Kinky Boots, In the Heights, Oscar & Tony Winner Mark Rylance Top 2016 Olivier Nominations

Less than 12 hours after taking home an Oscar for Bridge of Spies, three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance earned an Olivier Award nomination for his leading performance in Farinelli and the King; the production is eyeing a New York bow later this year. Other Olivier nominees include Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh for The Winter’s Tale, Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet, Imelda Staunton for Gypsy (the production leads the nominations with a whopping eight), Nicole Kidman for Photograph 51 and Janet McTeer for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The Father, which will return to Broadway this spring with Frank Langella, is up for Best New Play, alongside Farinelli and the King, Hangmen and People, Places and Things. Two Tony-winning Best Musicals are up for Best New Musical for the London bow: In the Heights and Kinky Boots. Joining them in the category are Bend It Like Beckham and Mrs. Henderson Presents. The Olivier Awards ceremony will take place on April 3 at the Royal Opera House.

Best New Musical
Bend It Like Beckham
In the Heights
Kinky Boots
Mrs. Henderson Presents

Best Musical Revival
Bugsy Malone
Guys and Dolls
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Gypsy

Best New Play
Farinelli and the King
The Father
Hangmen
People, Places and Things

Best Revival
Hamlet 
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 
The Winter's Tale 

Best New Comedy
A Christmas Carol 
Hand To God at Vaudeville Theatre
Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre
Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Apollo Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical
Ian Bartholomew for Mrs Henderson Presents
Killian Donnelly for Kinky Boots
David Haig for Guys and Dolls
Matt Henry for Kinky Boots
Jamie Parker for Guys And Dolls

Best Actress in a Musical
Tracie Bennett for Mrs Henderson Presents
Natalie Dew for Bend It Like Beckham
Laura Pitt-Pulford for Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Imelda Staunton for Gypsy
Sophie Thompson for Guys and Dolls

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
David Bedella for In the Heights
Dan Burton for Gypsy
Peter Davison for Gypsy
Gavin Spokes for Guys and Dolls

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Preeya Kalidas for Bend It Like Beckham
Amy Lennox for Kinky Boots
Lara Pulver for Gypsy
Emma Williams for Mrs. Henderson Presents at Noël Coward

Best Actor
Kenneth Branagh for The Winter's Tale
Kenneth Cranham for The Father
Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet
Adrian Lester for Red Velvet
Mark Rylance for Farinelli and the King

Best Actress
Gemma Arterton for Nell Gwynn
Denise Gough for People, Places and Things
Nicole Kidman for Photograph 51
Janet McTeer for Les Liaisons
Lia Williams for Oresteia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Gatiss for Three Days in the Country
Michael Pennington for The Winter's Tale
Tom Sturridge for American Buffalo
David Suchet for The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Judi Dench for The Winter's Tale
Michele Dotrice for Nell Gwynn
Melody Grove for Farinelli and the King
Catherine Steadman for Oppenheimer

Best Director
Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh for The Winter's Tale
Matthew Dunster for Hangmen
Robert Icke for Oresteia
Jonathan Kent for Gypsy

Best Theatre Choreographer
Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright for Guys and Dolls
Drew McOnie for In the Heights
Stephen Mear for Gypsy
Jerry Mitchell for Kinky Boots

Best Costume Design
Gregg Barnes for Kinky Boots
Hugh Durrant for Nell Gwynn
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King
Katrina Lindsay for Bend It Like Beckham

Best Set Design
Hildegard Bechtler for Oresteia
Es Devlin for Hamlet
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King
Anna Fleischle for Hangmen

Best Lighting Design
Neil Austin for The Winter's Tale
Natasha Chivers for Oresteia
James Farncombe for People, Places and Things
Mark Henderson for Gypsy

Best Sound Design
George Dennis for The Homecoming
Tom Gibbons for People, Places and Things
Christopher Shutt for The Father
Christopher Shutt for Hamlet

Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Bend It Like Beckham—music by Howard Goodall, lyrics by Charles Hart, orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra
Farinelli and the King—Claire van Kampen for musical arrangements, the musicians and Iestyn Davies and the singers who alternated the singing role of Farinelli
In The Heights—music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Kinky Boots—music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Barbarians at The Clare
Phil Dunster for his role in Pink Mist
Pat Kinevane and Fishamble for Silent Violence and Son

Best Entertainment and Family
Alice's Adventures Underground
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
I Want My Hat Back
Peter Pan
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Best New Opera Production
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
The Force of Destiny
Morgen Und Abend

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for The Force of Destiny, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Queen of Spades
Felicity Palmer for The Queen of Spades
Sir Antonio Pappano for his conducting of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Guillaume Telland Król Roger
Tamara Wilson for The Force of Destiny

Best New Dance Production
He Who Falls (Celui Qui Tombe) by Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois
Romeo et Juliette by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Alessandra Ferri for her performances in Chéri and Woolf Works
Javier De Frutos for his choreography of Anatomy of a Passing Cloud
Sasha Waltz for her choreography of Sacre