Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical explained

Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Performance in a Musical
Awarded For:Best Performance in a Musical
Presenter:Society of London Theatre
Year:1977
Year2:1978

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This commingled actor/actress award was introduced in 1977, was also presented in 1978, then in 1979 was replaced by newly created awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical.

On the two occasions that this commingled award was given, it was presented to an actress.

Award winners

1970s

YearPerformerMusicalCharacter
1977
Anna SharkeyMaggieMaggie Wylie
Charles AuginsBubbling Brown SugarPerformer
Helen GlezerBubbling Brown SugarPerformer
Wayne SleepThe Point!Oblio
1978
Elaine PaigeEvitaEva PerĂ³n
David EssexEvitaChe
Roy HuddOliver!Fagin
Stratford JohnsAnnieOliver Warbucks

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