Nominations for the Olivier Awards, British theatre’s most prestigious honours, have been introduced.
Fellow US stars Billy Crudup and John Lithgow are up in opposition to him within the class, together with UK stars Paapa Essiedu and Mark Sturdy.
Brody, Crudup, Essiedu and Lithgow are all first-time nominees.
In one of the best actress class, The Crown star Lesley Manville is up in opposition to Meera Syal, Indira Varma, Heather Agyepong and Rosie Sheehy.
Manville and Varma each nominated for taking part in the identical position in several productions of the Greek mythology traditional Oedipus
Fiddler On The Roof is that this yr’s most nominated manufacturing, with 13 nods.
It is up for finest musical revival, with outdated favourites together with Oliver!, Hiya Dolly and Starlight Categorical.
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Starlight Categorical. Pic: SOLT
Within the musical theatre performing classes, John Dagleish is up for finest actor for his position in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, a decade after his final win.
He is up in opposition to Myles Frost, Simon Lipkin, Jamie Muscato and Adam Dannheisser.
4-time Olivier winner Imelda Staunton is up for finest actress in a musical for her position in Hiya Dolly!, her 14th Olivier nomination and her eighth within the class.
She’s competing in opposition to Lara Pulver, Chumisa Dornford-Could, Lauren Drew and Clare Foster.
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Why Am I So Single? Pic: SOLT
Finest new play consists of Brody’s The Worry Of 13, together with Kyoto, Shifters, Big and The Years.
Big and The Years are tied for many nominated play this yr with 5 apiece.
Gina McKee is nominated for finest actress in a supporting position, alongside Romola Garai who’s double nominated in the identical class for her roles in Big and The Years.
Actress Sharon D Clarke makes up the class.
And in finest supporting actor, Ben Whishaw shall be battling it out in opposition to Jorge Bosch, Tom Edden, and Elliot Levey.
Sundown Boulevard was the large winner ultimately yr’s Olivier Awards, taking dwelling seven gongs and equalling the document for essentially the most prizes for a musical on the ceremony.
The 2025 Olivier Awards will happen on Sunday 6 April on the Royal Albert Corridor, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter.
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MJ The Musical. Pic: SOLT
Full record of nominations:
Mastercard Finest New Musical
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, music & lyrics by Darren Clark, e book & lyrics by Jethro Compton at Ambassadors Theatre
MJ The Musical, e book by Lynn Nottage at Prince Edward Theatre
Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812, music, lyrics & e book by Dave Malloy at Donmar Warehouse
Why Am I So Single?, music, lyrics & e book by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss at Garrick Theatre
Blue-i Theatre Know-how Award for Finest Set Design
Jon Bausor for Set Design, Toby Olié & Daisy Beattie for Puppetry Design and Satoshi Kuriyama for Projection Design for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Frankie Bradshaw for Set Design for Ballet Footwear at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Es Devlin for Set Design for Coriolanus at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Tom Scutt for Set Design for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
White Gentle Award for Finest Lighting Design
Paule Constable & Ben Jacobs for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Howard Hudson for Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Howard Hudson for Starlight Categorical at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Aideen Malone for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
TAIT Award for Finest New Opera Manufacturing
Duke Bluebeard’s Citadel by English Nationwide Opera at London Coliseum
Festen by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
L’Olimpiade by Irish Nationwide Opera & The Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
The Tales Of Hoffmann by The Royal Opera at Royal Opera Home
Excellent Achievement in Opera
Aigul Akhmetshina for her efficiency in Carmen at Royal Opera Home
Allan Clayton for his efficiency in Festen at Royal Opera Home
Jung Younger-doo for his course of Lear at Barbican Theatre
Finest Household Present
Brainiac Reside at Marylebone Theatre
Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at Apollo Theatre
The Nutcracker at Polka Theatre
Tough Magic at Shakespeare’s Globe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Finest New Manufacturing in Affiliate Theatre
Animal Farm at Theatre Royal Stratford East by George Orwell, tailored by Tatty Hennessy
Boys On The Verge Of Tears by Sam Grabiner at Soho Theatre
English by Sanaz Toossi at Kiln Theatre
Now, I See by Lanre Malaolu at Theatre Royal Stratford East
What We Speak About When We Speak About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander at Marylebone Theatre
Finest New Dance Manufacturing
Meeting Corridor by Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Younger at Sadler’s Wells
Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner by The Nationwide Ballet Of Canada at Sadler’s Wells
Theatre Of Desires by Hofesh Shechter Firm at Sadler’s Wells
An Untitled Love by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at Sadler’s Wells
Excellent Achievement in Dance
Sarah Chun for her efficiency in Three Brief Ballets at Royal Opera Home – Linbury Theatre
Tom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as a part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
Eva Yerbabuena for her efficiency in Yerbagüena at Sadler’s Wells
Finest Actor in a Supporting Position
Tom Edden for Ready For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Elliot Levey for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Ben Whishaw for Bluets at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Finest Actress in a Supporting Position
Sharon D Clarke for The Significance Of Being Earnest at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton
Romola Garai for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Romola Garai for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gina McKee for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Finest Theatre Choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Julia Cheng for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hofesh Shechter for Oedipus at The Previous Vic
Christopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Finest Costume Design
Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood at The London Palladium
Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Gabriella Slade for Starlight Categorical at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Finest Sound Design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Christopher Shutt for Oedipus at The Previous Vic
Thijs van Vuure for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away at London Coliseum
Excellent Musical Contribution
Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Extra Orchestrations for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Darren Clark for Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Preparations and Mark Aspinall for Musical Route, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Preparations for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Dave Malloy for Orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for Musical Supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Asaf Zohar for Compositions and Gavin Sutherland for Dance Preparations & Orchestration for Ballet Footwear at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Finest Actress in a Supporting Position in a Musical
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Satan Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre
Beverley Klein for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Finest Actor in a Supporting Position in a Musical
Andy Nyman for Hiya, Dolly! at The London Palladium
Raphael Papo for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Tom Xander for Imply Ladies at Savoy Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Finest New Leisure or Comedy Play
Ballet Footwear tailored by Kendall Feaver at Nationwide Theatre – Olivier
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright by Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith at Wyndham’s Theatre
Spirited Away tailored by John Caird & co-adapted by Maoko Imai at London Coliseum
Titanique by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle & Constantine Rousouli at Criterion Theatre
Sir Peter Corridor Award for Finest Director
Eline Arbo for The Years at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
Jordan Fein for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Nicholas Hytner for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Robert Icke for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Finest Actress
Heather Agyepong for Shifters at Duke of York’s Theatre
Lesley Manville for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Rosie Sheehy for Machinal at The Previous Vic
Meera Syal for A Tupperware Of Ashes at Nationwide Theatre – Dorfman
Indira Varma for Oedipus at The Previous Vic
Finest Actor
Adrien Brody for The Worry Of 13 at Donmar Warehouse
Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke at Ambassadors Theatre
John Lithgow for Big at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Mark Sturdy for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre
Cunard Finest Revival
The Significance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at Nationwide Theatre – Lyttelton
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell at The Previous Vic
Oedipus by Robert Icke at Wyndham’s Theatre
Ready For Godot by Samuel Beckett at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Piper-Heidsieck Award for Finest Musical Revival
Fiddler On The Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, e book by Joseph Stein at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hiya, Dolly!, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman, e book by Michael Stewart at The London Palladium
Oliver!, e book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, new materials & revisions by Cameron Waterproof coat at Gielgud Theatre
Starlight Categorical, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Finest Actor in a Musical
John Dagleish for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Myles Frost for MJ The Musical at Prince Edward Theatre
Simon Lipkin for Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre
Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Finest Actress in a Musical
Chumisa Dornford-Could for Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet Of 1812 at Donmar Warehouse
Lauren Drew for Titanique at Criterion Theatre
Clare Foster for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
Lara Pulver for Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Imelda Staunton for Hiya, Dolly! at The London Palladium
The Londoner Award for Finest New Play
The Worry Of 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino at Donmar Warehouse
Big by Mark Rosenblatt at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Royal Court docket Theatre
Shifters by Benedict Lombe at Duke of York’s Theatre
The Years tailored by Eline Arbo, in an English model by Stephanie Bain at Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre
