The results have been announced of the Theatregoers Awards organised
by the Whatsonstage website. The awards are the only ones voted for
by the theatregoing public. The winners are:
BEST ACTRESS (IN A PLAY)
Judi Dench – Hay
Fever at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (41% of the vote)
BEST ACTOR (IN A PLAY)
Kevin Spacey – A
Moon for the Misbegotten at the Old Vic (31% of the vote)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (IN A PLAY)
Helen Schlesinger – The
Crucible, RSC at the Gielgud (29% of the vote)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (IN A PLAY)
Colm Meaney – A
Moon for the Misbegotten at the Old Vic (33% of the vote)
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Idina Menzel – Wicked
at the Apollo Victoria (52% of the vote)
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Tim Curry – Monty Python’s
Spamalot at the Palace (39% of the vote)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Miriam Margolyes – Wicked
at the Apollo Victoria (49% of the vote)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Tom Goodman-Hill – Monty
Python’s Spamalot at the Palace (30% of the vote)
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Patrick Stewart – A
Christmas Carol at the Albery (Noël Coward) (53% of the
vote)
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Avenue Q -
at the Noël Coward (58% of the vote)
BEST TAKEOVER IN A ROLE
Patrick Swayze – Guys And Dolls at the Piccadilly (22%
of the vote)
THE NICK HERN BOOKS BEST NEW PLAY
Rock ‘N’ Roll
by Tom Stoppard - at the Royal Court & Duke of York’s (38%
of the vote)
BEST NEW COMEDY
The 39 Steps by Patrick
Barlow - at the Tricycle and Criterion (37% of the vote)
THE SUPERBREAK BEST NEW MUSICAL
Wicked - at the Apollo
Victoria (51% of the vote)
BEST PLAY REVIVAL
Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? - at the Apollo (27% of the vote)
THE CAMPO VIEJO BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
The Sound Of Music - at
the London Palladium (27% of the vote)
THE SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ BEST SHAKESPEAREAN PRODUCTION
As You Like It
- RSC at the Novello (21% of the vote)
BEST DIRECTOR
Trevor Nunn – The Gershwins’ Porgy
And Bess at the Savoy & Rock
‘N’ Roll at the Royal Court & Duke of York’s
(26.5% of the vote)
BEST SET DESIGNER
Eugene Lee - Wicked
at the Apollo Victoria (56% of the vote)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford - Evita
at the Adelphi (24% of the vote)
THE STUART PHILLIPS LONDON NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Connie Fisher - The Sound Of Music
at the London Palladium (46% of the vote)
BEST OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION
Little Shop Of Horrors
- at the Menier Chocolate Factory (52% of the vote)
BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION
Me And My Girl -
on tour (32% of the vote)
THE NOW MAGAZINE THEATRE EVENT OF THE YEAR
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? - leading to the first
West End star being cast via reality TV (29% of the vote)
