Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | |
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Awarded for | Best Original Score or New Orchestrations |
Location | England |
Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
First awarded | 2014 |
Currently held by | Simon Hale (orchestrations) for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical (2022) |
Website | officiallondontheatre |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 2014, as Outstanding Achievement in Music, and was renamed to its current title in 2020.
Winners and nominees
2010s
2020s
Year | Production | Recipient | |
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2020 | |||
Dear Evan Hansen | Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul | ||
Waitress | Sara Bareilles | ||
Fiddler on the Roof | Jason Carr | ||
& Juliet | Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman | ||
Amélie | Barnaby Race | ||
2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[upper-alpha 1] | ||
2022[upper-alpha 1] | |||
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Simon Hale (orchestrations) | ||
Anything Goes | David Chase, Bill Elliott and Rob Fisher (orchestrations) | ||
Back to the Future: The Musical | Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (music and lyrics), Bryan Crook and Ethan Popp (orchestrations) | ||
Life of Pi | Andrew T. Mackay (music) |
- 1 2 Due to late March 2020[1] to late July 2021[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[3]
References
- ↑ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
- ↑ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
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