Around about now I would be publishing the annual Chrissies Awards for best in 2020 theatre but in this time of COVID that is impossible to do. So I thought why not look further back than a mere 12 months?
The Chrissies were invented for the blog era but what about the earlier amazing productions and performers which molded my love of theatre and - more often than not - have proved definitive. l started blogging in the 2000s so if you want to see them just search this blog for Chrissies... what follows here are like the Chrissies All-Stars.
Here is a remembrance of the 2000s - the names in bold are those no longer with us:
BEST PLAY
ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller (Cottesloe, NT)
THE CHALK GARDEN (Bagnold, Donmar) ~ THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Chekhov, Cottesloe)
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Miller, Lyric) ~ THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (Albee, Almeida)
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA (Lorca, Lyttelton) ~ JUDGEMENT DAY (Horvath, Almeida)
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (O'Casey, Grammercy NY) ~ MARY STUART (Donmar)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Shakespeare, Olivier) ~ THE MYSTERIES (Harrison, Cottesloe)
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (Woolf/Atkins, Hampstead)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Williams, Donmar)
THE TALKING CURE (Hampton, Cottesloe) ~ UNCLE VANYA (Chekhov, Donmar)
WAR HORSE (Stafford, Olivier) ~ WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Albee, Apollo)
THE WILD DUCK (Ibsen, Donmar) ~ THE WINTER'S TALE (Shakespeare, Olivier)
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Hare, Lyttelton)
BEST MUSICAL
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE by Stephen Sondheim / James Lapine (Menier)
AVENUE Q (Lopez/Marx, Golden NY) ~ CABARET (Kander/Ebb, Studio 54 NY)
THE CAR MAN (Bizet, Sadler's Wells) ~ CLOSER TO HEAVEN (Tennant/Lowe, Arts)
FOLLIES (Sondheim, Landor) ~ GRAND HOTEL (Wright/Forrest/Yeston, Donmar)
GYPSY (Styne/Sondheim, St James NY) ~ HAIRSPRAY (Shaiman/Whitman, Neil Simon NY)
THE HARDER THEY COME (various, Barbican/Playhouse)
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Herman, Menier/Playhouse)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Sondheim, Menier)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Ashman/Menkin, Menier)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Sondheim, Donmar)
NUTCRACKER! (Tchaikowsky, Sadler's Wells) ~ PACIFIC OVERTURES (Sondheim, Donmar)
SWAN LAKE (Tchaikowsky, Sadler's Wells) ~ SWEET CHARITY (Colman/Fields, Menier)
TABOO (O'Dowd/Frost/Themis/Stevens, Venue) ~ XANADU (Lynne/Farrar, Helen Hayes NY)
BEST ACTOR - PLAY
JAMES HAZELDINE - All My Sons (Cottesloe, NT)
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Hamlet, Lyttelton)
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Much Ado About Nothing)
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Twelfth Night, Donmar)
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (The Winter's Tale - Old Vic)
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Uncle Vanya) ~ BRIAN DENNEHY (Death of A Salesman)
RICHARD GRIFFITHS (The History Boys, Lyttelton) ~ DAVID HAIG (Donkey's Years, Comedy)
DAVID HAIG (Loot, Tricycle) ~ DEREK JACOBI (Twelfth Night, Wyndhams)
PATERSON JOSEPH (The Emperor Jones, Olivier)
ALEX JENNINGS (Present Laughter, Lyttelton)
ALEX JENNINGS (The Winter's Tale) ~ ADRIAN LESTER (Henry V, Olivier)
WILLIAM H MACY (American Buffalo, Donmar) ~ BRIAN F O'BYRNE (Doubt, Walter Kerr NY)
HARISH PATEL (Rafta Rafta, Lyttelton) ~ JONATHAN PRYCE (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia)
MARK RYLANCE (Boeing Boeing, Comedy)
BEST ACTRESS - PLAY
EILEEN ATKINS - A Room of One's Own (Hampstead)
EILEEN ATKINS (Honour, Cottesloe) ~ STOCKARD CHANNING (The Exhonerated, Riverside)
FRANCES DE LA TOUR (The History Boys) ~ CLAIRE HIGGINS (Vincent in Brixton, Wyndhams)
CHERRY JONES (Doubt) ~ HELEN MIRREN (Orpheus Descending, Donmar)
VANESSA REDGRAVE (The Cherry Orchard)
VANESSA REDGRAVE (The Year of Magical Thinking)
IMELDA STAUNTON (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Trafalgar) ~ MEERA SYAL (Rafta Rafta)
KATHLEEN TURNER (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) ~ MARGARET TYZACK (The Chalk Garden)
HARRIET WALTER (Mary Stuart) ~ JULIE WALTERS (All My Sons)
ZOE WANAMAKER (Much Ado About Nothing) ~ ZOE WANAMAKER (The Rose Tattoo, Olivier)
RACHEL WEISZ (A Streetcar Named Desire) ~ PENELOPE WILTON (The Chalk Garden)
PENELOPE WILTON (The House of Bernarda Alba)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - PLAY
SIMON PAISLEY DAY - Entertaining Mr Sloane (Trafalgar Studios)
SAMUEL BARNETT (The History Boys) ~ MICHAEL BRYANT (The Cherry Orchard)
RON COOK (Twelfth Night, Wyndhams) ~ BEN DANIELS (All My Sons)
PHIL DANIELS (The Winter's Tale) ~ DAVID DAWSON (The Entertainer, Old Vic)
DOUGLAS HENSHALL (Death of A Salesman) ~ NICHOLAS LE PREVOST (The Wild Duck)
MATTHEW LILLARD (Bash, Almeida) ~ KEVIN McNALLY (Hamlet, Wyndhams)
JOHN NORMINGTON (The Winter's Tale) ~ ROBERT PASTORELLI (A Streetcar Named Desire)
AIDAN QUINN (The Exonerated) ~ CORIN REDGRAVE (The Chalk Garden)
DOMINIC ROWAN (The Talking Cure)
ADRIAN SCARBOROUGH (Time and The Conways, Lyttelton)
MARK STRONG (Uncle Vanya) ~ RUSSELL TOVEY (The History Boys)
PETER WIGHT (Mouth to Mouth, Duke of Yorks)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - PLAY
DEBORAH FINDLAY - A Winter's Tale (Olivier, NT)
FRANCES BARBER (Madame de Sade, Wyndhams)
BRID BRENNAN (Pillars of The Community, Lyttelton)
EMMA CUNNIFFE (The Entertainer) ~ LAURA DONNELLY (Judgement Day)
JANINE DUVITSKI (Remembrance of Things Past, Cottesloe)
DEBORAH FINDLAY (The Cut, Donmar)
DEBORAH FINDLAY (The House of Bernarda Alba) ~ PATRICIA HODGE (Summerfolk, Olivier)
FELICITY JONES (The Chalk Garden) ~ SINEAD MATTHEWS (The Wild Duck)
MARY McCOMACK (Bash) ~ HELEN McCRORY (Twelfth Night)
HELEN McCRORY (Uncle Vanya) ~ RONDI REED (August: Osage County, Lyttelton)
SOPHIE THOMPSON (The Female of The Species, Vaudeville)
JODIE WHITTAKER (Awake and Sing, Almeida) ~ RUTH WILSON (A Streetcar Named Desire)
SARAH WOODWARD (Judgement Day) ~ SARAH WOODWARD (Present Laughter)
BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL
EUAN MORTON - Taboo (The Venue)
SCOTT AMBLER (Play Without Words, Lyttelton)
DESMOND BARRIT (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Olivier)
ROLAN BELL (The Harder They Come) ~ DANIEL EVANS (Sunday In The Park With George)
HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Fiddler on The Roof, Minskoff NY) ~ HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Hairspray)
ALEXANDER HANSON (A Little Night Music) ~ NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (Cabaret)
DOUGLAS HODGE (La Cage aux Folles) ~ CHEYENNE JACKSON (Xanadu)
PAUL KEATING (Closer To Heaven) ~ PAUL KEATING (Little Shop of Horrors)
DENIS LAWSON (La Cage aux Folles) ~ DOMINIC NORTH (Swan Lake)
JONATHAN OLLIVIER (Swan Lake) ~ JULIAN OVENDEN (Grand Hotel)
JULIAN OVENDEN (Merrily We Roll Along) ~ CLARKE PETERS (Porgy and Bess, Savoy)
ALAN VINCENT (The Car Man)
BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL
PATTI LuPONE - Gypsy (St James, NY)
FRANCES BARBER (Closer To Heaven) ~ SHOSHANA BEAN (Wicked, Gershwin NY)
KERRY BIGGIN (Nutcracker!) ~ KERRY BUTLER (Xanadu)
STEPHANIE D'ABRUZZO (Avenue Q) ~ MARIANNE FAITHFULL (The Black Rider, Barbican)
JENNY GALLOWAY (My One and Only, Piccadilly) ~ NICOLA HUGHES (Porgy and Bess)
MARISSA JARET WINOKUR (Hairspray) ~ DIANE LANGTON (Spend Spend Spend, Piccadilly)
JESSICA MARTIN (Sweeney Todd, Bridewell)
MARY ELIZABETH MASTRANTONIO (Grand Hotel)
MICHELA MEAZZA (The Car Man) ~ IDINA MENZEL (Wicked, New Victoria)LUCY NEWTON (Taboo) ~ TAMZIN OUTHWAITE (Sweet Charity)
LYN PAUL (Taboo) ~ SHERIDAN SMITH (Little Shop of Horrors)
SAMANTHA SPIRO (Merrily We Roll Along)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MUSICAL
PAUL BAKER - Taboo (The Venue)
BOY GEORGE (Taboo) ~ DANIEL EVANS (Grand Hotel)
DANIEL EVANS (Merrily We Roll Along) ~ O-T FAGBENLE (Porgy and Bess)
BOYD GAINES (Contact, Lincoln Center) ~ DAVID HAIG (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward)
ALASDAIR HARVEY (Come Dancing, Stratford East)
CONLETH HILL (The Producers, Drury Lane)
GEOFFREY HUTCHINGS (Cabaret. Lyric) ~ BARRY JAMES (Chicago, Adelphi)
SAM KELLY (A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To The Forum)
ADAM LONGWORTH (Taboo) ~ PAUL J MEDFORD (Sweet Charity)
JOHN PARTRIDGE (Taboo) ~ MARCUS POWELL (The Harder They Come)
CHRIS TUMMINGS (The Harder They Come) ~ MARC UMBERS (Sweet Charity)
BEN VEREEN (Wicked) ~ RICHARD WINSOR (The Car Man)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MUSICAL
LAURA BENANTI - Gypsy (St James, NY)
HELEN BAKER (Grand Hotel) ~ KERRY BIGGIN (The Car Man)
JACKIE CLUNE (Taboo) ~ TAMEKA EMPSON (The Big Life, Apollo)
SUSANNAH FELLOWS (Chicago) ~ JOSEFINA GABRIELLE (Sweet Charity)
LOUISE GOLD (Mamma Mia, Prince Edward) ~ NINA GOLDMAN (Swan Lake)
KAISA HAMMARLUND (A Little Night Music) ~ SHEILA HANCOCK (Cabaret)
ANN HARADA (Avenue Q) ~ RACHEL LESKOVAC (Spend, Spend, Spend)
STACEY ROCA (Closer To Heaven) ~ CAROLE SHELLEY (Cabaret)
MARY TESTA (Xanadu) ~ JOSIE WALKER (Side By Side By Sondheim, Venue)
DEBORAH YATES (Contact) ~ KAREN ZIEMBA (Contact)
LEIGH ZIMMERMAN (The Producers)
BEST DIRECTOR
HOWARD DAVIES - All My Sons (Cottesloe, NT)
MATTHEW BOURNE (The Car Man) ~ MATTHEW BOURNE (Swan Lake)
BILL BRYDEN (The Mysteries) ~ HOWARD DAVIES (The House of Bernarda Alba)
MARIANNE ELLIOTT / TOM MORRIS (War Horse) ~ ROBERT FALLS (Death of A Salesman)
MICHAEL GRANDAGE (The Chalk Garden) ~ MICHAEL GRANDAGE (The Cut)
MICHAEL GRANDAGE (Grand Hotel) ~ MICHAEL GRANDAGE (Merrily We Roll Along)
MICHAEL GRANDAGE (The Wild Duck) ~ NICHOLAS HYTNER (Much Ado About Nothing)
NICHOLAS HYTNER (The Winter's Tale) ~ PHYLLIDA LLOYD (Mary Stuart)
JAMES MacDONALD (Judgement Day) ~ SAM MENDES / ROB MARSHALL (Cabaret)
ANTHONY PAGE (The Goat) ~ ANTHONY PAGE (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
ANNA D SHAPIRO (August: Osage County)
BEST DESIGNER
WILLIAM DUDLEY - All My Sons (Cottesloe, NT)
MIRIAM BEUTHER (Judgement Day) ~ ROBERT BRILL (Cabaret)
LEZ BROTHERSTON (Play Without Words) ~ LEZ BROTHERSTON (Swan Lake)
WILLIAM DUDLEY (The Mysteries) ~ DAVID FARLEY (Sunday In The Park With George)
TIM HATLEY (Rafta Rafta) ~ TIM HATLEY (The Talking Cure)
TIM HATLEY (Vincent in Brixton) ~ ROB HOWELL (Lulu, Almeida)
CATHERINE MARTIN (La Boheme, Broadway NY)
VICKI MORTIMER (The House of Bernarda Alba)
VICKI MORTIMER (The Wild Duck) ~ CHRISTOPHER ORAM (Grand Hotel)
CHRISTOPHER ORAM (A Streetcar Named Desire)
TODD ROSENTHAL (August: Osage County)
RAE SMITH (All's Well That Ends Well, Olivier)
RAE SMITH / BASIL JONES / ADRIAN KOHLER (War Horse)
ANTHONY WARD (Nutcracker!)
BEST LIGHTING
PAULE CONSTABLE - War Horse (Olivier, NT)
NEIL AUSTIN (Judgement Day)
NEIL AUSTIN (A Streetcar Named Desire) ~ NEIL AUSTIN (The Wild Duck)
NATASHA CHILVERS/MIKE ROBERTSON, TIMOTHY BIRD (video)
(Sunday In The Park With George)
PAULE CONSTABLE (The House of Bernarda Alba) ~ PAULE CONSTABLE (Play Without Words)
RORY DEMPSTER (The Good Hope, Cottesloe)
PEGGY EISENHAUR / MIKE BALDASSARI (Cabaret)
RICK FISHER (Swan Lake) ~ RICK FISHER (The Winter's Tale)
HOWARD HARRISON (Edward Scissorhands, Sadler's Wells)
MARK HENDERSON (All My Sons)
HARTLEY TA KEMP (A Little Night Music) ~ PETER MUMFORD (All's Well That Ends Well)
PETER MUMFORD (The Talking Cure) ~ PETER MUMFORD (Vincent In Brixton)
HUGH VANSTONE (Grand Hotel) ~ HUGH VANSTONE (Mary Stuart)
HUGH VANSTONE (Uncle Vanya)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
MATTHEW BOURNE - Swan Lake (Sadler's Wells)
MATTHEW BOURNE (The Car Man) ~ MATTHEW BOURNE (Edward Scissorhands)
MATTHEW BOURNE (Nutcracker!) ~ MATTHEW BOURNE (Play Without Words)
JONATHAN BUTTERELL / JEROME ROBBINS (Fiddler On The Roof) ~ LES CHILD (Taboo)
ADAM COOPER (Grand Hotel) ~ PETER DARLING (Closer To Heaven)
JAVIER DE FRUTOS (Cabaret, Lyric) ~ DAN KNECHTGES (Xanadu)
ROB MARSHALL (Cabaret)
JOEY McKNEELY / JEROME ROBBINS (West Side Story, Sadler's Wells)
STEPHEN MEAR (Sweet Charity) ~ JERRY MITCHELL (Hairspray)
LYNNE PAGE (La Cage aux Folles)
LYNNE PAGE (La Cage aux Folles)
ANN REINKING, CHET WALKER / BOB FOSSE (Fosse, Prince of Wales)
SUSAN STROMAN (Contact) ~ SUSAN STROMAN (The Producers)
ANTHONY VAN LAAST (Mammna Mia!)
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