2007 Laurence Olivier Awards

2007 Laurence Olivier Awards
Date	18 February 2007

The 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2007 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Blackbird by David Harrower – Albery Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan – Donmar Warehouse / Gielgud Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard – Royal Court / Duke of York's The Seafarer by Conor McPherson – National Theatre Cottesloe	Caroline, or Change – National Theatre Lyttelton Avenue Q – Noël Coward Porgy and Bess – Savoy Spamalot – Palace
Best Revival	Outstanding Musical Production
The Crucible – Gielgud A Moon for the Misbegotten – Old Vic Donkeys' Years – Comedy Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Apollo	Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Cabaret – Lyric Evita – Adelphi The Sound of Music – London Palladium
Best New Comedy
The 39 Steps by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow – Criterion Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber – Donmar Warehouse Love Song by John Kolvenbach – New Ambassadors
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rufus Sewell in Rock 'n' Roll – Royal Court / Duke of York's Iain Glen in The Crucible – Gielgud David Haig in Donkeys' Years – Comedy Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon – Donmar Warehouse / Gielgud Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon – Donmar Warehouse / Gielgud	Tamsin Greig in Much ado about Nothing – Novello Eve Best in A Moon for the Misbegotten – Old Vic Sinéad Cusack in Rock 'n' Roll – Royal Court / Duke of York's Kathleen Turner in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Apollo
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Daniel Evans in Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Tim Curry in Spamalot – Palace Clarke Peters in Porgy and Bess – Savoy Philip Quast in Evita – Adelphi	Jenna Russell in Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Nicola Hughes in Porgy and Bess – Savoy Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change – National Theatre Lyttelton Elena Roger in Evita – Adelphi Hannah Waddingham in Spamalot – Palace
Best Performance in a Supporting Role	Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Jim Norton in The Seafarer – National Theatre Cottesloe Samantha Bond in Donkeys' Years – Comedy Deborah Findlay in The Cut – Donmar Warehouse Mark Hadfield in Thérèse Raquin – National Theatre Lyttelton Colm Meaney in A Moon for the Misbegotten – Old Vic	Sheila Hancock in Cabaret – Lyric Anna Francolini in Caroline, or Change – National Theatre Lyttelton Tom Goodman-Hill in Spamalot – Palace Summer Strallen in The Boy Friend – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Dominic Cooke for The Crucible – Gielgud Sam Buntrock for Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Joe Mantello for Wicked – Apollo Victoria	Javier de Frutos for Cabaret – Lyric Rob Ashford for Evita – Adelphi Bill Deamer for The Boy Friend – Regent's Park Open Air Stephen Mear for Sinatra – London Palladium
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Timothy Bird and David Farley for Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Tim Hatley for Spamalot – Palace Eugene Lee for Wicked – Apollo Victoria	Alison Chitty for The Voysey Inheritance – National Theatre Lyttelton Tim Hatley for Spamalot – Palace Susan Hilferty for Wicked – Apollo Victoria
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Natasha Chivers and Mike Robertson for Sunday in the Park with George – Wyndham's Neil Austin for Thérèse Raquin – National Theatre Lyttelton Jean Kalman for The Crucible – Gielgud Kenneth Posner for Wicked – Apollo Victoria Hugh Vanstone for Spamalot – Palace	Gareth Fry for Waves – National Theatre Cottesloe Mic Pool for The 39 Steps – Criterion Ian Dickinson for Rock 'n' Roll – Royal Court / Duke of York's
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Carlos Acosta in Carlos Acosta, Cuban National Ballet – Sadler's Wells Wayne McGregor for choreographing Chroma, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Steven McRae in Chroma and Homage to the Queen, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Marianela Núñez in DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse and The Sleeping Beauty, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House and Carlos Acosta, Cuban National Ballet – Sadler's Wells	Chroma, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Fuji Musume and Kasane – Sadler's Wells The Sleeping Beauty, The Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
Amanda Roocroft in Jenůfa, English National Opera – London Coliseum John Mark Ainsley in Orfeo, English National Opera – London Coliseum Joyce DiDonato in Hercules, Les Arts Florissants – Barbican John Tomlinson in Götterdämmerung, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	Jenůfa, English National Opera – London Coliseum Orfeo, English National Opera – London Coliseum Peter Grimes, Opera North – Sadler's Wells The Makropoulos Case, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Pied Piper – Theatre Royal Stratford East Roy Dotrice in The Best of Friends – Hampstead Love and Money – Maria, Young Vic Theatre Royal Stratford East for a powerful season of provocative work, reaching new audiences
Society Special Award
John Tomlinson

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 22 productions, including four ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:

• 7: Spamalot
• 6: Sunday in the Park with George
• 4: Evita, The Crucible and Wicked
• 3: A Moon for the Misbegotten, Cabaret, Caroline, or Change, Chroma, Donkeys' Years, Frost/Nixon and Porgy and Bess
• 2: Carlos Acosta, DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse, Jenůfa, Orfeo, The 39 Steps, The Boy Friend, The Seafarer, The Sleeping Beauty, Thérèse Raquin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

The following four productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:

• 5: Sunday in the Park with George
• 2: Cabaret, Jenůfa and The Crucible

See also

• 61st Tony Awards

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre: 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 2007