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The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards, the 20th, took place on Sunday, 1 March 2020 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. It was hosted by theatre star Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson and featured performances from all five nominees for Best New Musical, as well as the cast of The Color Purple.[1]
For the first time in the history of the awards show, the ceremony was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with hosts Elaine Paige and Ken Bruce providing backstage commentary and exclusive interviews with the winners, nominees and special guests. Additionally, a new category was introduced that was voted for by Radio 2 listeners which replaced the previous Best West End Show category. The Audience Award for Best Musical, was open to any musical has run for longer than one year in the West End.[2]
Max Martin's jukebox musical & Juliet at the received a record-breaking thirteen nominations at the ceremony and was the night's biggest winner, receiving six awards. For plays, the revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter received the most nominations with eight, winning two. Musical Come from Away was also notable for winning all five of the awards it was nominated for.[3]
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London s West End theatre 2020 WhatsOnStage AwardsDate1 March 2020LocationPrince of Wales TheatreHosted byJodie Prenger and Tom Read WilsonMost awards amp Juliet 6 Most nominations amp Juliet 13 Television radio coverageNetworkBBC Radio 2 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards 2022 The 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards the 20th took place on Sunday 1 March 2020 at the Prince of Wales Theatre It was hosted by theatre star Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson and featured performances from all five nominees for Best New Musical as well as the cast of The Color Purple 1 For the first time in the history of the awards show the ceremony was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with hosts Elaine Paige and Ken Bruce providing backstage commentary and exclusive interviews with the winners nominees and special guests Additionally a new category was introduced that was voted for by Radio 2 listeners which replaced the previous Best West End Show category The Audience Award for Best Musical was open to any musical has run for longer than one year in the West End 2 Max Martin s jukebox musical amp Juliet at the received a record breaking thirteen nominations at the ceremony and was the night s biggest winner receiving six awards For plays the revival of Noel Coward s Present Laughter received the most nominations with eight winning two Musical Come from Away was also notable for winning all five of the awards it was nominated for 3 Contents 1 Productions 2 Winners and nominees 3 Productions with multiple wins and nominations 3 1 Multiple wins 3 2 Multiple nominations 4 ReferencesProductions EditThe following productions received nominations at the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards amp Juliet Shaftesbury Theatre 9 to 5 Savoy Theatre Appropriate Donmar Warehouse Betrayal Harold Pinter Theatre The Book of Mormon Prince of Wales Theatre The Color Purple Curve Come from Away Phoenix Theatre Dear Evan Hansen Noel Coward Theatre Death of a Salesman Young Vic Piccadilly Theatre The Doctor Almeida Theatre Everybody s Talking About Jamie Apollo Theatre Evita Regent s Park Open Air Theatre Falsettos The Other Palace Fiver Southwark Playhouse Grief is the Thing with Feathers Barbican Theatre Hamilton Victoria Palace Theatre High Fidelity Turbine Theatre Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat London Palladium Les Miserables Sondheim Theatre Life of Pi Sheffield Theatres The Light in the Piazza Southbank Centre The Lion King Lyceum Theatre Lungs The Old Vic Mamma Mia Novello Theatre Mame Hope Mill Theatre Matilda the Musical Cambridge Theatre Mary Poppins Prince Edward Theatre A Midsummer Night s Dream Bridge Theatre My Beautiful Laundrette Curve Belgrade Theatre The Night of the Iguana Noel Coward Theatre Peter Pan Park Theatre The Phantom of the Opera Her Majesty s Theatre Only Fools and Horses The Musical Theatre Royal Haymarket Preludes Southwark Playhouse Present Laughter The Old Vic Romeo amp Juliet UK Tour Rosmersholm Duke of York s Theatre School of Rock Gillian Lynne Theatre Six Lyric Theatre Small Island National Theatre Live Thriller Live Lyric Theatre Tina Aldwych Theatre A Very Expensive Poison The Old Vic The View UpStairs Soho Theatre The Son Kiln Theatre Duke of York s Theatre Waitress Adelphi Theatre West Side Story Royal Exchange Wicked Apollo Victoria TheatreWinners and nominees EditThe nominees for the 20th WhatsOnStage Awards were announced on 5 December 2019 4 Best New Play Best New MusicalLife of Pi Appropriate The Doctor My Beautiful Laundrette The Son Come from Away amp Juliet Dear Evan Hansen Only Fools and Horses The Musical WaitressBest Play Revival Best Musical RevivalBetrayal A Midsummer Night s Dream Death of a Salesman Lungs Present Laughter Mary Poppins 9 to 5 Evita Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat MameBest Actor in a Play Best Actress in a PlayAndrew Scott for Present Laughter Tom Hiddleston for Betrayal Laurie Kynaston for The Son Wendell Pierce for Death of a Salesman Matt Smith for Lungs Claire Foy for Lungs Zawe Ashton for Betrayal Hayley Atwell for Rosmersholm Sharon D Clarke for Death of a Salesman Juliet Stevenson for The DoctorBest Actor in a Musical Best Actress in a MusicalSam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen David Hunter for Waitress Charlie Stemp for Mary Poppins Oliver Tompsett for amp Juliet Jac Yarrow for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Miriam Teak Lee for amp Juliet Tracie Bennett for Mame Lucie Jonesfor Waitress Katharine McPhee for Waitress Zizi Strallen for Mary PoppinsBest Supporting Actor in a Play Best Supporting Actress in a PlayHammed Animashaun for A Midsummer Night s Dream Charlie Cox for Betrayal Hareet Deol for My Beautiful Laundrette Giles Terera for Rosmersholm Alexander Vlahos for Peter Pan Sophie Thompson for Present Laughter Monica Dolan for All About Eve Isabella Pappas for Appropriate Indira Varma for Present Laughter Ria Zmitrowicz for The DoctorBest Supporting Actor in a Musical Best Supporting Actress in a MusicalJack Loxton for Dear Evan Hansen Oscar Conlon Morrey for Only Fools and Horses The Musical Jason Donovan for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jordan Luke Gage for amp Juliet Joe Sugg for Waitress Rachel Tucker for Come from Away Laura Baldwin for Waitress Cassidy Janson for amp Juliet Melanie La Barrie for amp Juliet Marisha Wallace for WaitressBest Direction Best Musical DirectionJamie Lloyd for Evita Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell for Death of a Salesman Robert Icke for The Doctor Matthew Warchus for Lungs Matthew Warchus for Present Laughter Ian Eisendrath Alan Berry and team for Come from Away Kimberly Grigsby for The Light in the Piazza Alex Parker for Mame John Rigby for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alan Williams for EvitaBest Choreography Best Sound DesignKelly Devine for Come from Away Fabian Aloise for Evita Matthew Bourne for Romeo amp Juliet Jennifer Weber for amp Juliet Nick Winston for Mame Gareth Owen for Come from Away Ben Harrison for Mame Nick Lidster for Evita Gareth Owen for amp Juliet Mick Potter for The Light in the PiazzaBest Set Design Best Costume DesignSoutra Gilmour for amp Juliet Soutra Gilmour for Evita Rob Howell for Present Laughter Robert Jones for The Light in the Piazza Rae Smith for The Night of the Iguana Paloma Young for amp Juliet Lez Brotherston for Romeo amp Juliet Rob Howell for Present Laughter Katrina Lindsay for Small Island Philip Whitcomb for MameBest Lighting Design Best Graphic DesignHoward Hudson for amp Juliet Jon Clark for Evita Ben Cracknell for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jessica Hung Han Yun for Equus Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone for Present Laughter amp Juliet DeWynters Captain Corelli s Mandolin Muse Communication Equus Feast Creative Evita Feast Creative Rosmersholm Bob King Creative Best Video DesignAndrzej Goulding for amp Juliet Jon Driscoll for Small Island Will Duke for Grief is the Thing with Feathers P J McEvoy for Falsettos Ewan Jones Morris for A Very Expensive PoisonBest Off West End Production Best Regional ProductionFalsettos Fiver High Fidelity Preludes The View UpStairs The Color Purple Life of Pi Mame My Beautiful Laundrette West Side StoryRadio 2 Audience Award for Best MusicalSix The Book of Mormon Everybody s Talking About Jamie Hamilton Les Miserables The Lion King Mamma Mia Matilda the Musical The Phantom of the Opera School of Rock Tina Thriller Live WickedEquity Award for Services to Theatre Society Special AwardLizzie Berrington and Polly Kemp ERA 50 50 Productions with multiple wins and nominations EditMultiple wins Edit 6 wins amp Juliet 5 wins Come from Away 2 wins Dear Evan Hansen Falsettos Present LaughterMultiple nominations Edit 13 nominations amp Juliet 8 nominations Evita Present Laughter 7 nominations Mame Waitress 5 nominations Come from Away Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 4 nominations Betrayal Death of a Salesman Lungs The Doctor 3 nominations Dear Evan Hansen Mary Poppins My Beautiful Laundrette Rosmersholm The Light in the Piazza 2 nominations Appropriate A Midsummer Night s Dream Equus Falsettos Life of Pi Only Fools and Horses The Musical Small Island The SonReferences Edit 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards Everything you need to know Whatsonstage com 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards Concert to be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 and feature new Audience Award for Best Musical Whatsonstage com 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners include Andrew Scott Claire Foy Come From Away and Six Whatsonstage com Retrieved 1 March 2022 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners include Andrew Scott Claire Foy Come from Away and Six Whatsonstage com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards amp oldid 1084654249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
