The 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Sunday 21 March 2010, with full coverage on the Official London Theatre site, including live streaming of the whole ceremony for the very first time. The ceremony was also broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 in a special two hour programme from 8pm - 10pm, hosted by BBC Radio 2 presenter Paul Gambaccini.

The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's 2009 production of Hello, Dolly! was nominated in the following categories, winning three of them:

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
HELLO, DOLLY! book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on the play ‘The Matchmaker’ by Thornton Wilder, at the Open Air theatre - WINNER
Irving Berlin’s ANNIE GET YOUR GUN music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, at the Young Vic
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman, originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince, at the Garrick theatre
Lionel Bart’s OLIVER! based on the original production by Sam Mendes, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Samantha Spiro for HELLO, DOLLY! at the Open Air theatre - WINNER
Melanie C for BLOOD BROTHERS at the Phoenix theatre
Patina Miller for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium
Hannah Waddingham for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Garrick theatre
Charlotte Wakefield for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello theatre

BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Stephen Mear for HELLO, DOLLY! at the Open Air theatre - WINNER
Matthew Bourne for OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Bill T Jones for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello theatre
Anthony Van Laast for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
HELLO, DOLLY! designed by Peter McKintosh at the Open Air theatre
MADAME DE SADE designed by Christopher Oram, Donmar at Wyndham’s theatre
THE MISANTHROPE designed by Amy Roberts at the Comedy theatre
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT- THE MUSICAL designed by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner at the Palace theatre - WINNER