Hamilton Sweeps Olivier Award Nominations

The nominees for the 2018 Olivier Awards were announced March 6. The Broadway transfer of Hamilton and the National Theatre revival of the musical Follies, directed by Dominic Cooke, lead the design categories with three nominations each. For Hamilton, Howell Binkley is nominated for lighting design; Nevin Steinberg for sound design; and Paul Tazewell for costume design. For Follies, Vicki Mortimer is nominated for both costume and set design; and Paule Constable for lighting design (Constable is also nominated for Angels in America).

Additional design nominees include:

Best Lighting Design
Jan Versweyveld, Network

Best Sound Design
Tom Gibbons, Hamlet
Gareth Owen, Bat Out of Hell: +The Musical
Eric Sleichim, Network

Best Costume Design
Hugh Durrant, Dick Whittington
Roger Kirk, 42nd Street

Best Set Design
Bunny Christie, Ink
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris
Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Network is a National Theatre production, based on the 1976 film, directed by Ivo Van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston; a New York transfer has been rumored. Bat Out of Hell is a jukebox musical featuring songs by Jim Steinman, many of which have been recorded by Meat Loaf. Dick Whittington is an example of panto, the only-in-Britain genre of Christmas holiday entertainments. Ink is new drama, by James Graham, about Rupert Murdoch's invasion of Fleet Street in the 1960s. The Ferryman, by Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem), is an extremely well-received drama that transfers to Broadway in the fall.

For more information on the Olivier Awards, please visit https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/mar/06/olivier-awards-2018-complete-list-of-nominations or the shortened URL below.