Top Hat and Sweeney Todd are this year’s musical theatre front-runners at the 2013 Oliviers with the greatest number of nominations. Top Hat, still running at the Aldwych with a new cast in place, is named in seven categories, while the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre’s revival of Sweeney Todd is in close competition with six nominations. Other stand-out productions include Kiss Me, Kate (five, also a Chichester production) and The Bodyguard (four).
Olivier-nominated shows Top Hat, A Chorus Line, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweeney Todd and Soul Sister. Picture: Roy Tan
West End musicals campaigned madly for a place in the Radio 2 Audience Award shortlist, voted for by the public, and the four shows that came up trumps were Billy Elliot The Musical, Matilda The Musical, The Phantom Of The Opera and Wicked. Among the individual nominees are Heather Headley and Debbie Kurup (The Bodyguard), Leigh Zimmerman (A Chorus Line), Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Hannah Waddingham and Adam Garcia (Kiss Me, Kate), Tom Chambers (Top Hat) and Will Young (Cabaret)
The nominations were announced by Olivier Award winners Ruth Wilson and Elaine Paige on 26 March live on the BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce show. Mark Rubinstein, President of the Society of London Theatre, said: “Congratulations to all of this year’s Olivier Award nominees whose incredible talents contributed to a record-breaking year for London theatre. I am delighted that today we can also announce that MasterCard are continuing their support of the Olivier Awards until the end of 2016.”
All the musical theatre nominations are listed below:
Best Actor in a Musical: Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Alex Bourne (Kiss Me, Kate), Tom Chambers (Top Hat) and Will Young (Cabaret).
Best Actress in a Musical: Heather Headley (The Bodyguard), Imelda Staunton (Sweeney Todd), Summer Strallen (Top Hat), Hannah Waddingham (Kiss Me, Kate).
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Adam Garcia (Kiss Me, Kate), Debbie Kurup (The Bodyguard), Siân Phillips (Cabaret) and Leigh Zimmerman (A Chorus Line).
Best New Musical: Loserville, Soul Sister, The Bodyguard, Top Hat
Best Musical Revival: A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweeney Todd
BBC Radio 2 Audience Award: Billy Elliot the Musical, Matilda the Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked
Best Theatre Choreographer: Bill Deamer (Top Hat), Stephen Mear (Kiss Me, Kate)
Best Costume Design: Anthony Ward (Sweeney Todd), Jon Morrell (Top Hat)
Best Set Design: Hildegard Bechtler (Top Hat), Tim Hatley (The Bodyguard)
Best Sound Design: Gareth Owen (Top Hat), Paul Groothuis (Sweeney Todd)
Best Lighting Design: Max Henderson (Sweeney Todd)
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