Harry Potter Stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint Win 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards Along With The Book of Mormon's Gavin Creel and More
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The winners of the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards, England's only major theater prize decided on by the public, were announced today in a ceremony at the Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Rufus Hound and Mel Giedroyc. Now in its 14th year, the awards allow theatergoers to cast their votes in 27 categories.
Highlights from this year's awards include wins for Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe (The Cripple of Inishmaan) and Rupert Grint (Mojo) in the categories of Best Actor in a Play and London Newcomer of the Year, respectively. Radcliffe's winning performance in Inishmaan will be seen on Broadway this spring. Broadway and West End behemoth The Book of Mormon also swept the awards, winning Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Gavin Creel, of Broadway's Hair), Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Stephen Ashfield), and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (Alexia Khadime). Beloved Brit Dame Helen Mirren was recognized for her performance in The Audience with the Best Actress in a Play award. Her castmate Haydn Gwynne (seen on Broadway in Billy Elliot) took home the accolade for Best Supporting Actress in a Play.
See the full list of 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards nominees and winners below (winners indicated in bold):
Best Actress in a Play
Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the NT Lyttelton
Hayley Atwell – The Pride at Trafalgar Studios
Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud
Suranne Jones – Beautiful Thing at the Arts
Tanya Moodie – Fences at the Duchess
Best Actor in a Play
Ben Whishaw – Peter and Alice at the Noël Coward and Mojo at the Harold Pinter
Daniel Radcliffe – The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Noël Coward
James McAvoy – Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios
Lenny Henry – Fences at the Duchess
Rory Kinnear – Othello at the NT Olivier
The POSTCARDS FROM PETE Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Cecilia Noble – The Amen Corner at the NT Olivier
Claudie Blakley – Chimerica at the Almeida and Harold Pinter
Gillian Hanna and Ingrid Craigie – The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Noël Coward
Haydn Gwynne – The Audience at the Gielgud
Naomi Frederick – The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Charles Edwards – Strange Interlude at the NT Lyttelton
Daniel Mays – Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse and Mojo at the
Harold Pinter
David Walliams – A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Noël Coward
Kyle Soller – Edward II at the NT Olivier
Richard McCabe – The Audience at the Gielgud
The STAR Best Actress in a Musical
Charlotte Wakefield – The Sound of Music at the Open Air
Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Rosalie Craig – The Light Princess at the NT Lyttelton
Scarlett Strallen – A Chorus Line at the London Palladium and Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Zrinka Cvitešić – Once at the Phoenix
The RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN Best Actor in a Musical
Declan Bennett – Once at the Phoenix
Douglas Hodge – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Gavin Creel – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales
Killian Donnelly – The Commitments at the Palace
Robert Lonsdale – From Here to Eternity at the Shaftesbury
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Alexia Khadime – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales
Amy Booth-Steel – The Light Princess at the NT Lyttelton
Iris Roberts – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Leigh Zimmerman – A Chorus Line at the London Palladium
Sophia Nomvete – The Color Purple at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Colman Domingo – The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic
James Dreyfus – Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Nigel Planer – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Ryan Sampson – From Here to Eternity at the Shaftesbury
Stephen Ashfield – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales
Best Solo Performance
Alex Jennings – Hymn at the NT Lyttelton and Duchess
Barry Humphries – Eat Pray Laugh! Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour at the London Palladium
Cush Jumbo – Josephine & I at the Bush
Leanne Best – The Match Box at the Tricycle
Rob Crouch – Oliver Reed: Wild Thing at the St James
The LES MISÉRABLES Best Ensemble Performance
A Chorus Line – at the London Palladium
The Drowned Man – at Temple Studios
Handbagged – at the Tricycle
Titanic – at Southwark Playhouse
The Weir – at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Takeover in a Role
Beverley Knight – The Bodyguard at the Adelphi
Carrie Hope Fletcher – Les Misérables at the Queen's
Geronimo Rauch – The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's
Mike Noble – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Apollo
Willemijn Verkaik – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
Best New Play
The Audience by Peter Morgan – at the Gielgud
Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – at the Almeida and the Harold Pinter
The Events by David Greig – at the Young Vic
The Herd by Rory Kinnear – at the Bush
Peter and Alice by John Logan – at the Noël Coward
The TICKETMASTER Best New Comedy
Barking in Essex by Clive Exton – at Wyndham's
Handbagged by Moira Buffini – at the Tricycle
Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense adapted by the Goodale Brothers – at the Duke of York's
The Lyons by Nicky Silver – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The Play that Goes Wrong by Henry Shields, Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer – at the Old Red Lion and Trafalgar Studios
Best New Musical
The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez – at the Prince of Wales
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman and David Greig – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
From Here to Eternity by Stuart Brayson, Tim Rice and Bill Oakes – at the Shaftesbury
The Light Princess by Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson – at the NT Lyttelton
Once by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová – at the Phoenix
The SAMUEL FRENCH Best Play Revival
Mojo – at the Harold Pinter
The Pride – at Trafalgar Studios
Private Lives – at the Gielgud
To Kill a Mockingbird – at the Open Air
The Weir – at the Donmar Warehouse
THE TICKET FACTORY Best Musical Revival
Candide – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Chess – at the Union
A Chorus Line – at the London Palladium
Merrily We Roll Along – at the Harold Pinter
The Sound of Music – at the Open Air
Best Shakespearean Production
Julius Caesar – at the Donmar Warehouse
Macbeth – at Trafalgar Studios
A Midsummer Night's Dream – at the Noël Coward
Othello – at the NT Olivier
The Tempest – at Shakespeare's Globe
The MANAGED NETWORKS Best Director
Jamie Lloyd – Macbeth, The Hothouse, and The Pride at Trafalgar Studios
John Tiffany – Once at the Phoenix
Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter
Michael Grandage – the Michael Grandage Season at the Noël Coward
Nicholas Hytner – Othello at the NT Olivier
The FEAST Best Set Designer
Es Devlin – Chimerica at the Almeida and Harold Pinter
Felix Barrett, Livi Vaughan and Beatrice Minns – The Drowned Man at Temple Studios
Mark Thompson – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Rae Smith – The Light Princess at the NT Lyttelton
Tim Goodchild – Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud
The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
Adam Silverman – Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios
Paule Constable – the Michael Grandage Season at the Noël Coward
Peter Mumford – Ghosts at the Almeida
Philip Gladwell – Limbo at the London Wonderground
Tim Lutkin – Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud
The CAPEZIO Best Choreographer
Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales
Javier de Frutos – From Here to Eternity at the Shaftesbury
Peter Darling – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Steven Hoggett – The Light Princess at the NT Lyttelton
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic
The AUTOGRAPH Award for Best Original Music
The Color Purple by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The Hush by Matthew Herbert – at the NT Shed
LIFT by Craig Adams – at the Soho
Once by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglova – at the Phoenix
The Scottsboro Boys by John Kander – at the Young Vic
The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year
Jack Huston – Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud
Kyle Scatliffe – The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic
Olivia Vinall – Othello at the NT Olivier
Rupert Grint – Mojo at the Harold Pinter
Tori Amos (composer) – The Light Princess at the NT Lyttelton
Best Off-West End Production
Adult Supervision – at the Park
#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei – at Hampstead
Scenes from a Marriage – at the St James
A Thousand Miles of History – at the Bussey Building
Titanic – at Southwark Playhouse
The TICKETS.COM Best Regional Production
Macbeth – at the Manchester International Festival
My Fair Lady – at Sheffield Crucible
The Prodigals – at the Belgrade, Coventry
Richard II – RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
To Sir, With Love – at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton and on tour
The EQUITY Best West End Show
Les Misérables – at the Queen’s
Matilda the Musical – RSC at the Cambridge
The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty’s
War Horse – at the New London
Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria
The ARTS ALLIANCE MEDIA Theatre Event of the Year
The Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre company season
The Michael Grandage season, with its seven headline stars
The National Theatre’s 50th anniversary gala, broadcast live on the BBC
The opening of the National’s Shed as a temporary performance space
Punchdrunk’s return to London with The Drowned Man
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