Olivier Award Winners Announced - LEGALLY BLONDE Takes Best Musical

Submitted by Andy Propst on March 13, 2011 - 19:22
Sheridan Smith & Pongo in LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL © Ellie Kurttz

The winners of the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards have been announced.  Legally Blonde has piced up three awards, including Best New Musical, as ones for Sheridan Smith and Jill Halfpenny. 

In drama categories, Howard Davies won for the Best Director award for his staging of The White Guard at the National Theatre.  The production also picked up awards for Best Lighting (Neil Austin) and Set Design (Bunny Christie).  The Best New Play award has gone to Bruce Norris for Clybourne Park.

You can read more about the Oliviers at the official website:  >www.olivierawards.com

Also, here are some selected articles from other sources around the web:

 

Whatsonstage.com

NT Scoops Seven Oliviers, Blonde & Sondheim

The Independent

Sheridan Smith's night of triumph at Oliviers
Rob Sharp: The Lincolnshire-born actress won the Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical, with awards for Roger Allam and Stephen Sondheim.

David Lister: The right actors won – and few would disagree

Daily Telegraph

Laurence Olivier Awards: playwright Terence Rattigan honoured
The work of Terence Rattigan, the playwright who fell hopelessly out of fashion in the 1950s, made a triumphant comeback at the Laurence Olivier Awards.

The Guardian

Rattigan play wins four Oliviers
National Theatre's revival of 1939 drama is night's biggest success, alongside Legally Blonde and Stephen Sondheim