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2001 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre in 2001 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.
| 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards |
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| Lyceum Theatre, London |
| All My Sons (4) |
| All My Sons (6) |
The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were presented by the Society of London Theatre in 2001 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, celebrating excellence in West End theatre.
Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.
| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
|---|---|
| Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness – Old Vic | |
| Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| My Zinc Bed by David Hare – Royal Court | Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse |
| Fosse – Prince of Wales | |
| The Beautiful Game – Cambridge | |
| The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane | |
| Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones – Duke of York's | |
| Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall – Whitehall | |
| House/Garden by Alan Ayckbourn – National Theatre Lyttelton / Olivier | |
| Peggy for You by Alan Plater – Comedy | Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier |
| H.M.S. Pinafore – Savoy | |
| The King and I – London Palladium | |
| The Mikado – Savoy | |
| The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air | |
| Conleth Hill as Charlie Conlon in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's | |
| Simon Russell Beale as Prince Hamlet in Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| Sean Campion as Jake Quinn in Stones in His Pockets – New Ambassadors / Duke of York's | |
| Michael Gambon as Davies in The Caretaker – Comedy | |
| Bill Nighy as Dr. Robert Smith in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe | Julie Walters as Kate Keller in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe |
| Jessica Lange as Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night – Lyric | |
| Helen Mirren as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Julia Ormond as Elsa in My Zinc Bed – Royal Court | |
| Harriet Walter as Sonia in Life x 3 – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| Daniel Evans as Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Jimmy Johnston as The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air | |
| Paul Robinson as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier | |
| David Shannon as John Kelly in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge | Samantha Spiro as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse |
| Nicola Hughes as Performer in Fosse – Prince of Wales | |
| Joanna Riding as Jane Smart in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane | |
| Josie Walker as Mary in The Beautiful Game – Cambridge | |
| Ben Daniels as Chris Keller in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor as Christopher in Blue/Orange – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Douglas Hodge as Aston in The Caretaker – Comedy | |
| Jason Watkins as Truffaldino in A Servant to Two Masters – Young Vic / New Ambassadors | Pauline Flanagan as Rima West in Dolly West's Kitchen – Old Vic |
| Gillian Barge as Agnes in Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Catherine McCormack as Ann Deever in All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Marcia Warren as Annie/Gramma in In Flame – New Ambassadors | |
| Miles Western as Miss West Coast in Pageant – Vaudeville | |
| Rosemary Ashe Felicia Gabriel in The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane | |
| Rebecca Thornhill as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier | |
| Taewon Yi Kim as Lady Thiang in The King and I – London Palladium | |
| Howard Davies for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Michael Grandage for Passion Play – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Nicholas Hytner for Orpheus Descending – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Trevor Nunn for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe / Olivier | |
| Ian Talbot for The Pirates of Penzance – Regent's Park Open Air | Bob Fosse and Ann Reinking for Fosse – Prince of Wales |
| Peter Darling for Merrily We Roll Along – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Stephen Mear for Singin' in the Rain – National Theatre Olivier | |
| Meryl Tankard for The Beautiful Game – Cambridge | |
| William Dudley for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Bunny Christie for Baby Doll – National Theatre Lyttelton / Albery | |
| Rob Howell for The Caretaker – Comedy | |
| Brian Thomson for The King and I – London Palladium | Alison Chitty for Remembrance of Things Past – National Theatre Cottesloe |
| Gregg Barnes for Pageant – Vaudeville | |
| Bob Crowley for Cressida – Albery and The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane | |
| Roger Kirk for The King and I – London Palladium | |
| Hugh Vanstone for The Cherry Orchard – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Graduate – Gielgud | |
| Howard Harrison for The Witches of Eastwick – Theatre Royal Drury Lane and To the Green Fields Beyond – Donmar Warehouse | |
| Mark Henderson for All My Sons – National Theatre Cottesloe | |
| Paul Pyant for Hamlet – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| Deborah Colker for choreographing Mix – Barbican | |
| Matthew Bourne for conceiving and dramatisating The Car Man – Old Vic | |
| Robert Parker in Shakespeare Suite, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Royal Opera House | |
| Michael Revie in Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells | Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito, Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu – Barbican |
| Indigo Rose, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells | |
| Mellantid, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Sadler's Wells | |
| Mozartina, Zürich Ballet – Sadler's Wells | |
| Amanda Holden and Mark-Anthony Turnage for creating The Silver Tassie – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| Gerald Finley in The Silver Tassie, English National Opera – National Theatre Lyttelton | |
| Kirov Opera for their season – Royal Opera House | |
| Stefanos Lazaridis for set designing The Greek Passion and the Italian season, English National Opera – London Coliseum | The Greek Passion, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House |
| Pelléas and Mélisande, English National Opera – London Coliseum | |
| The Coronation of Poppea, English National Opera – London Coliseum | |
| War and Peace, Kirov Opera – Royal Opera House |
The following 22 productions, including one ballet and two operas, received multiple nominations:
- 6: All My Sons
- 5: The Witches of Eastwick
- 4: Merrily We Roll Along, Singin' in the Rain, The Beautiful Game and The King and I
- 3: Blue/Orange, Fosse, Stones in His Pockets, The Caretaker and The Pirates of Penzance
- 2: Dolly West's Kitchen, Hamlet, Life x 3, Mozartina, My Zinc Bed, Orpheus Descending, Pageant, Passion Play, The Cherry Orchard, The Greek Passion and The Silver Tassie
The following three productions received multiple awards:
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4: All My Sons
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55th Tony Awards
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Olivier Winners 2001
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