weir |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Andrew Kennedy | Annie |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Shuler Hensley | Oklahoma! |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Jimmy Johnston | Oklahoma! |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Rent |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Loukmaan Adams and Jody Abrahams | Kat And The Kings |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Susan Stroman | Oklahoma! |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Arlene Philips | Saturday Night Fever |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Trisha Brown | L'Orfeo |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Twyla Tharp and her company | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | William Forsythe | Production Season |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Bill T Jones and his company | We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor, Sadler's Wells |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Andrew Shore | Gianni Schicchi and The Elixir of Love |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Rene Jacobs | L'Orfeo |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The orchestra of the Royal Opera House | Le Nozze Di Figaro |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Sandra Ford | The Tales Of Hoffman and Mary Stuart |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Charles Strouse | Annie |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Stephen Sondheim | Into The Woods |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Richard Rodgers | Oklahoma! |
| Outstanding Musical Production | Jerome Kern | Show Boat |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | David Kramer and Taliep Peterson | Kat And The Kings |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Jonathan Larson | Rent |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Nik Cohn | Saturday Night Fever |
| The American Express Award for Best New Musical | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Whistle Down The Wind |
| The Society's Special Award | Sir Peter Hall | |
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