National Theater tops Evening Standard awards

Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety: The National Theater emerged triumphant at the 58th London Evening Standard Theater awards, nabbing three of the eight competitive categories plus a special award for Nicholas Hytner for his dynamic directorship of the NT. Simon Russell Beale picked up his fourth Evening Standard Best Actor gong for his performance as Joseph Stalin in the NT preem of "Collaborators." He first won the category in 2000 for his Hamlet, then in 2002 for his perfs in "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night" and again in 2005 for the title role in "The Philanthropist."