1999 Laurence Olivier Awards

1999 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 1999 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1999 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Play of the Year	Best New Musical
The Weir by Conor McPherson – Royal Court Copenhagen by Michael Frayn – National Theatre Cottesloe / Duchess The Blue Room by David Hare – Donmar Warehouse The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess	Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Rent – Shaftesbury Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium Whistle Down the Wind – Aldwych
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment
Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson – National Theatre Lyttelton Alarms and Excursions by Michael Frayn – Gielgud Love upon the Throne by Patrick Barlow, Martin Duncan and John Ramm – Comedy Things We Do for Love by Alan Ayckbourn – Gielgud / Duchess	Do You Come Here Often – Vaudeville Much ado about Everything – Playhouse Steve Coogan Is the Man Who Thinks He's It – Lyceum Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass in Evil – Haymarket
Outstanding Musical Production
Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Annie – Victoria Palace Into the Woods – Donmar Warehouse Show Boat – Prince Edward
Best Actor	Best Actress
Kevin Spacey in The Iceman Cometh – Old Vic Michael Gambon in The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Iain Glen in The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Jim Norton in The Weir – Royal Court David Suchet in Amadeus – Old Vic	Eileen Atkins in The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Sinéad Cusack in Our Lady of Sligo – National Theatre Cottesloe Judi Dench in Filumena – Piccadilly Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Diana Rigg in Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
The cast of Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Adam Garcia in Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Clarke Peters in Chicago – Adelphi	Sophie Thompson in Into the Woods – Donmar Warehouse Krysten Cummings in Rent – Shaftesbury Maria Friedman in Chicago – Adelphi Josefina Gabrielle in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum
Best Performance in a Supporting Role	Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Brendan Coyle in The Weir – Royal Court Emma Fielding in The School for Scandal – RSC at the Barbican Adam Godley in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick – National Theatre Lyttelton Michael Sheen in Amadeus – Old Vic	Shuler Hensley in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Wilson Jermaine Heredia in Rent – Shaftesbury Jimmy Johnston in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Andrew Kennedy in Annie – Victoria Palace
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Howard Davies for The Iceman Cometh – Old Vic Sam Mendes for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Trevor Nunn for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Ian Rickson for The Weir – Royal Court	Susan Stroman for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Jody Abrahams and Loukmaan Adams for Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Peter Gennaro for Annie – Victoria Palace Arlene Philips for Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium
Best Set Designer
Anthony Ward for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Maria Björnson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery William Dudley for Amadeus – Old Vic and Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick – National Theatre Lyttelton Richard Hoover for Not About Nightingales – National Theatre Cottesloe Mark Thompson for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse and The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess
Best Costume Designer	Best Lighting Designer
William Dudley for Amadeus – Old Vic and The London Cuckolds – National Theatre Lyttelton Maria Björnson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery Bunny Christie for As You Like It – Globe Robert Jones for Henry VIII – RSC at the Young Vic	Hugh Vanstone for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse and The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Paule Constable for Amadeus – Old Vic and Uncle Vanya – RSC at the Young Vic Mark Henderson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery David Hersey for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
William Forsythe for the season, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells Trisha Brown for choreographing L'Orfeo – Barbican Bill T. Jones for We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor – Sadler's Wells Twyla Tharp for the season – Barbican	Enemy in the Figure, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells The Man with a Moustache, City of London Ballet – Sadler's Wells Room of Cooks, The Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
The Royal Opera House Orchestra for Le nozze di Figaro, The Bartered Bride and The Golden Cockerel Sandra Ford in The Tales of Hoffmann and Mary Stuart – London Coliseum René Jacobs for musical directing L'Orfeo – Barbican Andrew Shore in Gianni Schicchi and The Elixir of Love – London Coliseum	La clemenza di Tito, Welsh National Opera – Shaftesbury Boris Godunov, English National Opera – London Coliseum L'Orfeo, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie – Barbican Il trittico, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Society Special Award
Peter Hall

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 17 productions, including one ballet and one opera, received multiple nominations:

• 9: Oklahoma
• 6: The Blue Room
• 5: Amadeus and The Unexpected Man
• 4: Britannicus, Phèdre and The Weir
• 3: Annie, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, Kat and the Kings, L'Orfeo, Rent and Saturday Night Fever
• 2: Chicago, Into the Woods, The Iceman Cometh and We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor

The following five productions received multiple awards:

• 4: Oklahoma!
• 2: Kat and the Kings, The Iceman Cometh, The Unexpected Man and The Weir

See also

• 53rd 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 – 1999