Monday, January 01, 2018

and the envelope please...

It's the end of the year so apart from comedy fireworks going off everywhere it also means it's time for the 11th Annual Chrissies...it's the one that they want.

BEST DRAMA (Original/Revival)
THE FERRYMAN - Jez Butterworth (Gielgud)

Nominees:
ANGELS IN AMERICA (Lyttelton) / THE GLASS MENAGERIE  (Duke of Yorks) /
HEDDA GABLER (Lyttelton) / WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Harold Pinter)

 BEST MUSICAL (Original/Revival)
 FOLLIES - Stephen Sondheim (Olivier)

 Nominees:
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Dominion) / EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (Apollo) / 42nd STREET (Drury Lane) / THE LIFE (Southwark Playhouse)

BEST BALLET/OPERA
 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND - Christopher Wheeldon (Covent Garden)

Nominees:
THE DREAM; SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS; MARGUERITE AND ARMAND (Covent Garden) / FLIGHT PATTERN (Covent Garden) / JEWELS (Covent Garden) / MAYERLING (Covent Garden)

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
 ANDREW SCOTT - Hamlet (Almeida)

 Nominees:
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (The Tempest) / PADDY CONSIDINE (The Ferryman) /
BRYAN CRANSTON (Network) / CONLETH HILL (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
IMELDA STAUNTON - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Harold Pinter)

Nominees:
LAURA DONNELLY (The Ferryman) / CHERRY JONES (The Glass Menagerie) / 
 AUDRA McDONALD (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill) / RUTH WILSON (Hedda Gabler)

BEST ACTOR (Musical)
 PHILIP QUAST - Follies (Olivier)

Nominees:
ROBERT FAIRCHILD (An American in Paris) / ALEXANDER HANSON (...Committee...)
/ TOM LISTER (42nd Street) / JOHN McCREA (Everybody's Talking About Jamie)

BEST ACTRESS (Musical)
 IMELDA STAUNTON - Follies (Olivier)

 Nominees:
JANIE DEE (Follies) / CLARE HALSE (42nd Street) / 
SANDRA MARVIN (...Committee...) / JOSIE WALKER (Everybody's Talking About Jamie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Drama)
NATHAN LANE - Angels In America (Lyttelton)

Nominees:
STUART GRAHAM (The Ferryman) / JOHN HODGKINSON (The Ferryman) /  
NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT (Angels In America) / PETER WIGHT (Hamlet)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Drama)
DEARBHLA MOLLOY - The Ferryman (Gielgud)

Nominees:
BRID BRENNAN (The Ferryman) / SUSAN BROWN (Angels In America) / 
 KATE O'FLYNN (The Glass Menagerie) / JULIET STEVENSON (Hamlet)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Musical)
PETER FORBES - Follies (Olivier)

 Nominees:
MARK HADFIELD (Pinocchio) / CORNELL S. JOHN (The Life) / 
CHRIS KIELY (Yank!) / ANTHONY O'DONNELL (...Committee...)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Musical)
 SHARON D. CLARKE - The Life (Southwark Playhouse)

Nominees:
JOSEPHINE BARSTOW (Follies) / DI BOTCHER (Follies) / 
DAWN HOPE (Follies) / LUCIE SHORTHOUSE (Everybody's Talking About Jamie)

BEST BALLET/OPERA MALE
AKRAM KHAN - Desh (Sadler's Wells)

Nominees:
DANNY COLLINS (Early Adventures) / STEVEN McRAE (The Dream) / 
STEVEN McRAE (Rubies) / LIAM MOWER (Cinderella)

  BEST BALLET/OPERA FEMALE
 ZENAIDA YANOWSKY - Marguerite and Armand (Covent Garden)

 Nominees:
LAUREN CUTHBERTSON (The Judas Tree) / LAUREN CUTHBERTSON (Mayerling) / ALESSANDRA FERRI (Woolf Works) / ZENAIDA YANOWSKY (Symphonic Dances)

BEST DIRECTOR
DOMINIC COOKE - Follies (Olivier)

Nominees:
MARIANNE ELLIOTT (Angels in America) / IVO VAN HOVE (Hedda Gabler)
JAMES MACDONALD (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) / SAM MENDES (The Ferryman)

BEST DESIGNER
 VICKI MORTIMER - Follies (Olivier)

 Nominees:
BOB CROWLEY (Alices's Adventures in Wonderland / BOB CROWLEY (An American In Paris) / IAN MacNEIL (Angels in America) / JAN VERSWEYVELD (Hedda Gabler)

BEST LIGHTING
  PAULE CONSTABLE - Angels in America (Lyttelton)

Nominees:
PAULE CONSTABLE (Follies) / NATASHA KATZ (An American In Paris)
NATASHA KATZ (The Glass Menagerie) / JAN VERSWEYVELD (Hedda Gabler)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (Musical)
 BILL DEAMER - Follies (Savoy)

Nominees:
TOM JACKSON GREAVES (The Life) / KATE PRINCE (Everybody's Talking About Jamie) / RANDY SKINNER, GOWER CHAMPION (42nd Street) / CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON (An American in Paris)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (Ballet)
CRYSTAL PITE - Flight Pattern (Covent Garden)

Nominees:
FREDERICK ASHTON (Marguerite and Armand) / KENNETH McMILLAN (Mayerling) / KENNETH McMILLAN (The Judas Tree) / CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

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