Sharon D Clarke and Andrew Scott received top acting honors at this year’s delayed Olivier Awards, with Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt named best newcomer of the year playing
Clarke received her third Olivier Award for her performance as Linda Loman in Young Vic’s Death of a Salesman; Scott wins Best Actor award for his role as Garry Essendine in The Old Vic’s Present Laughter He received Best Actor at the Evening Standard Theater Awards for the same performance in November last year
The new musicals were the biggest winners of the evening, with & Juliet and Broadway export Dear Evan Hansen each winning three awards Miriam-Teak Lee and Sam Tutty taking home best actress and best actor in a musical award for their main performances in each show
Sir Matthew Bourne received his ninth Olivier for his choreography for Mary Poppins, while Paule Constable won his fifth Olivier for lighting design for the National Theater production The Ocean at the End of the Lane Sir Ian McKellen and lyricist Don Black both received special awards
The winners were announced at a virtual event at the London Palladium, hosted by Jason Manford and broadcast on YouTube and ITV This year’s nominations were announced in early March, with the ceremony initially scheduled to take place in April before being postponed due to the pandemic
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Cassidy Janson for & Juliet at Shaftesbury Theater
Best original score or new orchestrations
Dear Evan Hansen – Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Orchestration by Alex Lacamoire at the Noël Coward Theater
Emilia at the Vaudeville Theater
Best theater choreographer
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theater
A violin on the roof at the Playhouse Theater
Best Actor in a Musical
Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen at Noël Coward Theater
Miriam-Teak Lee for & Juliet at Shaftesbury Theater
Cunard Best Revival
Cyrano De Bergerac at the Playhouse Theater
White Light Award for the best lighting design
Paule Constable for The Ocean At The End Of The Lane at the National Theater – Dorfman
Best costume design
Blue-I Theater Technology Award for the best scenography
Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theater
Adrian Scarborough for Leopoldstadt at Wyndham’s Theater
Indira Varma for the current laugh at the Old Vic
Best actor
Andrew Scott for Present Laughter at The Old Vic
Sharon D Clarke for Death Of A Salesman at Young Vic and Piccadilly Theater
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell for Death Of A Salesman at Young Vic and Piccadilly Theater
Best New American Airlines Game
Leopoldstadt at Wyndham’s Theater
Dear Evan Hansen at Noël Coward Theater
Olivier Awards, Society of London Theater, Cher Evan Hansen, Andrew Scott
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