- Source: 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards
The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards, the 20th, took place on Sunday, 1 March 2020 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. It was hosted by theatre star Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson and featured performances from all five nominees for Best New Musical, as well as the cast of The Color Purple.
For the first time in the history of the awards show, the ceremony was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with hosts Elaine Paige and Ken Bruce providing backstage commentary and exclusive interviews with the winners, nominees and special guests. Additionally, a new category was introduced that was voted for by Radio 2 listeners which replaced the previous Best West End Show category. The Audience Award for Best Musical, was open to any musical has run for longer than one year in the West End.
Max Martin's jukebox musical & Juliet at the received a record-breaking thirteen nominations at the ceremony and was the night's biggest winner, receiving six awards. For plays, the revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter received the most nominations with eight, winning two. Musical Come from Away was also notable for winning all five of the awards it was nominated for.
Productions
The following productions received nominations at the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards:
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 20th WhatsOnStage Awards were announced on 5 December 2019.
Productions with multiple wins and nominations
= Multiple wins
=6 wins: & Juliet
5 wins: Come from Away
2 wins: Dear Evan Hansen, Falsettos, Present Laughter
= Multiple nominations
=13 nominations: & Juliet
8 nominations: Evita, Present Laughter
7 nominations: Mame, Waitress
5 nominations: Come from Away, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
4 nominations: Betrayal, Death of a Salesman, Lungs, The Doctor
3 nominations: Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Poppins, My Beautiful Laundrette, Rosmersholm, The Light in the Piazza
2 nominations: Appropriate, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Equus, Falsettos, Life of Pi, Only Fools and Horses The Musical, Small Island, The Son
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hayley Atwell
- Daisy Edgar-Jones
- Morfydd Clark
- Hannah Waddingham
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Andrew Garfield
- Rupert Grint
- Tom Burke
- Hayley Squires
- William Gao
- WhatsOnStage Awards
- 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards
- Rosalie Craig
- 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards
- Denise Gough
- & Juliet
- List of roles and awards of Jonathan Bailey
- 2001 WhatsOnStage Awards
- Charlie Stemp
- David Bedella