Olivier Awards Renames Prize Following Tribute Reel Oversight
The best director category will now honor Peter Hall, who died in September, after he was omitted from a video montage at this year's ceremony.
Today is Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Nikki M. James Natalie Hill Karl Kenzler Anderson Cooper Jeff Blumenkrantz Barbara Walsh Susan Pellegrino John Rothman Colleen Dewhurst Lili St. Cyr Leo Gorcey Jack Manning Dorothy Kilgallen William Douglas Home Ellen Corby Paulette Goddard Eddie Acuff Walter Hart Josephine Baker Dorothy Stone Maurice Evans Leighton K. Brill Alan Edwards Robert Edeson George Broadhurst Paul M. Potter Joanne Nail Edgar Daniels Charlotte Fairchild Ramon Galindo Charles Hart David Purdham Penelope Wilton Ian Hunter Edward Winter Grachan Moncur III Gavin Reed Derek Godfrey Dan Shapiro