WhatsOnStage Awards Winners Announced! #wosawards
Published on 17 February 2013
The winners of the 2013 Whatsonstage Awards have been announced. From a star-studded event at London's Palace Theatre this evening, with over 60,000 people taking part, here are the winners:
**The DIGITAL THEATRE Best Actress in a Play**
• Billie Piper - The Effect , Headlong at the National, Cottesloe
• Hattie Morahan - A Doll's House at the Young Vic
• Jill Halfpenny - Abigail's Party at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Wyndham's
• Julie Walters - The Last of the Haussmans at the National, Lyttelton
• Sally Hawkins - Constellations at the Royal Court Upstairs & Duke of York's
***• Sheridan Smith - Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic
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**The DIGITAL THEATRE Best Actor in a Play**
• Adrian Lester - Red Velvet at the Tricycle
• David Haig - The Madness of George III at the Apollo
• David Suchet - Long Day's Journey into Night at the Apollo
• Luke Treadaway - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time at the National, Cottesloe
• Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night & Richard III at Shakespeare's Globe & the Apollo
***• Rupert Everett - The Judas Kiss at Hampstead***
**The STAR Best Actress in a Musical**
• Emi Wokoma - Soul Sister at Hackney Empire & the Savoy
• Hannah Waddingham - Kiss Me, Kate at the Old Vic
• Heather Headley - The Bodyguard at the Adelphi
***• Imelda Staunton - Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi***
• Megan McGinnis - Daddy Long Legs at the St James
• Scarlett Strallen - Singin' in the Rain at the Palace
**The THEATRE TOKENS Best Actor in a Musical**
• Adam Cooper - Singin' in the Rain at the Palace
• Alex Bourne - Kiss Me, Kate at the Old Vic
• Lloyd Owen - The Bodyguard at the Adelphi
• Mark Umbers – Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory
***• Michael Ball – Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi***
• Tom Chambers - Top Hat at the Aldwych
**Best Supporting Actress in a Musical**
• Beverly Rudd & Suzie Chard - Soho Cinders at Soho
• Debbie Kurup - The Bodyguard at the Adelphi
• Katherine Kingsley - Singin' in the Rain at the Palace
***• Melanie C – Jesus Christ Superstar at the O2***
• Sian Phillips - Cabaret at the Savoy
• Vivien Parry - Top Hat at the Aldwych
**The W&P LONGREACH Best Supporting Actor in a Musical**
• Adam Garcia – Kiss Me, Kate at the Old Vic
• Daniel Crossley - Singin' in the Rain at the Palace
• Jon Robyns – Spamalot at the Harold Pinter & Playhouse
• Ricardo Afonso - Top Hat at the Aldwych
• Sam Buttery – Taboo at the Brixton Club House
***• Tim Minchin - Jesus Christ Superstar at the O2***
**Best Takeover in a Role**
• Danielle Hope - Les Misérables at the Queen's
• Dean Chisnall – Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Gina Beck – Wicked at the Victoria Apollo
• Oliver Tompsett – We Will Rock You at the Dominion
• Owain Arthur - One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
***• Ramin Karimloo - Les Misérables at the Queen's***
**Best New Musical**
• Daddy Long Legs by Paul Gordon & John Caird – at the St James
• Loserville by James Bourne & Elliot Davis – at the Garrick
• Soho Cinders by George Stiles, Anthony Drewe & Elliot Davis – at Soho
• Sweet Smell of Success by Marvin Hamlisch & John Guare – at the Arcola
***• The Bodyguard by Alex Dinelaris – at the Adelphi***
• Top Hat by Matthew White & Howard Jacques – at the Aldwych
**The RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN Best Musical Revival**
• Jesus Christ Superstar – at the O2
• Kiss Me, Kate – at the Old Vic
• Merrily We Roll Along – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Singin' in the Rain – at the Palace
***• Sweeney Todd – at the Adelphi***
• Taboo – at Brixton Club House
**The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year**
• Alex Lawther (actor) - South Downs at the Harold Pinter
• Joshua Miles (actor) - Bully Boy at the St James
• Lolita Chakrabarti (playwright) - Red Velvet at the Tricycle
• Maria Friedman (director) – Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Rob Brydon (actor) - A Chorus of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter
***• Will Young (actor) – Cabaret at the Savoy***
**The EQUITY Best West End Show**
***• Les Misérables – at the Queen's***
• Matilda the Musical – RSC at the Cambridge
• The Lion King – at the Lyceum
• The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty's
• War Horse – at the New London
• Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria
**The AKA Theatre Event of the Year**
***• Danny Boyle's Olympics Opening Ceremony***
• Jesus Christ Superstar's arena tour, following the ITV casting competition Superstar
• Mark Rylance returning to Shakespeare's Globe in Twelfth Night & Richard III
• The Globe to Globe season, all 37 plays in 37 different languages, as part of the World Shakespeare Festival
• The opening of the new state-of-the-art St James Theatre on the site of the demolished Westminster Theatre
• The premiere of the Susan Boyle bio-musical I Dreamed a Dream
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