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show's lead duo of U.S. singer Scherzinger, who rose to fame
with pop band The Pussycat Dolls, and Britain's Tom Francis were
named best actress and actor in a musical, while Jamie Lloyd won
the award for best director.
The Broadway-bound show, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, also
clinched the musical revival category, along with the best
lighting design, musical contribution and sound design awards at
the ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Scherzinger, who was born in Hawaii and raised in Kentucky,
portrays Norma Desmond, a one-time film star who longs for a
comeback, in the 1993 reinvention of the 1950 film, which
featured Gloria Swanson.
Australia's Sarah Snook followed up on her recent success
starring in the television series "Succession" by winning the
award for best actress for her role in "The Picture Of Dorian
Gray," which also claimed best costume design.
London's National Theatre won three awards, including best new
play for "Dear England," a portrayal of the English national
soccer team's perennial heartbreak, and best actor for Mark
Gatiss in "The Motive And The Cue," as director John Gielgud in
a difficult professional relationship with actor Richard Burton.
"Stranger Things, The First Shadow," a stage adaptation of part
of the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things," won the best new
entertainment or comedy play and set design categories.
The best new musical prize went to "Operation Mincemeat," which
tells the story of British military subterfuge during World War
Two.
(Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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