2000 Laurence Olivier Awards

2000 Laurence Olivier Awards
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The 2000 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2000 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Play of the Year	Best New Musical
Goodnight Children Everywhere by Richard Nelson – RSC at the Barbican Pit Perfect Days by Liz Lochead – Vaudeville Rose by Martin Sherman – National Theatre Cottesloe The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett – Queen's Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg – Donmar Warehouse	Honk – National Theatre Olivier Mamma Mia – Prince Edward Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly The Lion King – Lyceum
Best New Comedy	Best Entertainment
The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson – Vaudeville Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn – Lyric Quartet by Ronald Harwood – Albery	Defending the Caveman – Apollo Al Murray: The Pub Landlord – New Ambassadors Barefaced Chic – Theatre Royal Haymarket Soul Train – Victoria Palace
Outstanding Musical Production
Candide – National Theatre Olivier A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Regent's Park Open Air Dick Whittington – Sadler's Wells The Pajama Game – Victoria Palace
Best Actor	Best Actress
Henry Goodman in The Merchant of Venice – National Theatre Olivier / Cottesloe Roger Allam in Summerfolk – National Theatre Olivier Stephen Dillane in The Real Thing – Donmar Warehouse / Albery Michael Sheen in Look Back in Anger – National Theatre Lyttelton Antony Sher in The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican	Janie Dee in Comic Potential – Lyric Jennifer Ehle in The Real Thing – Donmar Warehouse / Albery Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van – Queen's Alison Steadman in The Memory of Water – Vaudeville
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Simon Russell Beale in Candide – National Theatre Olivier Rob Edwards in The Lion King – Lyceum Daniel Evans in Candide – National Theatre Olivier Ben Keaton in Animal Crackers – Lyric Gus MacGregor in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story – Strand	Barbara Dickson in Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Josette Bushell-Mingo in The Lion King – Lyceum Rachel Leskovac in Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Siobhan McCarthy in Mamma Mia – Prince Edward
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Roger Allam in Money – National Theatre Olivier Michael Bryant in Summerfolk – National Theatre Olivier Ron Cook in Juno and the Paycock – Donmar Warehouse Michael Williams in The Forest – National Theatre Lyttelton	Patricia Hodge in Money – National Theatre Olivier Anne-Marie Duff in Collected Stories – Theatre Royal Haymarket Estelle Kohler in The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican Kika Markham in A Song at Twilight – Gielgud
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Jenny Galloway in Mamma Mia – Prince Edward Joseph Alessi in Animal Crackers – Lyric Steven Houghton in Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Louise Plowright in Mamma Mia – Prince Edward Denis Quilley in Candide – National Theatre Olivier
Best Director	Best Theatre Choreographer
Trevor Nunn for Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice and Troilus and Cressida – National Theatre Olivier / Cottesloe David Levaux for The Real Thing – Donmar Warehouse / Albery Jeremy Sams for Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Julie Taymor for The Lion King – Lyceum	Garth Fagan for The Lion King – Lyceum Peter Darling for Candide – National Theatre Olivier Craig Revel Horwood for Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Stephen Mear for Soul Train – Victoria Palace
Best Set Designer
Rob Howell for Richard III – RSC at the Savoy, Troilus and Cressida – National Theatre Olivier and Vassa – Albery Maria Björnson for Plenty – Albery Lez Brotherston for Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly Richard Hudson for The Lion King – Lyceum
Best Costume Designer	Best Lighting Designer
Julie Taymor for The Lion King – Lyceum Rob Howell for Money and Troilus and Cressida – National Theatre Olivier Robert Jones for The Winter's Tale – RSC at the Barbican Elise Napier and John Napier for Candide – National Theatre Olivier	Mark Henderson for Plenty, Vassa – Albery, Spend, Spend, Spend – Piccadilly, Suddenly, Last Summer – Comedy, The Forest – National Theatre Lyttelton, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – RSC at the Barbican and The Real Thing – Donmar Warehouse / Albery Howard Harrison for Private Lives – National Theatre Lyttelton, Sleep with Me – National Theatre Cottesloe and The Tempest – RSC at the Barbican Donald Holder for The Lion King – Lyceum Peter Mumford for Collected Stories – Theatre Royal Haymarket, Richard III – RSC at the Savoy, Summerfolk – National Theatre Olivierand The Merchant of Venice – National Theatre Olivier / Cottesloe
Outstanding Achievement in Dance	Best New Dance Production
Jiří Kylián for the season, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 – Sadler's Wells Nina Ananiashvili in Don Quixote, Bolshoi Ballet – London Coliseum Pina Bausch for conceiving Viktor – Sadler's Wells David Bintley for choreographing Edward II, Birmingham Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells	Symphony of Psalms, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 – Sadler's Wells Sandpiper Ballet, San Francisco Ballet – Sadler's Wells The Cage, San Francisco Ballet – Sadler's Wells Viktor, Tanztheater Wuppertal – Sadler's Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Opera	Outstanding New Opera Production
English National Opera for their high standard of work – London Coliseum Kim Begley in Parsifal, English National Opera – London Coliseum Rosemary Joshua in Semele, English National Opera – London Coliseum Bryn Terfel in Falstaff, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House	Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera – Sadler's Wells Alcina, English National Opera – London Coliseum Parsifal, English National Opera – London Coliseum Semele, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement
Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

Productions with multiple nominations and awards

The following 23 productions, including two operas, received multiple nominations:

• 8: Spend, Spend, Spend and The Lion King
• 6: Candide
• 4: Mamma Mia, Summerfolk and The Real Thing
• 3: Money, The Merchant of Venice, The Winter's Tale and Troilus and Cressida
• 2: Animal Crackers, Collected Stories, Comic Potential, Parsifal, Plenty, Richard III, Semele, Soul Train, The Forest, The Lady in the Van, The Memory of Water, Vassa and Viktor

The following seven productions received multiple awards:

• 2: Candide, Money, Spend, Spend, Spend, The Lion King, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida and Vassa

See also

• 54th Tony Awards

External links

• Previous Olivier Winners – 2000