Spring Awakening, Big Names Top 2010 Olivier Nominations

Nominations for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, the U.K.’s highest theatrical honor, are marked by Broadway transfers and big names. Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening is among the most-nominated shows (with seven), while other notable nominees include high-profile stars such as Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and James Earl Jones, as well as two new plays (Enron and Red) poised to cross the pond this spring. Though snubs can be hard to pinpoint with such far-reaching categories, the exclusion of the popular production of Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart (who was replaced by Roger Rees when the show reopened), is noticeable. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 21 at Grosvenor House in London.

Here are the nominations for the 2010 Olivier Awards.

BEST NEW MUSICAL
Dreamboats and Petticoats
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical
Spring Awakening
Sister Act

BEST NEW PLAY
Enron by Lucy Prebble
Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
Red by John Logan

BEST REVIVAL
Arcadia
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Misanthrope
A Streetcar Named Desire
A View from the Bridge
Three Days of Rain

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Annie Get Your Gun
Hello Dolly!
A Little Night Music
Oliver!

BEST NEW COMEDY
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
England People Very Nice by Richard Bean
Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth
The Priory by Michael Wynne

BEST ENTERTAINMENT
Change by Sean Foley
Enigma by Derren Brown and Andy Nyman
Morecambe Tim Whitnall

BEST ACTRESS
Gillian Anderson for A Doll's House
Lorraine Burroughs for The Mountaintop
Imelda Staunton for Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Juliet Stevenson for Duet For One
Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire

BEST ACTOR
James Earl Jones for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Jude Law for Hamlet
James McAvoy for Three Days of Rain
Mark Rylance for Jerusalem
Ken Stott for A View From The Bridge
Samuel West for Enron

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell for A View From The Bridge
Michelle Dockery for Burnt By The Sun
Alexandra Gilbreath for Twelfth Night
Keira Knightley for The Misanthrope
Rachael Stirling for The Priory
Ruth Wilson for A Streetcar Named Desire

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem
Rory Kinnear for Burnt By The Sun
Tim Pigott-Smith for Enron
Eddie Redmayne for Red

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Melanie C for Blood Brothers
Patina Miller for Sister Act
Samantha Spiro for Hello Dolly!
Hannah Waddingham for A Little Night Music
Charlotte Wakefield for Spring Awakening

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Rowan Atkinson for Oliver!
Aneurin Barnard for Spring Awakening
Bob Golding for Morecambe
Alexander Hanson for A Little Night Music
Tony Sheldon for Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Sheila Hancock for Sister Act
Maureen Lipman for A Little Night Music
Kelly Price for A Little Night Music
Iwan Rheon for Spring Awakening

BEST DIRECTOR
Rupert Goold for Enron
Michael Grandage for Hamlet
Lindsay Posner for A View from the Bridge
Ian Rickson for Jerusalem
Bijan Sheibani for Our Class

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne for Oliver!
Bill T Jones for Spring Awakening
Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act
Stephen Mear for Helly Dolly!

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Mark Henderson, Burnt by the Sun
Mark Henderson, Enron
Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Jon Clarke, Three Days of Rain

BEST SET DESIGN
Mark Thompson, England People Very Nice
Anthony Ward, Enron
Ultz, Jerusalem
Christopher Oram, Red

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Peter McKintosh, Hello Dolly!
Christopher Oram, Madame De Sade
Amy Roberts, The Misanthrope
Tim Chappel And Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert - The Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Christopher Shutt, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Ian Dickinson, Jerusalem
Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster, Mother Courage and Her Children
Brian Ronan, Spring Awakening

THE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR SHOW
Billy Elliot
The Phantom of the Opera
War Horse
We Will Rock You
Wicked

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Soho Theatre/ Tiata Fahodzi for Iya Ile (The First Wife)
The Tricycle Theatre for The Great Game
The Royal Court for Cock

BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Royal Operas Der Fliegende Hollnder
The Royal Operas Lulu
English National Operas Peter Grimes
The Royal Operas Tristan Und Isolde

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Anja Kampe in Der Fliegende Hollnder
Stuart Skelton in Operas Peter Grimes
Nina Steme in Tristan Und Isolde
Michael Volle in Lulu and Tristan Und Isolde

BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Russell Maliphants Afterlight
Birmingham Royal Ballets E=MC
Goldberg: The Brandstrup Rojo Project, ROH2
Rambert Dance Companys A Linha Curva
Fabulous Beast Dances The Rite of Spring

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Colin Dunne for his performance in Out of Time
Michael Hulls for his lighting designs for Russell Maliphants Two:Four:Ten and for Russell Maliphants Afterlight and for Ex Machina & Sylvie Guillems Eonnagata
Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work