Nominees for Britain’s the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

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Nominees for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

LONDON — Nominations for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance in London:

New Play: “Enron”; “Jerusalem”; “The Mountaintop”; Red.”

New Comedy: “Calendar Girls”; “England People Very Nice”; “Parlour Song”; “The Priory.”

New Musical: “Dreamboats and Petticoats”; “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”; “Spring Awakening”; “Sister Act.”

Musical Revival: “Annie, Get Your Gun”; “Hello Dolly!”; “A Little Night Music”; “Oliver!”

Revival-Play: “Arcadia”; “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”; “The Misanthrope”; “A Streetcar Named Desire”; A View from the Bridge”; “Three Days of Rain.”

Actress-Play: Gillian Anderson, “A Doll’s House”; Lorraine Burroughs, “The Mountaintop”; Imelda Stanton, “Entertaining Mr. Sloane”; Juliet Stevenson, “Duet For One”; Rachel Weisz, “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

Actor-Play: James Earl Jones, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”; Jude Law, “Hamlet”; James McAvoy, “Three Days of Rain”; Mark Rylance, “Jerusalem”; Ken Stott, “A View From the Bridge”; Samuel West, “Enron.”

Actress-Musical: Melanie C, “Blood Brothers”; Patina Miller, “Sister Act”; Samantha Spiro, “Hello Dolly!”; Hannah Waddington, “A Little Night Music”; Charlotte Wakefield, “Spring Awakening.”

Actor-Musical: Rowan Atkinson, “Oliver!”; Aneurin Barnard, “Spring Awakening”; Bob Golding, “Morecambe”; Alexander Hanson, “A Little Night Music”; Tony Sheldon, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.”

Supporting Actor: Mackenzie Crook, “Jerusalem”; Rory Kinnear, “Burnt by the Sun”; Tim Pigott-Smith, “Enron”; Eddie Redmayne, “Red.”

Supporting Actress: Hayley Atwell, “A View From the Bridge”; Michelle Dockery, “Burnt by the Sun”; Alexandra Gilbreath, “Twelfth Night”; Keira Knightley, “The Misanthrope”; Rachael Stirling, “The Priory.”

Supporting Role-Musical: Sheila Hancock, “Sister Act”; Maureen Lipman, “A Little Night Music”; Kelly Price, “A Little Night Music”; Iwan Rheon, “Spring Awakening.”

Director: Rupert Goold, “Enron”; Michael Grandage, “Hamlet”; Lindsay Posner, “A View From the Bridge”; Ian Rickson, “Jerusalem”; Bijan Sheibani, “Our Class.”

Theater Choreography: Matthew Bourne, “Oliver!”; Bill T. Jones, “Spring Awakening”; Anthony Van Laast, “Sister Act”; Stephen Mear, “Hello Dolly!”

New Opera Production: “Der Fliegende Hollander,” Royal Opera; “Lulu,” Royal Opera; “Peter Grimes,” English National Opera; “Tristan Und Isolde,” Royal Opera.

New Dance Production: Russell Maliphant’s “Afterlight”; Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “E(equals)MC2″; Goldberg: The Brandstrup Rojo Project’s “ROH2″; Rambert Dance Company’s “A Linha Curva”; Fabulous Beast Dance’s “The Rite of Spring.”

Audience award for Most Popular Show: “Billy Elliot”; “The Phantom of the Opera”; “War Horse”; “We Will Rock You”; “Wicked.”