2010 WhatsOnStage Awards explained

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 2010 WhatsOnStage Award nominees and winners were:^{[1] [2]}

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Jerusalem Burnt by the Sun Enron Punk Rock The Habit of Art The Mountaintop	Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Been So Long Dreamboats & Petticoats Sister Act Spring Awakening Thriller Live!
Best Play Revival	Best Musical Revival
A Streetcar Named Desire A View from the Bridge Arcadia Enjoy Three Days of Rain Waiting for Godot	Oliver! A Little Night Music Annie Get Your Gun Carousel Hello, Dolly! Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor in a Play	Best Actress in a Play
Jude Law for Hamlet David Harewood for The Mountaintop Dominic West for Life Is a Dream Ken Stott for A View from the Bridge Mark Rylance for Jerusalem Samuel West for Enron	Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire Alison Steadman for Enjoy Fiona Shaw for Mother Courage & Her Children Helen Mirren for Phedre Juliet Stevenson for Duet for One Lesley Sharp for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Rowan Atkinson for Oliver! Alexander Hanson for A Little Night Music Aneurin Barnard for Spring Awakening Jason Donovan for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Julian Ovenden for Annie Get Your Gun Tony Sheldon for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Patina Miller for Sister Act Charlotte Wakefield for Spring Awakening Hannah Waddingham for A Little Night Music Jane Horrocks for Annie Get Your Gun Kathryn Evans for Sunset Boulevard Samantha Spiro for Hello, Dolly!^[3]
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Patrick Stewart for Hamlet David Dawson for Comedians John Shrapnel for Phedre Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem Marc Warren for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice Simon Paisley Day for Entertaining Mr Sloane	Miriam Margolyes for Endgame Amanda Drew for Enron Carol Macready for Enjoy Hayley Atwell for A View from the Bridge Kate Fleetwood for Life Is a Dream Michelle Dockery for Burnt by the Sun
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Oliver Thornton for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Burn Gorman for Oliver! Clive Carter for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Daniel Crossley for Hello, Dolly! Gabriel Vick for A Little Night Music Iwan Rheon for Spring Awakening	Jodie Prenger for Oliver! Jessie Buckley for A Little Night Music Julia Sutton for Sister Act Lesley Garrett for Carousel Maureen Lipman for A Little Night Music Sheila Hancock for Sister Act
Best Set Designer	Best Lighting Designer
Brian Thomson for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Christopher Oram for A Streetcar Named Desire & Twelfth Night Lizzie Clachan for Money, Shunt & Treasure Island Miriam Buether for Judgment Day & When the Rain Stops Falling Peter McKintosh for Prick Up Your Ears, Entertaining Mr Sloane & Hello, Dolly! William Dudley for Peter Pan	Natasha Katz for Sister Act Johanna Town for Speaking in Tongues Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening Mark Henderson for Enron Mike Robertson for On the Waterfront Neil Austin for Life Is a Dream & Madame de Sade
Best Director	Best Choreographer
Trevor Nunn for Inherit the Wind & A Little Night Music Gregory Doran for Hamlet Ian Rickson for Parlour Song & Jerusalem Nicholas Hytner for Phedre & The Habit of Art Rupert Goold for Enron Sam Mendes for The Cherry Orchard & The Winter’s Tale	Ross Coleman for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Adam Cooper for Carousel and Shall We Dance Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act Bill T Jones for Spring Awakening Gary Lloyd for Thriller Live! Stephen Mear for Hello, Dolly!
Best Off-West End Production	Best Regional Production
The Pirates of Penzance F**king Men Forbidden Broadway Kursk Kurt & Sid Stovepipe	It’s a Wonderful Life Spend Spend Spend The Caretaker The Light in the Piazza The Winslow Boy
Best Solo Performance	Best Ensemble Performance
Derren Brown for Derren Brown: Enigma Alan Cumming for I Bought a Blue Car Today Clare Higgins for The Fever David Hare for Berlin Rob Brydon for Rob Brydon Live! Sadie Frost for Touched	On the Waterfront Arcadia Dancing Our Class The Great Game The Power of Yes
Best Takeover in a Role	Best Shakespearean Production
John Barrowman for La Cage aux Folles Brian Conley for Hairspray Edward Bennett for Hamlet Melanie C for Blood Brothers Omid Djalili for Oliver! Roger Allam for La Cage aux Folles	Hamlet All’s Well That Ends Well Hamlet Othello The Winters Tale Twelfth Night
London Newcomer of the Year	Best West End Show
Diana Vickers for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice Jaime Winstone for The Fastest Clock in the Universe Lenny Henry for Othello Nicholas Hoult for New Boy Patina Miller for Sister Act Tom Sturridge for Punk Rock	Wicked Billy Elliot Hairspray Jersey Boys Les Miserables Mamma Mia! The Lion King The Phantom of the Opera War Horse We Will Rock You

References

1. Web site: 2010-02-14 . Full List: 2010 Whatsonstage.com Award Winners . 2023-07-13 . en-US.
2. Web site: Rowntree . Janet E. . 2010-02-14 . Whatsonstage Awards 2010 West End Theatre . 2023-07-13 . www.westendtheatre.com . en-GB.
3. Web site: Seven Award Nominations for the 2010 Season . 2023-07-13 . Open Air Theatre . en.