WhatsOnStage Awards Result

The result for 2011 WhatsOnStage Awards: The Theatregoers' Choice are out. Legally Blonde leads the pack with 4 awards including Best Musical and Best Actress which I'm really happy for. Its strongest contender was Love Never Dies which manages to win 2 awards for its actors, Ramin Karimloo and Joseph Millson as Phantom and Roaul respectively.

I am so glad that the UK Tour of Chess also won the Best Regional Production since I thought it was a very well-produced show. Wicked , with its strong fanbase, also wins 2 awards for Best West End Show and Best Takeover in a Role by Rachel Tucker, though not to my liking. I am really surprised at how high War Horse is in the Best West End Show category, maybe I need to check it out.

And yes, The 25th Anniversary Concert celebration of Les Miserables at the O2 wins 2 awards for Best Ensemble Performance (which I'm not sure whether it's really eligible) and, no doubt, theatre event of the year. I just wish Hair would win something.

Here are the results along with their votes percentage. I only show the whole category for the more-musical related ones but all winners list are shown at the bottom. Congratulations!

THE SEE TICKETS' BEST NEW MUSICAL
Legally Blonde 37.8%
Love Never Dies 32.0%
Fela! 9.5%
Flashdance 8.2%
Departure Lounge 6.4%
All the Fun of the Fair 6.0%

THE AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Les Miserables: 25th Anniversary Production 46.1%
Hair 15.6%
Sweet Charity 13.1%
Into the Woods 12.3%
Passion 6.6%
Bells Are Ringing 6.3%

THE BABY GRAND BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sheridan Smith in Legally Blonde 39.7%
Sierra Boggess in Love Never Dies 23.8%
Tamzin Outhwaite in Sweet Charity 14.8%
Elena Roger in Passion 8.4%
Anna-Jane Casey in Bells Are Ringing 7.2%
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt in Flashdance 6.1%

THE EMG BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Ramin Karimloo in Love Never Dies 32.3%
John Owen-Jones in Les Miserables: 25th Anniversary Production 27.4%
Alex Gaumond in Legally Blonde 18.2%
Mark Umbers in Sweet Charity 10.0%
Sahr Ngaujah in Fela! 8.0%
Michael Arden in Aspects of Love 4.2%

THE NURSING STANDARD BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jill Halfpenny in Legally Blonde 33.9%
Summer Strallen in Love Never Dies 27.1%
Hannah Waddingham in Into the Woods 16.5%
Josefina Gabrielle in Sweet Charity 8.8%
Scarlet Strallen in Passion 8.6%
Rosalie Craig in Aspects of Love 5.0%

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Joseph Millson in Love Never Dies 28.7%
Chris Ellis-Stanton in Legally Blonde 23.7%
Michael Xavier in Into the Woods 18.1%
Paul J. Medford in Sweet Charity 12.2%
Dave Willetts in Aspects of Love 9.2%
Tim Newman in All the Fun of the Fair 8.0%

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Les Miserables: 25th Anniversary Concert at The O2 57.1%
Hair 19.1%
When We Are Married 6.8%
Men Should Weep 6.4%
Posh 5.9%
Women, Power & Politics 4.8%

THE TAKE ONE MEDIA BEST TAKEOVER IN A ROLE
Rachel Tucker in Wicked 25.7%
Kerry Ellis in Oliver! 21.9%
Lee Mead in Wicked 15.1%
Ben Richards in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 13.7%
Griff Rhys-Jones in Oliver! 12.1%
Denise Van Outen in Legally Blonde 11.5%

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Jerry Mitchell in Legally Blonde 31.9%
Arlene Philips in Flashdance 24.2%
Stephen Mear in Shoes & Sweet Charity 13.3%
Karole Armitage in Hair 11.3%
Jason Gilkison in Burn the Floor 9.7%
Bill T. Jones in Fela! 9.6%

BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION
Chess on Tour 29.3%
42nd Street at the Chichester Festival Theatre 19.9%
Hamlet at Sheffield Crucible 19.0%
Lend Me a Tenor at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth 15.8%
Antony & Cleopatra at the Liverpool Playhouse 8.7%
A Raisin in the Sun at The Royal Exchange, Manchester 7.3%

THE EQUITY BEST WEST END SHOW
Wicked 26.3%
War Horse 20.7%
Les Miserables 17.7%
The Phantom of the Opera 15.4%
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 10.1%
Jersey Boys 9.8%

THE AKA THEATRE EVENT OF THE YEAR
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at The O2 & screened to cinemas worldwide 52.5%
The transformation of the Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo for The Railway Children 15.0%
Judi Dench returning to the role of Titania after 40 years for Sir Peter Hall in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose, Kingston 14.6%
The Donmar Warehouse "Sondheim at 80" concert 8.9%
The relaunch of the King's Head as London's first new opera house in 40 years 5.0%
Jellyfish, the UK's first recycled theatre, built on a playground in Southwark 4.1%

OTHER AWARDS RESULTS INCLUDE...
THE OBERON BOOKS BEST PLAY
Anne Boleyn 33.6%

BEST NEW COMEDY
Yes, Prime Minister 27.0%

THE RADISSON EDWARDIAN BEST PLAY REVIVAL
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 26.0%

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Zoe Wannamake in All My Sons 31.2%

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
David Suchet in All My Sons 23.2%

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tamsin Greig in The Little Dog Laughed 22.0%

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Nigel Lindsay in Broken Glass 23.7%

THE CAPITAL BREAKS BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Meera Syal in Shirley Valentine 25.5%

THE SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ BEST SHAKESPEAREAN PRODUCTION
Hamlet 28.6%

THE LAST SECOND TICKETS BEST DIRECTOR
Timothy Sheader in Into the Woods & The Crucible 25.7%

BEST SET DESIGNER
Joanna Scotcher in The Railway Children 31.8%

THE WHITE LIGHT BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
James Farncombe in Ghost Stories 31.6%

THE DEWYNTERS LONDON NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Jonathan Groff in Deathtrap 34.4%

THE LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE BEST OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION
La Boheme 33.0%