London (AP) – American actor John Lithgow won the trophy for best actor on the London scene Olivier Awards Sunday for exploring the dark side of the writer for children Roald Dahl in “Giant”.
History in the back-biographical “The curious case of Benjamin Button” was named best new musical at prizes, the British equivalent of Broadway Tony price.
“Conclave” The Lithgow star added the olive tree to a prize -ceremony shelf which already includes several Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe trophies, for having portrayed the author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in the play by Mark Rosenblatt, which confronts the anti -Semitic views of Dahl.
“I think I’m going to vanish,” said an emotional lithgow, 79. He said he wanted to assure the British that the “special transatlantic relationship is still firmly intact”.
“It is not always easy to welcome an American among you, and at this particular moment, it is probably a little more complicated than usual,” he said.
Lesley Manvilleof which the curriculum vitae includes a passage as Princess Margaret in “The Crown”, won the prize for the best actress for her performance as a royal spouse shocked Jocasta to “Oedipus”. The modern reimagination of the director Robert Icke of the ancient Greek tragedy – which opens Broadway later this year – was named best rebirth of a room.
Imelda Staunton – Reine Elizabeth II in the last two seasons of “The crown” – won the fifth Olivier of her career, the best actress in a musical, for “Hello, Dolly!” The best actor of a musical went to John Dagleish as a holder who aged back in “Benjamin Button”. The musical is based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald who also inspired a 2008 film with Brad Pitt.
The olive trees were delivered during a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London organized by Broadway, TV and Runway Star Billy Porter And the singer of the British soul Beverley Knight.
Public stars included the recent winner of the Oscars Adrien Brody – an Olivier nominated for the best actor for the drama of the Rowl scene “The Fear of 13” – and Cate Blanchett, recently seen on the London scene in “The Seagull”.
“Giant” won three prizes, including the best new game. “Benjamin Button” also won three, as is a noisy outdoor production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Regent’s Park Open Theater, which was named best musical renewal.
Maununa Memon was appointed the best support actress in a musical for “Natasha, Pierre and the great comet of Tolstoy in 1812.” Layton Williams won the equivalent support actor for the Campy Celine Dion “titanic” celebration.
For the plays, support prizes have gone to Elliot Levey for “Giant” and Romola Garai for “The Years”. The Norwegian director Eline Arbo was appointed best director for “The Years”, an adaptation of the autobiographical book of Annie Ernaux d’Annie Ernaux.
The prices, which recognize the achievements in the theater, opera and dance, were founded in 1976 and appointed for the late actor-director Laurence Olivier. The winners are chosen by voting groups for stage professionals and theater lovers.
