The 12th Annual Chrissies: ...and the envelope please...

Here we go... eyes down for the 2018 Chrissies, now in their 12th year... I should get funding for this.

BEST DRAMA (Original/Revival)

THE INHERITANCE - Matthew Lopez (Noel Coward)

Nominees:

THE HUMANS (Hampstead) / THE LEHMAN TROLOGY (Lyttelton, NT) /
LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Wyndhams) / OTHELLO (The Globe)

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BEST MUSICAL (Original/Revival)

  THE KING AND I - Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II (London Palladium)

 Nominees:

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (Hampstead, Playhouse) / COMPANY (Gielgud) / 

 FUN HOME (Young Vic) / HAMILTON (Victoria Palace)

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BEST CLASSICAL PRODUCTION

 SWAN LAKE - Matthew Bourne (Sadler's Wells)

Nominees:

MANON / MAYERLING / THE NUTCRACKER / SWAN LAKE (all Covent Garden)

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BEST ACTOR (Drama)

SIMON RUSSELL BEALE - The Lehman Trilogy (Lyttelton, NT)

 Nominees:

REED BIRNEY (The Humans) / JONATHAN PRYCE (The Height of The Storm) /
MARK RYLANCE (Othello) / KYLE SOLLER (The Inheritance)

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BEST ACTRESS (Drama)

LESLEY MANVILLE - Long Day's Journey Into Night (Wyndhams)

Nominees:

EILEEN ATKINS (The Height of The Storm) / PATSY FERRAN (Summer and Smoke) / 
  LAURA LINNEY (My Name is Lucy Barton) / SOPHIE OKONEDO (Antony and Cleopatra)

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BEST ACTOR (Musical)

GILES TERERA - Hamilton (Victoria Palace)

Nominees:

MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE (Barnum) / PATRICK PAGE (Hadestown) / 

KEN WATANABE (The King and I) / JAMAEL WESTMAN (Hamilton)

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BEST ACTRESS (Musical)

SHARON D. CLARKE - Caroline, or Change (Hampstead & Playhouse)

 Nominees:

KAISA HAMMARLUND (Fun Home) / EVA NOBLEZEDA (Hadestown) / 

KELLI O'HARA (The King and I) / MEERA SYAL (Annie)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Drama)

  SAMUEL H. LEVINE - The Inheritance (Noel Coward)

Nominees:

ADAM GODLEY (The Lehman Trilogy) / JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY (The Inheritance) /  

PAUL HILTON (The Inheritance) / JONATHAN SLINGER (Fanny and Alexander)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Drama)

VANESSA REDGRAVE - The Inheritance (Noel Coward)

Nominees:

ADJOA ANDOH (Julius Caesar) / HAYDN GWYNNE (The Way of The World) / 

  JAYNE HOUDYSHELL (The Humans) / PENELOPE WILTON (Fanny and Alexander)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Musical)

 

MICHAEL JIBSON - Hamilton (Victoria Palace)

 Nominees:

ANDRE DE SHIELDS (Hadestown) / RICHARD FLEESHMAN (Company) / 

DAMIAN HUMBLEY (Spamilton) / JASON PENNYCOOKE (Hamilton)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Musical)

  PATTI LUPONE - Company (Gielgud)

Nominees:

RACHEL JOHN (Hamilton) / ABIONA OMANUA (Caroline, or Change) / 

JENNA RUSSELL (Fun Home) / CELINDE SCHONEMAKER (Barnum)

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BEST CLASSICAL MALE

LIAM MOWER - Swan Lake (Sadler's Wells)

Nominees:

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (Manon) / JAMES HAY (Manon) / 

STEVEN McRAE (Mayerling) / MAX WESTWELL (Swan Lake)

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  BEST CLASSICAL FEMALE

 ZENAIDA YANOWSKY - Elizabeth (Barbican)

 Nominees:

SARAH LAMB (Winter Dreams) / LAURA MORERA (Mayerling) / 

AKANE TAKADA (Manon) / AKANE TAKADA (Swan Lake)

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BEST DIRECTOR

STEPHEN DALDREY - The Inheritance (Noel Coward)

Nominees:

MARIANNE ELLIOTT (Company) / RICHARD EYRE (Long Day's Journey Into Night) / 

JOE MANTELLO (The Humans) / SAM MENDES (The Lehman Trilogy)

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BEST DESIGNER

  BOB CROWLEY - The Inheritance (Noel Coward)

 Nominees:

ES DEVLIN (The Lehman Trilogy) / ROB HOWELL (Long Day's Journey Into Night) / 

MICHAEL YEARGAN (The King and I) / DAVID ZINN (The Humans)

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BEST LIGHTING

  JUSTIN TOWNSEND - The Humans (Hampstead)

Nominees:

JON CLARK (The Inheritance) / JON CLARK, LUKE HALLS (video) (The Lehman Trilogy) / PETER MUMFORD (Long Day's Journey Into Night) / BEN STANTON (Fun Home)

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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (Musical)

  ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER - Hamilton (Victoria Palace)

Nominees:

CHRISTOPEHR GATTELLI (The King and I) / REBECCA HOWELL (Barnum) / 

DANNY MEFFORD (Fun Home) / DAVID NEUMANN (Hadestown)

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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (Classical)

  SIR FREDERICK ASHTON- Les Patineurs (Covent Garden)

Nominees:

MATTHEW BOURNE (Swan Lake) / KENNETH McMILLAN (Manon) / 

 KENNETH McMILLAN (Mayerling) / LIAM SCARLETT (Swan Lake)

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and a Special Performance Award to the fantasic Bianca Del Rio for BLAME IT ON BIANCA DEL RIO at Hammersmith O2 - yes, that's me in the circle!