2013 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 2013 Whatsonstage Award winners and nominees were:^[1]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 55 Days Chariots of Fire Constellations Red Velvet The Effect	The Bodyguard Daddy Long Legs Loserville Soho Cinders Sweet Smell of Success Top Hat
Best Play Revival	Best Musical Revival
Abigail’s Party A Doll’s House Long Day’s Journey into Night Our Boys She Stoops to Conquer The Judas Kiss	Sweeney Todd Jesus Christ Superstar Kiss Me, Kate Merrily We Roll Along Singin’ in the Rain Taboo
Best Actor in a Play	Best Actress in a Play
Rupert Everett – The Judas Kiss Adrian Lester – Red Velvet David Haig – The Madness of George III David Suchet – Long Day’s Journey into Night Luke Treadaway – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night & Richard III	Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler Billie Piper – The Effect Hattie Morahan – A Doll’s House Jill Halfpenny – Abigail’s Party Julie Walters – The Last of the Haussmans Sally Hawkins – Constellations
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Michael Ball – Sweeney Todd Adam Cooper – Singin’ in the Rain Alex Bourne – Kiss Me, Kate Lloyd Owen – The Bodyguard Mark Umbers – Merrily We Roll Along Tom Chambers – Top Hat	Imelda Staunton – Sweeney Todd Emi Wokoma – Soul Sister Hannah Waddingham – Kiss Me, Kate Heather Headley – The Bodyguard Megan McGinnis – Daddy Long Legs Scarlett Strallen – Singin’ in the Rain
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Stephen Fry – Twelfth Night Adrian Scarborough – Hedda Gabler Andy Nyman – Abigail’s Party Kyle Soller – Long Day’s Journey into Night Mark Gatiss – The Recruiting Officer Tim McInnerny – Scenes from an Execution	Natalie Casey – Abigail’s Party Fenella Woolgar – Hedda Gabler Helen McCrory – The Last of the Haussmans Jenny Jules – Moon on a Rainbow Shawl Linda Bassett – In Basildon Sophie Thompson – The Physicists
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Tim Minchin – Jesus Christ Superstar Adam Garcia – Kiss Me, Kate Daniel Crossley – Singin’ in the Rain Jon Robyns – Spamalot Ricardo Afonso – Top Hat Sam Buttery – Taboo	Melanie C – Jesus Christ Superstar Beverly Rudd & Suzie Chard – Soho Cinders Debbie Kurup – The Bodyguard Katherine Kingsley – Singin’ in the Rain Sian Phillips – Cabaret Vivien Parry – Top Hat
Best Direction	Best Choreography
Jonathan Kent – Sweeney Todd Edward Hall – Chariots of Fire Gregory Doran – Julius Caesar Lindsay Posner – Abigail’s Party, Noises Off, Uncle Vanya Marianne Elliott – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Thea Sharrock – The Bodyguard	Andrew Wright – Singin’ in the Rain Bill Deamer – Top Hat Karen Bruce – Midnight Tango Nathan M Wright – Sweet Smell of Success Scott Ambler – Chariots of Fire Stephen Mear – Kiss Me, Kate
Best Set Design	Best Lighting Design
Tom Scutt – The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Constellations Bunny Christie – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Hildegard Bechtler – Scenes from an Execution Michael Taylor – The Ladykillers Miriam Buether – Chariots of Fire, Wild Swans, The Effect Tim Hatley – The Bodyguard	Mark Henderson – Sweeney Todd Humphrey McDermott – Let It Be Lee Curran – Constellations Patrick Woodroffe – Jesus Christ Superstar Paul Anderson – The Master & Margarita Paule Constable – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, This House
Best Original Music	Best London Newcomer of the Year
Sweet Smell of Success – Marvin Hamlisch Daddy Long Legs – Paul Gordon Soho Cinders – George Stiles The Last Session – Steve Schalchlin The Magistrate – Richard Sisson The Recruiting Officer – Michael Bruce	Will Young – Cabaret Alex Lawther – South Downs Joshua Miles – Bully Boy Lolita Chakrabarti – Red Velvet Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along Rob Brydon – A Chorus of Disapproval
Best Off-West End Production	Best Regional Production
Taboo Desire Under the Elms Mad About the Boy Shivered Steel Pier Uncle Vanya	American Idiot Company Gypsy Medea The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Wonderful Town
Best New Comedy	Best Shakespearean Production
The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan All New People by Zach Braff Birthday by Joe Penhall NSFW by Lucy Kirkwood People by Alan Bennett The Last of the Haussmans by Stephen Beresford	Twelfth Night Julius Caesar King Lear Much Ado About Nothing Richard III Timon of Athens
Best Takeover In A Role	Best West End Show
Ramin Karimloo – Les Misérables Danielle Hope – Les Misérables Dean Chisnall – Shrek The Musical Gina Beck – Wicked Oliver Tompsett – We Will Rock You Owain Arthur – One Man, Two Guvnors	Les Misérables Matilda the Musical The Lion King) The Phantom of the Opera War Horse Wicked
Best Solo Performance	Best Ensemble Performance
Idina Menzel – Idina Menzel at the Apollo Chris Larner – An Instinct for Kindness Cillian Murphy – Misterman Mark Quartley & Paul Chequer – Private Peaceful Roger Rees – What You Will Simon Callow – A Christmas Carol	Richard III & Twelfth Night Chariots of Fire Let It Be Our Boys The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The Ladykillers
Theatre Event of the Year
Danny Boyle’s Olympics Opening Ceremony Jesus Christ Superstar‘s arena tour, following the ITV casting competition Superstar Mark Rylance returning to Shakespeare’s Globe in Twelfth Night & Richard III The Globe to Globe season, all 37 plays in 37 different languages, as part of the World Shakespeare Festival The opening of the new state-of-the-art St James Theatre on the site of the demolished Westminster Theatre The premiere of the Susan Boyle bio-musical I Dreamed a Dream

Notes and References

1. Web site: - 2013 Results. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160120000737/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2013-results/ . 2016-01-20 . 2019-09-08.