Hairspray was named best new musical at the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony in London Sunday night.

By Jerome Taylor The stars of London's West End turned out in force last night for the annual Laurence Olivier Awards. The musical Hairspray continued its domination of the gongs circuit, adding four Oliviers to its cache of eight Tonys.

Michael Ball The actor and singer is nominated for Best Actor in a Musical at tonight's Laurence Olivier Awards for his role in 'Hairspray' which has 11 nominations Muhammad Ali Sonia Katchian's photographic studies of the heavyweight boxing great go on display from Friday at London's Proud Central gallery.

LONDON (Reuters) - Three teenagers who played the title role in "Billy Elliot -- The Musical" shared a top acting prize at Britain's premier theater awards on Sunday, beating film star Ewan McGregor.

A trio of young stars from "Billy Elliot," the musical tale of a miner's son who wants to dance, stole the show at Britain's prestigious Olivier Awards on Sunday.