2017 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 2017 Whatsonstage Award winners and nominees were:^[1]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child The Comedy About a Bank Robbery The Flick The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures or iHo The Mother	School of Rock Aladdin Dreamgirls Groundhog Day Half a Sixpence
Best Play Revival	Best Musical Revival
No Man's Land The Boys in the Band (play) The Deep Blue Sea (play) The Dresser Travesties	Funny Girl Jesus Christ Superstar Ragtime Show Boat Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor in a Play	Best Actress in a Play
Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Kenneth Branagh for The Entertainer Ralph Fiennes for Richard III Ian Hallard for The Boys in the Band Ian McKellen for No Man's Land	Billie Piper for Yerma Lily James for Romeo and Juliet Pixie Lott for Breakfast at Tiffany's Helen McCrory for The Deep Blue Sea Michelle Terry for Henry V
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Charlie Stemp for Half a Sixpence Michael C. Hall for Lazarus Ramin Karimloo for Murder Ballad Andy Karl for Groundhog Day Michael Xavier for Sunset Boulevard	Amber Riley for Dreamgirls Glenn Close for Sunset Boulevard Carrie Hope Fletcher for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Devon-Elise Johnson for Half a Sixpence Sheridan Smith for Funny Girl
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Freddie Fox for Travesties Derek Jacobi for Romeo and Juliet Jonjo O'Neill for Unreachable Paul Thornley for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Poppy Miller for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Vanessa Redgrave for Richard III Jenna Russell for Doctor Faustus Meera Syal for Romeo and Juliet
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Trevor Dion Nicholas for Aladdin Ian Bartholomew for Half a Sixpence Adam J. Bernard for Dreamgirls Tyrone Huntley for Jesus Christ Superstar Joel Montague for Funny Girl	Emma Williams for Half a Sixpence Sophia Anne Caruso for Lazarus Victoria Hamilton-Barritt for Murder Ballad Amy Lennox for Lazarus Rebecca Trehearn for Show Boat
Best Direction	Best Choreography
John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Rachel Kavanaugh for Half a Sixpence Michael Mayer for Funny Girl Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day	Andrew Wright for Half a Sixpence Peter Darling and Ellen Kane for Groundhog Day Drew McOnie for Jesus Christ Superstar Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin Casey Nicholaw for Dreamgirls
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Lez Brotherston for Show Boat Miriam Buether for Wild Bob Crowley for Aladdin Rob Howell for Groundhog Day	Gregg Barnes for Aladdin Gregg Barnes for Dreamgirls Paul Brown for Half a Sixpence Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Matthew Wright for Funny Girl
Best Lighting Design	Best Video Design
Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Charlie Morgan Jones for Little Shop of Horrors Natasha Katz for Aladdin Hugh Vanstone for Groundhog Day Jack Weir for The Boys in the Band	Finn Ross and Ash Woodward for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Andrzej Goulding for Groundhog Day Laura Perrett for Murder Ballad Finn Ross for The Tempest Tal Yarden for Lazarus
Best Off-West End Production	Best Regional Production
The Last Five Years The Boys in the Band Grey Gardens Ragtime Side Show	The Girls Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical) Flowers for Mrs. Harris The Grinning Man Rent
Best West End Show
Les Misérables & Wicked Kinky Boots Matilda The Phantom of the Opera
Equity Award for Services to Theatre Society Special Award
Cameron Mackintosh

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 Results WhatsOnStage. www.whatsonstage.com. en-GB. 16 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915043821/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2017-results/ . 15 September 2019 . dead.