WhatsOnStage Awards 2015: Nominees announced

Nominees have been announced for the 2015 WhatsOnStage Awards. Public voting is open now and closes on 31st January 2015. Winners will be announced on 15th February 2015 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

Miss Saigon leads with twelve nominations, closely followed by Memphis with ten and Urinetown with seven. Coriolanus and The Crucible are both nominated in six categories.

Best Actor in a Play

David Tennant, Richard II

Mark Strong, A View From the Bridge

Richard Armitage, The Crucible

Tom Bateman, Shakespeare in Love

Tom Hiddleston, Coriolanus

Best Actress in a Play
Billie Piper, Great Britain

Gillian Anderson, A Streetcar Named Desire

Helen McCrory, Medea

Imelda Staunton, Good People

Lucy Briggs-Owen, Shakespeare in Love

Best Actor in a Musical
Alistair Brammer, Miss Saigon

Jon Jon Briones, Miss Saigon

Killian Donnelly, Memphis the Musical

Marti Pellow, Evita

Robert Lindsay, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Best Actress in a Musical
Beverley Knight, Memphis the Musical

Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon 

Gemma Arterton, Made in Dagenham

Jenna Russell, Urinetown the Musical

Madalena Alberto, Evita

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Adrian Schiller, The Crucible

David Oakes, Shakespeare in Love

Hadley Fraser, Coriolanus

Mark Gatiss, Coriolanus

Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Anna Madeley, The Crucible

Deborah Findlay, Coriolanus

Nicola Walker, A View From the Bridge

Samantha Colley, The Crucible

Vanessa Kirby, A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Ben Forster, Evita

George Maguire, Sunny Afternoon

Hugh Maynard, Miss Saigon

Kwang-Ho Hong, Miss Saigon

Rolan Bell, Memphis the Musical

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Claire Machin, Memphis the Musical

Karis Jack, Urinetown the Musical

Katherine Kingsley, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Rachelle Ann Go, Miss Saigon

Samantha Bond, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Best New Play
Great Britain

King Charles III

The Nether

Shakespeare in Love

Wolf Hall

Best New Musical
Here Lies Love

Made in Dagenham

Memphis the Musical

Sunny Afternoon

Urinetown the Musical

Best Play Revival
Blithe Spirit

Coriolanus

The Crucible

Richard II

A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Musical Revival 
Evita

Miss Saigon

The Pajama Game

Porgy and Bess

Sweeney Todd

Best Direction
Christopher Ashley, Memphis the Musical

Gregory Doran, Richard II

Jamie Lloyd, Urinetown the Musical

Laurence Connor, Miss Saigon

Yaël Farber, The Crucible

Best Choreography 
Ann Yee, Urinetown the Musical

Bob Avian & Geoffrey Garratt, Miss Saigon

Drew McOnie, In the Heights

Jerry Mitchell, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Sergio Trujillo, Memphis the Musical

Best Set Design 
Bunny Christie, Made in Dagenham

David Gallo, Memphis the Musical

Nick Ormerod, Shakespeare in Love

Soutra Gilmour, Urinetown the Musical

Totie Driver & Matt Kinley, Miss Saigon

Best Lighting Design
Adam Silverman, Urinetown the Musical

Bruno Poet, Miss Saigon

Howell Binkley, Memphis the Musical

Jon Clark, Made in Dagenham

Mark Henderson, Coriolanus

Best Off-West End Production
Dogfight, Southwark Playhouse

Forbidden Broadway, Menier Chocolate Factory

In the Heights, Southwark Playhouse

Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions, Tabard Theatre

Sweeney Todd, Twickenham Theatre

Best Regional Production 
Guys and Dolls, Chichester Festival Theatre

Gypsy, Chichester Festival Theatre

The Kite Runner, Nottingham Playhouse 

Oliver!, Sheffield Crucible

Water Babies, Curve Leicester

Best Takeover in a Role
Craige Els, Matilda the Musical

David Hunter, Once

Jennifer DiNoia, Wicked

Kerry Ellis, Wicked

Michael Watson, Jersey Boys

Best West End Show
Les Misérables

Matilda the Musical

Memphis the Musical

Miss Saigon

Wicked

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