2013 Awards
The 2013 award season saw a number of high profile shows battle for the top crown. On Broadway the race was firmly set between Kinky Boots and Matilda, turning into a war between the UK and USA. When your show has Broadway Dahhhrling Harvey Fierstein attached, there really is no competition, and sadly Kinky Boots took home most of the prizes, despite having the worst British accents heard since Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Over in London it was a poor year for new musicals, but revivals scored well and Olivier Award hosts Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball took home the top gongs for ‘Sweeney Todd’.
| Category | Tony Awards 2013 results | 2013 Olivier Awards results |
| Best Play | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang | The Curious Incident… |
| Best Musical | Kinky Boots | Top Hat |
| Best Musical Revival | Pippin | Sweeney Todd |
| Best Actor | Tracy Letts in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Luke Treadaway – The Curious Incident… |
| Best Actress | Cicely Tyson in The Trip to Bountiful | Helen Mirren – The Audience |
| Best Actor (Musical) | Billy Porter in Kinky Boots | Michael Ball – Sweeney Todd |
| Best Actress (Musical) | Patina Miller in Pippin | Imelda Staunton – Sweeney Todd |
| Best Director | Diane Paulus for Pippin | |
| Best Choreographer | Jerry Mitchell for Kinky Boots | Bill Deamer – Top Hat |