The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2017 Whatsonstage Award winners and nominees were:[1]
Best New Play
Best New Musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
The Flick
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures or iHo
The Mother
School of Rock
Aladdin
Dreamgirls
Groundhog Day
Half a Sixpence
Best Play Revival
Best Musical Revival
No Man's Land
The Boys in the Band (play)
The Deep Blue Sea (play)
The Dresser
Travesties
Funny Girl
Jesus Christ Superstar
Ragtime
Show Boat
Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor in a Play
Best Actress in a Play
Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Kenneth Branagh for The Entertainer
Ralph Fiennes for Richard III
Ian Hallard for The Boys in the Band
Ian McKellen for No Man's Land
Billie Piper for Yerma
Lily James for Romeo and Juliet
Pixie Lott for Breakfast at Tiffany's
Helen McCrory for The Deep Blue Sea
Michelle Terry for Henry V
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical
Charlie Stemp for Half a Sixpence
Michael C. Hall for Lazarus
Ramin Karimloo for Murder Ballad
Andy Karl for Groundhog Day
Michael Xavier for Sunset Boulevard
Amber Riley for Dreamgirls
Glenn Close for Sunset Boulevard
Carrie Hope Fletcher for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Devon-Elise Johnson for Half a Sixpence
Sheridan Smith for Funny Girl
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Freddie Fox for Travesties
Derek Jacobi for Romeo and Juliet
Jonjo O'Neill for Unreachable
Paul Thornley for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Poppy Miller for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Vanessa Redgrave for Richard III
Jenna Russell for Doctor Faustus
Meera Syal for Romeo and Juliet
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Trevor Dion Nicholas for Aladdin
Ian Bartholomew for Half a Sixpence
Adam J. Bernard for Dreamgirls
Tyrone Huntley for Jesus Christ Superstar
Joel Montague for Funny Girl
Emma Williams for Half a Sixpence
Sophia Anne Caruso for Lazarus
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Murder Ballad
Amy Lennox for Lazarus
Rebecca Trehearn for Show Boat
Best Direction
Best Choreography
John Tiffanyfor Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Rachel Kavanaugh for Half a Sixpence
Michael Mayer for Funny Girl
Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin
Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day
Andrew Wright for Half a Sixpence
Peter Darling and Ellen Kane for Groundhog Day
Drew McOnie for Jesus Christ Superstar
Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin
Casey Nicholaw for Dreamgirls
Best Set Design
Best Costume Design
Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Lez Brotherston for Show Boat
Miriam Buether for Wild
Bob Crowley for Aladdin
Rob Howell for Groundhog Day
Gregg Barnes for Aladdin
Gregg Barnes for Dreamgirls
Paul Brown for Half a Sixpence
Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Matthew Wright for Funny Girl
Best Lighting Design
Best Video Design
Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Charlie Morgan Jones for Little Shop of Horrors
Natasha Katz for Aladdin
Hugh Vanstone for Groundhog Day
Jack Weir for The Boys in the Band
Finn Ross and Ash Woodward for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Andrzej Goulding for Groundhog Day
Laura Perrett for Murder Ballad
Finn Ross for The Tempest
Tal Yarden for Lazarus
Best Off-West End Production
Best Regional Production
The Last Five Years
The Boys in the Band
Grey Gardens
Ragtime
Side Show
The Girls
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)
Flowers for Mrs. Harris
The Grinning Man
Rent
Best West End Show
Les Misérables& Wicked
Kinky Boots
Matilda
The Phantom of the Opera
Equity Award for Services to Theatre Society Special Award
Cameron Mackintosh
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