Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical

{{Infobox award

| name = Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Performance in a Musical

| awarded_for = Best Performance in a Musical

| presenter = Society of London Theatre

| location = {{ENG}}

| year = 1977

| year2 = 1978

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This commingled actor/actress award was introduced in 1977, was also presented in 1978, then in 1979 was replaced by newly created awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical.

On the two occasions that this commingled award was given, it was presented to an actress.

Award winners

=1970s=

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style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:10%;"\| Year ! style="width:30%;"\| Performer ! style="width:30%;"\| Musical ! style="width:30%;"\| Character
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 1977
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Anna Sharkey \| *Maggie* \| Maggie Wylie
Charles Augins \| Bubbling Brown Sugar \| Performer
Helen Glezer \| Bubbling Brown Sugar \| Performer
Wayne Sleep \| The Point! \| Oblio
rowspan="5" align="center"\| 1978
style="background:#B0C4DE" \| Elaine Paige \| *Evita* \| Eva Perón
David Essex \| Evita \| Che
Roy Hudd \| Oliver! \| Fagin
Stratford Johns \| Annie \| Oliver Warbucks

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style="background:#bebebe;"

! style="width:10%;"| Year

! style="width:30%;"| Performer

! style="width:30%;"| Musical

! style="width:30%;"| Character

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1977

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Anna Sharkey

| Maggie

| Maggie Wylie

Charles Augins

| Bubbling Brown Sugar

| Performer

Helen Glezer

| Bubbling Brown Sugar

| Performer

Wayne Sleep

| The Point!

| Oblio

rowspan="5" align="center"| 1978

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Elaine Paige

| Evita

| Eva Perón

David Essex

| Evita

| Che

Roy Hudd

| Oliver!

| Fagin

Stratford Johns

| Annie

| Oliver Warbucks

References

{{cite web | author=London Theatre Guide | title=The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008 | version=1976-2008 | pages=20 | format=.PDF | publisher=The Society of London Theatre | url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8 | year=2008 | access-date=2008-08-30}}

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Laurence Olivier Awards

Category:Theatre acting awards