LONDON: Britain’s Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of theater with a pre-recorded event streamed online and on TV. Ian McKellen won a special Olivier — his seventh — for his one-man 80th birthday tour of the UK, staged before the pandemic as a fundraiser for regional theaters. “Fleabag” star Andrew Scott was named best actor in a play for his turn as a narcissist in “Present Laughter.”Sharon Clarke won best actress for “Death of a Salesman.”Choreographer Matthew Bourne won a record ninth Olivier, alongside collaborator Stephen Mears, for “Mary Poppins.”Best musical went to “Dear Evan Hansen.”

Source: Manila Times October 25, 2020 23:48 UTC