Nominations were announced for the 2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards, with
open voting to the public, and included a couple of actresses from the
Harry Potter film series, as well as two stars of the current London production of
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Voting is taking place now through December 8, 2017
right here, and the awards will be given out soon after.
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Best Actress in a New Production of a Play
• Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Wyndham's Theatre
• Imelda Staunton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Harold Pinter Theatre
• Maxine Peake, A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
• Rona Morison, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Southwark Playhouse
• Shirley Henderson, Girl from the North Country, Old Vic
• Tanya Moodie, Trouble in Mind, Ustinov Studio, Bath
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Best Long-running West End Show Performer (Female)
• Alice Fearn, Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre
• Carley Stenson, Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre
• Celinde Schoenmaker, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre
• Leanne Robinson, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre
• Rakie Ayola, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre
• Verity Rushworth, Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre
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Best Long-running West End Show Performer (Male)
• Ben Forster, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre
• Killian Donnelly, Les Misérables, Queen's Theatre
• KJ Hippensteel, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre
• Matthew Croke, Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre
• Nick Afoa, The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre
• Samuel Blenkin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre
Many congratulations to the nominees (full list
here), including Rakie Ayola (Hermione Granger), Samuel Blenkin (Scorpius Malfoy), Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge in the films), and Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle in the films).