1999 Laurence Olivier Awards
# 1999 Laurence Olivier Awards

The 1999 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1999 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

## Winners and nominees

Details of winners (in bold) and nominees, in each award category, per the Society of London Theatre.

| Play of the Year | Best New Musical |
| - | - |
| The Weir by Conor McPherson – Royal Court Copenhagen by Michael Frayn – National Theatre Cottesloe / Duchess The Blue Room by David Hare – Donmar Warehouse The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess | Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Rent – Shaftesbury Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium Whistle Down the Wind – Aldwych |
| Best New Comedy | Best Entertainment |
| Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson – National Theatre Lyttelton Alarms and Excursions by Michael Frayn – Gielgud Love upon the Throne by Patrick Barlow, Martin Duncan and John Ramm – Comedy Things We Do for Love by Alan Ayckbourn – Gielgud / Duchess | Do You Come Here Often – Vaudeville Much ado about Everything – Playhouse Steve Coogan Is the Man Who Thinks He's It – Lyceum Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass in Evil – Haymarket |
| Outstanding Musical Production |
| Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Annie – Victoria Palace Into the Woods – Donmar Warehouse Show Boat – Prince Edward |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Kevin Spacey as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman in The Iceman Cometh – Old Vic Michael Gambon as Parsky in The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Iain Glen as Various in The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Jim Norton as Jack in The Weir – Royal Court David Suchet as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus – Old Vic | Eileen Atkins as Woman in The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Sinéad Cusack as Mai O'Hara in Our Lady of Sligo – National Theatre Cottesloe Judi Dench as Filumena Marturano in Filumena – Piccadilly Nicole Kidman as Various in The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Diana Rigg as Agrippina and Phaedra in Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Mandisa Bardill, Junaid Booysen, Salie Daniels and Alistair Izobel (The Cast) as Kat Diamond, Bingo, Lucy, Ballie, The Narrator and Magoo in Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Adam Garcia as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium Hugh Jackman as Curly McLain in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Clarke Peters as Billy Flynn in Chicago – Adelphi | Sophie Thompson as The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods – Donmar Warehouse Krysten Cummings as Mimi Márquez in Rent – Shaftesbury Maria Friedman as Roxie Hart in Chicago – Adelphi Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey Williams in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum |
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Best Supporting Performance in a Musical |
| Brendan Coyle as Brendan in The Weir – Royal Court Emma Fielding as Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal – RSC at the Barbican Adam Godley as Kenneth Williams in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick – National Theatre Lyttelton Michael Sheen as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus – Old Vic | Shuler Hensley as Jud Fry in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Angel Dumott Schunard in Rent – Shaftesbury Jimmy Johnston as Will Parker in Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Andrew Kennedy as Rooster Hannigan in Annie – Victoria Palace |
| Best Director | Best Theatre Choreographer |
| Howard Davies for The Iceman Cometh – Old Vic Sam Mendes for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse Trevor Nunn for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Ian Rickson for The Weir – Royal Court | Susan Stroman for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Jody Abrahams and Loukmaan Adams for Kat and the Kings – Vaudeville Peter Gennaro for Annie – Victoria Palace Arlene Philips for Saturday Night Fever – London Palladium |
| Best Set Designer | Best Costume Designer |
| Anthony Ward for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum Maria Björnson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery William Dudley for Amadeus – Old Vic and Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick – National Theatre Lyttelton Richard Hoover for Not About Nightingales – National Theatre Cottesloe Mark Thompson for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse and The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess | William Dudley for Amadeus – Old Vic and The London Cuckolds – National Theatre Lyttelton Maria Björnson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery Bunny Christie for As You Like It – Globe Robert Jones for Henry VIII – RSC at the Young Vic |
| Best Lighting Designer |
| Hugh Vanstone for The Blue Room – Donmar Warehouse and The Unexpected Man – RSC at the Barbican Pit / Duchess Paule Constable for Amadeus – Old Vic and Uncle Vanya – RSC at the Young Vic Mark Henderson for Britannicus and Phèdre – Albery David Hersey for Oklahoma – National Theatre Olivier / Lyceum |
| Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Best New Dance Production |
| William Forsythe for the season, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells Trisha Brown for choreographing L'Orfeo – Barbican Bill T. Jones for We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor – Sadler's Wells Twyla Tharp for the season – Barbican | Enemy in the Figure, Ballett Frankfurt – Sadler's Wells The Man with a Moustache, City of London Ballet – Sadler's Wells Room of Cooks, The Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company – Sadler's Wells |
| Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Outstanding New Opera Production |
| The Royal Opera House Orchestra for Le nozze di Figaro, The Bartered Bride and The Golden Cockerel Sandra Ford in The Tales of Hoffmann and Mary Stuart – London Coliseum René Jacobs for musical directing L'Orfeo – Barbican Andrew Shore in Gianni Schicchi and The Elixir of Love – London Coliseum | La clemenza di Tito, Welsh National Opera – Shaftesbury Boris Godunov, English National Opera – London Coliseum L'Orfeo, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie – Barbican Il trittico, English National Opera – London Coliseum |
| Society Special Award |
| Peter Hall |

## Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 17 productions, including one ballet and one opera, received multiple nominations:

* 9: Oklahoma
* 6: The Blue Room
* 5: Amadeus and The Unexpected Man
* 4: Britannicus, Phèdre and The Weir
* 3: Annie, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, Kat and the Kings, L'Orfeo, Rent and Saturday Night Fever
* 2: Chicago, Into the Woods, The Iceman Cometh and We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor

The following five productions received multiple awards:

* 4: Oklahoma!
* 2: Kat and the Kings, The Iceman Cometh, The Unexpected Man and The Weir
