Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival | |
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Awarded for | Best Musical Revival |
Location | ![]() |
Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
First awarded | 1991 |
Currently held by | Sunset Boulevard (2024) |
Website | officiallondontheatre |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 1991. From 1997 to 2007, the award was presented as Outstanding Musical Production.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]- ^ a b Due to late March 2020[1] to late July 2021[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[3]
Multiple awards and nominations
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Two awards
Nominations
[edit]Four nominations
- Three nominations
- Guys and Dolls
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Kiss Me Kate
- Show Boat
- South Pacific
- Sunset Boulevard
- Sweeney Todd
- Two nominations
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Anything Goes
- Evita
- Fiddler on the Roof
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- H.M.S. Pinafore
- Into the Woods
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The King and I
- My Fair Lady
- Oklahoma!
- Oliver!
- Singin' in the Rain
- The Sound of Music
- Tell Me on a Sunday
See also
[edit]- Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
- ^ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners 1976-2008" (.PDF). The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 2008-08-30.