Romola Garai was nominated twice in the same category at the Olivier Awards of this year, with his performances in The years And Giant Both make the restricted list of the best support actress. These two pieces each won five nominations, while a renewal of musical comedy Fiddler on the roof At Regent's Park Open Theater leads olive racing with a total of 13 nominations. This total is equal to a Record established by the musical Hamilton in 2018 For the most nominated show to olive trees.
Garai, who was never nominated before for an olive tree, received two headlongs both when the appointments were announced on Tuesday. She played an American Jewish publishing director in the giant of Mark Rosenblatt, who explores the anti -Semitism of the author Roald Dahl and has also become the best new game and the best director (Nicholas Hytner). John Lithgow, who played the role of Dahl, is nominated for the best actor and Elliot Levey is in the running for the best support actor. The giant ran last year to the royal court and will be transferred to West end Next month, without parking in the cast.
Over the years, on the basis of the Nobel Prize Memoirs, winner of the Nobel Prize, Garai shares the central role with four other actors (including Gina McKee, also nominated for the best support actress). The years are also nominated for the best director (Eline Arbo), the best sound design (Thijs Van Vuure) and the best new game (for Arbo adaptation, in an English version of Stephanie Bain). The years have been organized at the Almeida Theater and are now at the Harold Pine Theater. It is last week from Garai in production and will be replaced by Tupance Middleton.
Fiddler on the Roof, which was guaranteed of five -star criticisms last summer, was transferred to the barbican in May. He is nominated for the design of sets and costumes (both by Tom Scutt), the lighting (Help Malone), the theater choreographer (Julia Cheng), the sound design (Nick Lidster), the exceptional musical contribution (Mark Aspinall), the director (Jordan Fein) and the best musical renewal. He also has nominations in all actor categories for musicals, with head nods for Adam Dannheisser who plays Tevye, The Jewish Milkman (best actor), Lara Pulver (best actress), Liv Andrusier and Beverley Klein (to the other for the best actress in a supporting role) and Raphael Papo (best actor in a support role).
The other nominees for the best musical renewal are hello, dolly!, Oliver! And Starlight Express, which won seven Whatsonstage awards last month. The best new musical nominees are The curious case of Benjamin Button,, MJ the musical,, Why am I so single? And Natasha, Pierre and the great comet of 1812.
In the actor categories for the games, Indira Varma and Lesley Manville are each nominated for the best actress for the same role, Jocasta, in different Oedipus staging. The co-star of Manville Mark Strong and the director Robert Icke Are also nominated for their version at Wyndham's Theater, which is nominated for the best renewal. Varma is currently playing in an old Vic production of Oedipus This won nominations for the best theater choreographer (Hofesh Shechter, which also co-directed and composed the show) and sound design (Christopher Shutt).
The other nominees for the best actress are Heather Agyepong (Let's go out), Rosie Sheehy (Mechanical) and Meera Syal (Ash tupperware). Billy Crudup (Harry Clarke), Even the steps (Death of England: Delroy) and Adrien Brody, who made his West End debut The fear of 13. On weekends, Brody was Named best actor For a second time in the Oscars; He could now join this selected group of actors who have won an Oscar and an olive tree.
Natasha, Pierre and the great comet of 1812 have six nominations (including for actors Jamie Muscato, Chumisa Dornford-May and Maimuna Memon), while there are four for the curious case of Benjamin Button (including for the tracks John Dagleish and Clare Foster) and Oliver! (including for actor Simon Lipkin and choreographer Matthew Bourne). Imelda Staunton receives her 14th nomination from Olivier this year, with a sign of head for the best actress in a musical for Hello, Dolly! at Palladium. His co-star Andy Nyman is nominated for the best support actor in a musical, on a restricted list including Tom Xander for Wicked girlsAdapted from the film. The Devil Porte PradaAlso based on a successful film, has an appointment with Amy Di Bartolomeo recognized for her representation of the ambitious Emily.
There are three nominations for MJ The Musical (which won four Tony Awards in 2022), including for Myles Frost who plays Michael Jackson. Lauren Drew is nominated for her comic role as Céline Dion in the parody of the Titanic, titanic, with the co-star Layton Williams nominated for his support characters in the series (including an iceberg).
The appointments were presented Tuesday by Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, who won the best actress and best actor for Sunset Boulevard in the olive trees last year. The couple, covered with stage gore on the final scene of this musical (now playing on Broadway), said that they were “bloody excited” by recognized talents.
This year's ceremony will take place on April 6 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, organized by actors Beverley Knight and Billy Porter. Created in 1976, the Olivier Awards are supervised by the London Society Theater. The winners are chosen by a team of industry personalities, stage lighting and public members who love the theater.
