![]() ![]() Richard Eyre, the director who mounted the revival of “Ghosts” which got rave reviews and closed three weeks ago after 170 performances, got the nod for having produced the year’s best revival of a play. The award was presented to Garefino and co-producer Sonia Friedman by ABBA singers and creative team Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, after which the show ended with a medley of ABBA hits. “It’s one of those things where you pinch yourself,” Creel said after the awards, adding that when he was growing up in Ohio he used to walk around the kitchen dreaming of winning an award, and now he wouldn’t have to do that anymore. “To come to the West End for us was a privilege and this award is an absolute honour,” Anne Garefino, co-producer of “Book of Mormon” said in accepting the evening’s top award for the London theatre district production of the show by “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The play “Chimerica” examining the relations between China and America won best new play award for playwright Lucy Kirkwood and best director award for Lyndsey Turner, and overall was the biggest award winner, taking away five. ![]() LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - The London production of “Book of Mormon” won best musical at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, and its star Gavin Creel took home the award for best actor in a musical.Ī staging of Stephen Sondheim’s one-time flop “Merrily We Roll Along” won the award for best musical revival while an adaptation of Ibsen’s “Ghosts” was another big winner at Britain’s biggest night for theatre.
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