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Two high profile Broadway imports, Jersey Boys and August: Osage County drew multiple nominations for the 33rd annual Laurence Olivier Awards, to be presented on March 8 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Donmar Warehouse picked up a total of 13 Olivier nominations shared among four productions, The Chalk Garden, Ivanov, Piaf and Twelfth Night.

Jersey Boys earned five nominations, including Best New Musical (against only one other nominee, Zorro), Best Actor (Ryan Malloy as Frankie Valli), Best Director (Des McAnuff), Best Choreographer (Sergio Trujillo) and Best Sound Design. August: Osage County earned four Olivier nominations, including Best New Play, the newly created category Best Company Performance and Best Actress for Tony winner Deanna Dunagan. Dunagan will compete with Lindsay Duncan for That Face and Margaret Tyzack and Penelope Wilton, both in The Chalk Garden.

The new Best Company Performance award was created in response to the high level of ensemble productions in 2008. In addition to August: Osage County, the nominees include the casts of Black Watch, The Histories, The Norman Conquests and Sunset Boulevard.

Michael Gambon, already the recipient of four Olivier Awards, is nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in No Man’s Land along with his co-star David Bradley, Adam Godley for Rain Man and Derek Jacobi for Twelfth Night.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best New Play
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Black Watch by Gregory Burke
The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall
That Face by Polly Stenham

Best New Comedy
Fat Pig by Neil LaBute
The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton

Best Revival
The Chalk Garden
The Histories
The Norman Conquests

Best New Musical
Jersey Boys
Zorro

Best Musical Revival
La Cage aux Folles
Piaf
Sunset Boulevard
West Side Story

Best Actress
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Lindsay Duncan, That Face
Margaret Tyzack, The Chalk Garden
Penelope Wilton, The Chalk Garden

Best Actor
David Bradley, No Man’s Land
Michael Gambon, No Man’s Land
Adam Godley, Rain Man
Derek Jacobi, Twelfth Night

 

Best Actress in a Musical
Sofia Escobar, West Side Story
Kathryn Evans, Sunset Boulevard
Ruthie Henshall, Marguerite
Elena Roger, Piaf
Emma Williams, Zorro