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This year’s edition of the UK theater world’s Olivier Awards, which had been set for April 5 at Royal Albert Hall in London, has been canceled. Organizer the Society of London Theatre made the call Tuesday as the UK government ramped up its restrictions in the fight against coronavirus. “Following the government's new…

Nominations for the 2019 Olivier Awards were unveiled today in London with Marianne Elliott's gender-switched production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company tying Broadway transfer Come From Away to lead the pack of musicals with nine nods each. On the drama side, Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance is the most nominated with…

Following the accidental omission of UK theater titan Peter Hall from the In Memoriam section of Sunday's Olivier Awards, event organizer the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has taken action. Not only have they issued a statement apologizing “unreservedly for this serious error,” they have also taken the decision to…

Hamilton‘s revolutionary run is recording more milestones in the UK, with the Lin-Manuel Miranda show collecting seven Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. On the drama side, Jez Butterworth's Northern Irish drama The Ferryman was named Best New Play. It also snagged a Best Director Olivier for Sam Mendes and…

The 2018 Olivier Awards nominations are led by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenom Hamilton with a record-breaking 13. That takes the crown from Harry Potter And The Cursed Child which last year scored 11 (tying with 2008’s Hairspray). Also notable among today’s reveal are first-time nominations for such talent as Bryan Cranst…

The 2017 Olivier Awards were held this evening in London with Harry Potter And The Cursed Child conjuring a record-breaking nine wins including Best New Play. Coming into tonight, it was already the most-nominated new play in Olivier history with 11 total. Its nine trophies see Cursed Child overtake Matilda and The Cur…

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the most-nominated new play in Olivier Award history, scoring a record-breaking 11 nominations for this year's edition. Nominees for the British theater's most prestigious prizes were unveiled Monday afternoon in London, seeing the two-part Potter extravaganza tie with the record…

Kenneth Branagh has been set to receive the Special Award at the Olivier Awards on April 9 in London. The honor is being presented in recognition of his outstanding contribution to British theater. Branagh has a long history with the Oliviers, first receiving the Best Newcomer statue in 1982. Most recently, the…

Lin-Manuel Miranda just can’t stop winning awards. The current London production of In the Heights — the Broadway show he conceived, wrote, scored and starred in before doing the same for current musico-historico blockbuster Hamilton — won the Olivier Award Sunday for best score. In the Heights choreographer Drew…

Hard on the heels of his surprise Oscar win last night for Bridge Of Spies, Mark Rylance this morning came up with an Olivier Awards nomination for best actor in Farinelli And The King, in which he played King Phillipe V of Spain. The drama, which received six nominations including best play, was written by Claire Van…

Veteran actress Angela Lansbury is a multi-Tony Award winner, but only just picked up her first Olivier. British theater’s most prestigious prizes were handed out tonight in London with Lansbury winning for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. The play marked her return to the London…

Nominees for British theater’s most prestigious prizes, the Olivier Awards, were announced this afternoon in London with several well-known names in the bunch. Notable acting mentions include The Imitation Game‘s Mark Strong as Best Actor in A View From The Bridge and James McAvoy in the same category for The Ruling Cl…