& Juliet and Come From Away win big at the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards
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Mar 2, 2020 | By
Jade Ali
Ever since the nominees were announced , fans went into a frenzy of voting for their favourites, and everyone waited eagerly for the winners to be announced. New musical & Juliet was nominated for a whopping 13 awards and took home 6 of them including Best Actress Musical (congratulations Miriam-Teak Lee ). Come From Away also did exceedingly well, winning 5 awards, including Best Musical (now that’s how you celebrate your 1st birthday in the West End!) Other winners include the likes of Andrew Scott and Claire Foy . Read below for the full list of winners…
The 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners
Best Actor
Andrew Scott for Present Laughter (Old Vic )
Best Actress
Claire Foy for Lungs (Old Vic )
Best Supporting Actor
Hammed Animashaun for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre )
Best Supporting Actress
Sophie Thompson for Present Laughter (Old Vic )
Best Actor in a musical
Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre )
Best Actress in a musical
Miriam-Teak Lee for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
Best Supporting Actor in a musical
Jack Loxton for Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre )
Best Supporting Actress in a musical
Rachel Tucker for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre )
Best New Play
Life of Pi (Sheffield Theatres ; transferring to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre )
Best Play Revival
Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre )
Best New Musical
Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre )
Best Musical Revival
Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre )
Best Off-West End Production
Falsettos (Other Palace )
Best Regional Production
The Color Purple (Leicester Curve )
Best Choreography
Kelly Devine for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre )
Best Costume Design
Paloma Young for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
Best Direction
Jamie Lloyd for Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre )
Best Graphic Direction
Dewynters for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
Best Lighting Design
Howard Hudson for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
Best Musical Direction
Ian Eisenbrath , Alan Berry and team for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre )
Best Set Design
Soutra Gilmour for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
Best Sound Design
Gareth Owen for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre )
Best Video Design
Andrzej Goudling for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre )
BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical
Six (Arts Theatre )