The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The results of the 2004 Whatsonstage Awards were:
Category Winner % of Vote Best Actress in a Play Kristin Scott Thomas - Three Sisters at the Playhouse 28% Best Actor in a Play Kenneth Branagh - Edmond at the NT Olivier 38% Best Supporting Actress in a Play Nicola Walker - Edmond at the NT Olivier 24% Best Supporting Actor in a Play Jim Broadbent - The Pillowman at the NT Cottesloe 31% Best Actress in a Musical Sally Ann Triplett - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 27% Best Actor in a Musical John Barrowman - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 29% Best Supporting Performance in a Musical Trevor Jary - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New London 24% Best Solo Performance Denise Van Outen - Tell Me on a Sunday at the Gielgud 32% Best Ensemble Performance A Midsummer Night's Dream - Propeller, Watermill at the Comedy 28% Best Takeover in a Role Ruthie Henshall - Chicago at the Adelphi 32% Best New Play Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson - at the Royal Court 24% Best New Comedy His Girl Friday, adapted by John Guare from The Front Page & the Columbia Pictures film - at the NT Lyttelton 36% Best New Musical Jerry Springer - The Opera by Richard Thomas & Stewart Lee - at the NT Lyttelton & Cambridge 43% Best Play Revival Edmond - at the NT Olivier 32% Best Musical Revival Anything Goes - at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 40% Best Shakespearean Production Henry V - at the NT Olivier 26% Best Director Trevor Nunn - Anything Goes, Love's Labour's Lost at the NT Olivier & The Lady from the Sea at the Almeida 42% Best Set Designer John Gunter - Anything Goes & Love's Labour's Lost at the NT Olivier 39% Best Choreographer Stephen Mear - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal Drury Lane 33% London Newcomer of the Year Benjamin Lake - Jerry Springer - The Opera at the NT Lyttelton & Cambridge 37% Best Overall Fringe Production The Lisbon Traviata - at the King's Head 23% Best Regional Production The Taming of the Shrew & The Tamer Tamed - RSC at the Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatres, Stratford 27% The Planet Hollywood Theatre Event of the Year The Travelex £10 season at the National Olivier 41%
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