2001 Laurence Olivier Awards

2001 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2001 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall – National Theatre Cottesloe Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness – Old Vic Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza – National Theatre Lyttelton My Zinc Bed by David Hare – Royal Court	Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Fosse – Prince of Wales The Beautiful Game – Cambridge The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best New Comedy	Outstanding Musical Production
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones – Duke of York's Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall – Whitehall House/Garden by Alan Ayckbourn – National Theatre Lyttelton / Olivier Peggy for You by Alan Plater – Comedy	Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier H.M.S. Pinafore – Savoy The King and I – London Palladium The Mikado – Savoy The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air
Best Actor	Best Actress
Conleth Hill in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's Simon Russell Beale in Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton Sean Campion in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's Michael Gambon in The Caretaker – Comedy Bill Nighy in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe	Julie Walters in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Jessica Lange in Long Day's Journey into Night – Lyric Helen Mirren in Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Julia Ormond in My Zinc Bed – Royal Court Harriet Walter in Life x 3 – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Daniel Evans in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Jimmy Johnston in The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air Paul Robinson in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier David Shannon in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge	Samantha Spiro in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Nicola Hughes in Fosse – Prince of Wales Joanna Riding in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Josie Walker in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ben Daniels in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Chiwetel Ejiofor in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe Douglas Hodge in The Caretaker – Comedy Jason Watkins in A Servant to Two Masters – Young Vic / New Ambassadors	Pauline Flanagan in Dolly West's Kitchen – Old Vic Gillian Barge in Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Catherine McCormack in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Marcia Warren in In Flame – New Ambassadors
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Miles Western in Pageant – Vaudeville Rosemary Ashe in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Rebecca Thornhill in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Taewon Yi Kim in The King and I – London Palladium
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Howard Davies for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Michael Grandage for Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse Nicholas Hytner for Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse Trevor Nunn for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe / Olivier Ian Talbot for The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air	Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking for Fosse – Prince of Wales Peter Darling for Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse Stephen Mear for Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier Meryl Tankard for The Beautiful Game – Cambridge
Best Set Designer
William Dudley for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Bunny Christie for Baby Doll – National Theatre Lyttelton / Albery Rob Howell for The Caretaker – Comedy Brian Thomson for The King and I – London Palladium
Best Costume Designer	Best Lighting Designer
Alison Chitty for Remembrance of Things Past – National Theatre Cottesloe Gregg Barnes for Pageant – Vaudeville Bob Crowley for Cressida – Albery and The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane Roger Kirk for The King and I – London Palladium	Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Graduate – Gielgud Howard Harrison for The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and To the Green Fields Beyond – Donmar Warehouse Mark Henderson for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe Paul Pyant for Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Deborah Colker for choreographing Mix – Barbican Matthew Bourne for conceiving and dramatisating The Car Man – Old Vic Robert Parker in Shakespeare Suite, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House Michael Revie in Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells	Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito, Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu – Barbican Indigo Rose, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mellantid, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
Amanda Holden and Mark-Anthony Turnage for creating The Silver Tassie – National Theatre Lyttelton Gerald Finley in The Silver Tassie, English National Opera – National Theatre Lyttelton Kirov Opera for their season – Royal Opera House Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing The Greek Passion and the Italian season, English National Opera – London Coliseum	The Greek Passion, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House Pelléas and Mélisande, English National Opera – London Coliseum The Coronation of Poppea, English National Opera – London Coliseum War and Peace, Kirov Opera – Royal Opera House

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 22 productions, including one ballet and two operas, received multiple nominations:

• 6: All My Sons
• 5: The Witches of Eastwick
• 4: Merrily We Roll Along, Singin' in the Rain, The Beautiful Game and The King and I
• 3: Blue/Orange, Fosse, Stones in His Pockets, The Caretaker and The Pirates of Penzance
• 2: Dolly West's Kitchen, Hamlet, Life x 3, Mozartina, My Zinc Bed, Orpheus Descending, Pageant, Passion Play, The Cherry Orchard, The Greek Passion and The Silver Tassie

The following three productions received multiple awards:

• 4: All My Sons
• 3: Merrily We Roll Along
• 2: Stones in His Pockets

See also

• 55th 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.

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 2001