Which musical, based on a children's novel, won seven Olivier Awards earlier this year, the most ever?
"the record set by ""Matilda the Musical"" in the 2012 ceremony by winning 7 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. The following productions, including one opera, received multiple nominations: ""Hamilton"" broke the record for most nominations by a single production with 13 nominations. This title was previously held by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" at the 2017 ceremony and ""Hairspray"" at the 2008 ceremony; both received 11 nominations. 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards The 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 8 April 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony was hosted by comedian and actress Catherine Tate."
"at the Cambridge Theatre and its Broadway premiere on 11 April 2013 at the Shubert Theatre. ""Matilda"" has received widespread critical acclaim and box-office popularity, winning seven 2012 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musicalat the time, the most such awards ever won by a single show. At the 2013 Olivier Awards, the show jointly held the record with the play ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" before both were overtaken by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 awards, however ""Matilda"" still holds the record for most Olivier awards won by a musical, tying"
"Cursed Child"" broke the record for winning the most awards by a single production, overtaking ""Matilda"" (2012) and ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" (2013) both winning seven. The following 18 productions, including one opera and two dances, received multiple nominations: ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" tied for most nominations by a single production with ""Hairspray"" at the 2008 ceremony. 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards The 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 9 April 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jason Manford. A highlights show was shown on ITV"
"in the West End on 12 March 2013. The production won 7 Olivier Awards in 2013 (including Best New Play), at the time equaling the record with ""Matilda the Musical"" in 2012, before both were surpassed by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 awards. During a performance on 19 December 2013, the ceiling of the Apollo Theatre collapsed causing the production to close. It reopened on 9 July 2014 at the Gielgud Theatre. The play closed at the Gielgud on 3 June 2017. The Broadway production debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on 5 October 2014"
"– 8; ""Angels in America"", ""Carousel"", and ""Once on This Island"" – 6; ""Three Tall Women"" – 5; ""Frozen"" and ""Prince of Broadway"" – 4; ""Farinelli and the King"" and ""Travesties"" 3;. The award winners were announced on May 7, 2018. Multiple winners are: ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" with six awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Play, and ""My Fair Lady"" with five awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical. ""SpongeBob SquarePants"", won the Outstanding New Broadway Musical, with two additional awards. Jocelyn Bioh, for ""School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play"" won the John Gassner Award. The"
"Oliver! Oliver! is an English musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. It premiered in the West End in 1960, enjoying a long run, and successful long runs on Broadway, tours and revivals, after being brought to the US by producer David Merrick in 1963. Major London revivals played from 1977–80, 1994–98, 2008–11 and on tour in the UK from 2011-13. Additionally, its 1968 film adaptation, directed by Carol Reed, was highly successful, winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture. A prominent musical in British popular culture,"
"""Oliver!"" received thousands of performances in British schools, particularly in the 1970s, when it was by far the most popular school musical. In 1963 Lionel Bart received the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Many songs are well known to the public. ""Oliver!"" was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. There had been two previous Dickens musicals in the 1950s, both of them television adaptations of ""A Christmas Carol"". The plot of Dickens' original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin being represented more as a"
"for outstanding musical and had set a record by winning the most Olivier Awards in history. Nevertheless, ""Kinky Boots"" won a season-high six Tonys, including Best Musical, which the press described as an upset, and Lauper's win for Best Score made her the first woman to win alone in that category. The creative team are Americans, and reviewer David Cote, an American writing in ""The Guardian"", judged that the show's win was a case of ""the balance of love going to a homegrown American musical, ""Kinky Boots"", over the British import ""Matilda""."" The other Tony wins were for best actor"
"children's book) won seven 2012 Olivier Awards. In 2017, ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" won nine Olivier Awards. The Royal Shakespeare Company, at Stratford-upon-Avon, produces mainly but not exclusively Shakespeare plays. Important modern playwrights include Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, John Osborne, Michael Frayn and Arnold Wesker. While the British national anthem ""God Save the Queen"" and other patriotic songs such as ""Rule, Britannia!"" represent the United Kingdom, each of the four individual countries of the UK also has its own patriotic hymns. Edward Elgar's ""Land of Hope and Glory"", and William Blake's poem ""And did"
"Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, and Best Sound Design of a Musical. On February 10, 2013, ""Once"" also took home Best Musical Theater Album at the 55th annual Grammy Awards. The musical toured the US, Toronto, Australia, Korea and London's West End where it was nominated for six Olivier Awards including Best Musical in 2014. In 2017, Patrick produced ""The Kid Stays in the Picture"", based on the memoir of the same name by"
"Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design and Best Choreographer. The production eventually won seven Olivier awards, thereby equalling ""Matilda the Musical's"" record win total in 2012. The play was also acclaimed with the Best New Play on 17 February 2013 at the Whatsonstage Awards. The Play also earned 6 Tony Award nominations in 2015, wining 5, the most of any play that year. Lyn Gardner of ""The Guardian"" wrote a rave review, commenting that ""There are times when the show comes perilously close to sentimentality, but the clarity of Christopher's gaze is so unflinching that it often"
"wins): 2007 Theatre World Award - Xanthe Elbrick (winner) Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Outer Critics Circle Award nominations (no wins): Coram Boy (play) Coram Boy is a play written by Helen Edmundson with music composed by Adrian Sutton, based on the 2000 children's novel of the same name by Jamila Gavin, an epic adventure that concerns the theme of child cruelty. The play is called a ""play with music"", rather than a musical. The action takes place in the eighteenth century. The benevolent Thomas Coram has recently opened a Foundling Hospital in London"
"Award. ""Laika the Spacedog"", a new opera for children aged 7 to 11, was awarded the ""David Bedford Music Education Award"" in 2012. It honours outstanding music education projects, and was given by The PRS For Music Foundation. ""Laika the Spacedog"" also won two awards for Best Production at the Armel International Opera Festival in Szeged, Hungary in 2013. The Best Production award as voted for by the members of the International Competition Jury, and Best Production from the Jury of the University of Szeged. In the Spring of 2014, ETO was the winner of an Olivier Award in the"
"the theatre, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and featuring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, who won an Olivier award for his performance in the title role. The piece is still playing at Her Majesty's, celebrating its 25th anniversary in October 2011 and surpassing 10,000 performances in October 2010. It is the second longest-running West End musical in history (after ""Les Misérables""). In a sign of its continuing popularity, ""Phantom"" ranked second in a 2006 BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the ""Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"". The musical is also the longest-running show on Broadway, was made"
"Criticism was also drawn to the decision to cast adults as the Golden Ticket winners instead of children, as well as the lackluster sets redesigned for Broadway. However, Christian Borle received widespread praise for his performance as Willy Wonka, even amongst negativity towards other aspects of the show. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at"
"describe it as ""worthy of the gods"". Frank Scheck, in reviewing the production for ""The Hollywood Reporter"", wrote that the musical ""proves far more enjoyable than the misbegotten or its "" and ""also provides an excellent if irreverent introduction to Greek mythology that just might persuade some kids to dig deeper."" The Lightning Thief (musical) The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is a 2017 musical with music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki, and a playbook by Joe Tracz. Based on the 2005 fantasy-adventure novel of the same name by Rick Riordan, the musical follows Percy Jackson, a teenager who"
"John Gielgud dominated British theatre of the mid-20th century. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named after Olivier, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. Lionel Bart's 1960 musical ""Oliver!"" (based on Charles Dickens novel) contains the songs ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"" and ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"". ""Oliver!"" has received thousands of performances in British schools since. In July 1962, a board was set up to supervise construction of a National Theatre in London, and a separate board was constituted to run a National Theatre"
"opened the following month. The West End production of ""Hamilton"" opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London in December 2017, winning seven Olivier Awards in 2018, including Best New Musical. The first U.S. national tour of the show began performances in March 2017. A second U.S. tour opened in February 2018. A third tour was announced on November 12, 2018. The play has two acts, telling Hamilton's story through major events. It tells Hamilton's life from beginning to end along with various other characters such as Lafayette, Aaron Burr and former president, Thomas Jefferson. The musical begins with the"
"opera. The new piece is a children’s version of the well-known opera of W. A. Mozart, The Abduction from the Seraglio. Although ’The Desert Island’ aims also on teenagers, the new premiere is for children between 6 and 10 years. It is directed by the Jászai Mari Award-laureate János Novák, head of Kolibri Theatre, and conducted by the Lantos Rezső-prize awarded Csaba Tőri. The cast, as always, will be composed from young singers between the age of 20 and 35 who will have to face some extraordinary challenges. Moltopera Company also puts great emphasis on giving lectures in schools, universities"
"with the music ""bright, conventional and homogenised"" while ""the book and lyrics follow a familiar pattern too"". The cast recording was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack or Cast Recording in 1989. Seven Little Australians (musical) Seven Little Australians is an Australian musical with music by David Reeves, lyrics by John Palmer and Reeves and book by Reeves, Palmer and Peter Yeldham. It is based on the classic Australian children's novel ""Seven Little Australians"" by Ethel Turner. David Reeves and Jim Graham, teachers from The Armidale School, first conceived a musical based on the children's novel ""Seven"
"second book for children, ""Baby Pie"" also received a paperback edition. He wrote the book and lyrics to the new musical ""Everybody’s Talking About Jamie"", which premiered at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in February 2017. On 21 June it was announced that the musical would transfer to the West End at the Apollo Theatre from 6 November 2017 to 21 April 2018 with most of the Crucible Theatre cast returning. Tom MacRae Tom MacRae (born 1980) is an English BAFTA and Olivier nominated screenwriter, author and playwright. He is the creator of Comedy Central's ""Threesome"". He has also written episodes"
"the record previously held by ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""The Lion King"" musical has grossed nearly as of 2017. As the sun rises, Rafiki the mandrill calls the animals to Pride Rock. She greets King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi before presenting their cub to the gathered animals (""Circle of Life""). Elsewhere, Mufasa's brother, Scar, laments his lost chance at becoming King. Back at her baobab tree, Rafiki paints an image of the cub and asks the spirits to conjure the new prince's name: Simba. Time passes and Simba grows into a lively young cub (""Grasslands Chant""). Mufasa shows Simba"
"of clothing company Primark. Williams and Guy Chambers will provide the music and lyrics (with a book by Mark Ravenhill) for the upcoming stage adaptation of David Walliams' children's book ""The Boy in the Dress"". The musical will be produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company where it will premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon for the Christmas 2019 season (before an anticipated transfer to London's West End in 2020). It has been claimed that Williams has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history and has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist to date. His"
"Children of Eden Children of Eden is a two-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis, with Act I telling the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, while Act II deals with Noah and the Flood. Though commercially the musical has had very little success, it is popular in community and regional theatres worldwide, due to its ability to accommodate a large or small cast, religious subject, and its universal themes of family and love.. The show's publisher, Music Theater International, reports"
"still running after 31 years, the longest running musical in the West End. Caird also wrote and directed ""Children of Eden"" with music by Stephen Schwartz which ran in the West End in 1996. Since being published by Music Theatre International in 1998 Children of Eden has now had over 2000 separate productions worldwide. Caird also wrote and directed ""Jane Eyre"" with music by Paul Gordon which played in La Jolla, Toronto and at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway from 1998–2000 and Leonard Bernstein's ""Candide"" which he adapted from the original Voltaire novel for the National Theatre season of"
"began running across the U.S. in October 2017. It features new scenic design, costumes & choreography. The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical) The Wizard of Oz is a musical with a book by John Kane, music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It has additional background music by Herbert Stothart. It is based on the novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film version written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Successful musicals based on the Baum novel were created in 1902 (for Broadway) and 1945 (for St. Louis"
"in history and becoming one of the few musicals to win in every category for which it was nominated – it received two nominations for leading actor and three for featured actor. Its record for most nominations was tied in 2009 by ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" and broken in 2016 when ""Hamilton"" received 16 nominations, but its record number of wins still stands, as of 2018. ""Hamilton"" is second, with 11 wins. The Producers (musical) The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks"
"book by Juster and Sheldon Harnick, produced by Opera Delaware in 1995. It was then revamped into a musical that had its debut to strong reviews at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and then made a national tour. ""The Phantom Tollbooth"" remains acknowledged as a classic of children's literature. Based on a 2007 online poll, the U.S. National Education Association named it one of ""Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children"". In 2012, it was ranked number 21 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ""School Library Journal"". In 2017, TriStar Pictures announced that Matt Shakman would direct"
"Michael Callan, Eleanor Reissa, Daniel Marcus, Kimberly Stern, and Reuben Schafer. A reading was held on January 26, 2007 at the Chelsea Studios, New York City, directed by Stafford Arima and featuring Faith Prince, Daniel Reichard and Peter Friedman. Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical) Bar Mitzvah Boy is a musical with a book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, and music by Jule Styne. Based on Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1 teleplay of the same name, it focuses on young Eliot Green who, filled with apprehension, escapes from the synagogue where he is about to make his bar mitzvah, much to"
"Frankenstein – A New Musical Frankenstein – A New Musical is a musical with music by Mark Baron, lyrics by Jeffrey Jackson, and a book by Jackson and Gary P. Cohen, based on the Mary Shelley novel of the same name. In this version of the famous story, when Frankenstein rejects his hideous Creature, the Creature takes its revenge on his creator's family; eventually both creator and Creature learn a lesson about love. The musical premiered off-Broadway in 2007, with a cast including Hunter Foster and Christiane Noll. Tours, regional and international productions have followed. Geneva, 1769; a child prodigy,"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in June 2013 and ran for 3 years and 7 months before closing in January 2017. The show was reworked for a Broadway production opening in April 2017 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran almost nine months before closing in January 2018. The"
"in the musical. In 2010-2014 several concert versions of the musical which reunited the original cast were presented in Kiev, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Paris and Beirut. In February 2016 it was announced that a revival of the original musical ""Notre Dame de Paris"" is scheduled to open in November 2016 in the Palais des Congrès in Paris, followed by a tour in France. ""Notre-Dame de Paris"", according to the ""Guinness Book of Records"", had the most successful first year of any musical ever. The score has been recorded at least seven times to date (2007): the original French concept album, which"
"by Peter Nigrini, and sound by Walter Trarbach. The musical has been updated to reflect current technology and practices, such as social media, cell phones, Twitter, a 24/7 news cycle and YouTube. Dave (musical) Dave is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by Benjamin and Thomas Meehan. Based on the 1993 American political comedy film of the same name written by Gary Ross, the musical made its world premiere try-out at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in July 2018. The musical centers on Dave Kovic, a high school teacher (and presidential look-alike)"