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WhatsOnStage Awards – How we did

Last night (19th February) was the 17th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. It turned out to be a fantastic evening with live performances throughout and wonderfully hosted by Simonl Lipkin and Vikki Stone. We listed who we wanted to win and who we predicted would win. Here’s how we did ….

A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 

PREDICTED WINNER: 

Ian McKellen, No Man’s Land


Best Actress In A Play Sponsored By Live At Zedel:

OUR VOTE:

Lily James, Romeo and Juliet

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Billie Piper, Yerma


Best Actor In A Musical Sponsored By The Umbrella Rooms:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Charlie Stemp, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Michael Xavier, Sunset Boulevard


Best Actress In A Musical Sponsored By The Hippodrome Casino:

OUR VOTE:

Sheridan Smith, Funny Girl

PREDICTED WINNER:

Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard

Both wrong – went to Amber Riley, Dreamgirls


Best Supporting Actor In A Play:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Freddie Fox, Travesties


Best Supporting Actress In A Play Sponsored By Tonic Theatre:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best Supporting Actor In A Musical Sponsored By Encore Radio:

OUR VOTE:

Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Trevor Dion Nicholas, Disney’s Aladdin


Best Supporting Actress In A Musical Sponsored By Newman Displays:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Emma Williams, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Emma Williams, Half a Sixpence


Best New Play Sponsored By JHI Marketing:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best New Musical Sponsored By Shine Creative Solutions:

OUR VOTE:

Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Half a Sixpence

Both wrong – went to School of Rock

 


Best Play Revival:

OUR VOTE: 

The Dresser

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

No Man’s Land


Best Musical Revival Sponsored By R&H Theatricals:

OUR VOTE:

Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Funny Girl


Best Direction:

OUR VOTE:

Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best Choreography Sponsored By Encore Radio:

OUR VOTE:

Drew McOnie, Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Andrew Wright, Half a Sixpence


Best Costume Design:

OUR VOTE:

Paul Brown, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Gregg Barnes, Disney’s Aladdin


Best Set Design

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best Lighting Design Sponsored By White Light:

OUR VOTE:

Hugh Vanstone, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best Video Design Sponsored By PRG XL Video:

OUR VOTE:

Andrzej Goulding, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Best Off-West End Production Sponsored By Les Misérables:

OUR VOTE:

Grey Gardens

PREDICTED WINNER:

Ragtime

Both wrong – went to the Last Five Years

 


Best Regional Production Sponsored By MTI (Europe):

OUR VOTE:

Rent

PREDICTED WINNER: CORRECT

The Girls


Best West End Show Sponsored By The Wine Treasury:

OUR VOTE: CORRECT

Les Miserables

PREDICTED WINNER:

The Phantom of the Opera

The result this year was actually a tie between Les Miserables & Wicked

 

 

14 out of 21 Predictions correct

 

 

 

WhatsOnStage Awards – Predictions

It’s the 17th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards tonight and thespyinthestalls will be there. Here’s who we’d like to win and our predictions on who probably will win in the categories that those who matter most, i.e. you the paying public, got to vote for. We’ll post how we did, later in the week …

 

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian:

Ian Hallard, The Boys in the Band

Ian McKellen, No Man’s Land

Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Kenneth Branagh, The Entertainer

Ralph Fiennes, Richard III

 

OUR VOTE:

Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Ian McKellen, No Man’s Land

 


Best Actress In A Play Sponsored By Live At Zedel:

Billie Piper, Yerma

Helen McCrory, The Deep Blue Sea

Lily James, Romeo and Juliet

Michelle Terry, Henry V

Pixie Lott, Breakfast at Tiffany’s

 

OUR VOTE:

Lily James, Romeo and Juliet

PREDICTED WINNER:

Billie Piper, Yerma

 


Best Actor In A Musical Sponsored By The Umbrella Rooms:

Andy Karl, Groundhog Day

Charlie Stemp, Half a Sixpence

Michael C Hall, Lazarus

Michael Xavier, Sunset Boulevard

Ramin Karimloo, Murder Ballad

 

OUR VOTE:

Charlie Stemp, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Michael Xavier, Sunset Boulevard

 


Best Actress In A Musical Sponsored By The Hippodrome Casino:

Amber Riley, Dreamgirls

Carrie Hope Fletcher, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Devon-Elise Johnson, Half a Sixpence

Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard

Sheridan Smith, Funny Girl

 

OUR VOTE:

Sheridan Smith, Funny Girl

PREDICTED WINNER:

Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard

 


Best Supporting Actor In A Play:

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Derek Jacobi, Romeo and Juliet

Freddie Fox, Travesties

Jonjo O’Neill, Unreachable

Paul Thornley, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 

OUR VOTE:

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Freddie Fox, Travesties

 


Best Supporting Actress In A Play Sponsored By Tonic Theatre:

Jenna Russell, Doctor Faustus

Meera Syal, Romeo and Juliet

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Poppy Miller, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Vanessa Redgrave, Richard III

 

OUR VOTE:

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best Supporting Actor In A Musical Sponsored By Encore Radio:

Adam J Bernard, Dreamgirls

Ian Bartholomew, Half a Sixpence

Joel Montague, Funny Girl

Trevor Dion Nicholas, Disney’s Aladdin

Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar

 

OUR VOTE:

Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER:

Trevor Dion Nicholas, Disney’s Aladdin

 


Best Supporting Actress In A Musical Sponsored By Newman Displays:

Amy Lennox, Lazarus

Emma Williams, Half a Sixpence

Rebecca Trehearn, Show Boat

Sophia Anne Caruso, Lazarus

Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Murder Ballad

 

OUR VOTE:

Emma Williams, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Emma Williams, Half a Sixpence

 


Best New Play Sponsored By JHI Marketing:

The Comedy about a Bank Robbery

The Flick

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Intelligent Homosexuals Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

The Mother

 

OUR VOTE:

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best New Musical Sponsored By Shine Creative Solutions:

Disney’s Aladdin

Dreamgirls

Groundhog Day

Half a Sixpence

School of Rock

 

OUR VOTE:

Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Half a Sixpence

 


Best Play Revival:

The Boys in the Band

The Deep Blue Sea

The Dresser

No Man’s Land

Travesties

 

OUR VOTE:

The Dresser

PREDICTED WINNER:

No Man’s Land

 


Best Musical Revival Sponsored By R&H Theatricals:

Funny Girl

Jesus Christ Superstar

Ragtime

Show Boat

Sunset Boulevard

 

OUR VOTE:

Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER:

Funny Girl

 


Best Direction:

Casey Nicholaw, Disney’s Aladdin

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day

Michael Mayer, Funny Girl

Rachel Kavanaugh, Half a Sixpence

 

OUR VOTE:

Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER:

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best Choreography Sponsored By Encore Radio:

Andrew Wright, Half a Sixpence

Casey Nicholaw, Disney’s Aladdin

Casey Nicholaw, Dreamgirls

Drew McOnie, Jesus Christ Superstar

Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day

 

OUR VOTE:

Drew McOnie, Jesus Christ Superstar

PREDICTED WINNER:

Andrew Wright, Half a Sixpence

 


Best Costume Design:

Gregg Barnes, Disney’s Aladdin

Gregg Barnes, Dreamgirls

Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Matthew Wright, Funny Girl

Paul Brown, Half a Sixpence

 

OUR VOTE:

Paul Brown, Half a Sixpence

PREDICTED WINNER:

Gregg Barnes, Disney’s Aladdin

 


Best Set Design

Bob Crowley, Disney’s Aladdin

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Lez Brotherston, Show Boat

Miriam Buether, Wild

Rob Howell, Groundhog Day

 

OUR VOTE:

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

PREDICTED WINNER:

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best Lighting Design Sponsored By White Light:

Charlie Morgan Jones, Little Shop of Horrors

Hugh Vanstone, Groundhog Day

Jack Weir, The Boys in the Band

Natasha Katz, Disney’s Aladdin

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 

OUR VOTE:

Hugh Vanstone, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER:

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best Video Design Sponsored By PRG XL Video:

Andrzej Goulding, Groundhog Day

Finn Ross, The Tempest

Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Laura Perrett, Murder Ballad

Tal Yarden, Lazarus

 

OUR VOTE:

Andrzej Goulding, Groundhog Day

PREDICTED WINNER:

Finn Ross and Ash Woodward, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

 


Best Off-West End Production Sponsored By Les Misérables:

The Boys in the Band

Grey Gardens

The Last Five Years

Ragtime

Side Show

 

OUR VOTE:

Grey Gardens

PREDICTED WINNER:

Ragtime

 


Best Regional Production Sponsored By MTI (Europe):

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Flowers for Mrs Harris

The Girls

The Grinning Man

Rent

 

OUR VOTE:

Rent

PREDICTED WINNER:

The Girls

 


Best West End Show Sponsored By The Wine Treasury:

Kinky Boots

Les Miserables

Matilda

The Phantom of the Opera

Wicked

 

OUR VOTE:

Les Miserables

PREDICTED WINNER:

The Phantom of the Opera

 

 

 

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