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Hard on the heels of the Broadway import of Wolf Hall from the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Audience, with Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth, more Royal Crown is pouring this way. Producers Stuart Thompson (represented currently with Skylight and The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time) and Sonia…

The Sam Mendes-directed West End musical Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which recently extended its run to May 20, 2015, tied today with the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along to lead the list of Olivier Award nominees with seven each. Charlie grabbed mentions in the Best Actor in a Musical…

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time was the big winner at Sunday night’s Olivier Awards, the British theater's highest honor. The drama took seven prizes, tying the record set by last year’s Matilda The Musical. Among the wins for The Curious Incident were best new play, best actor for Luke Treadaway…

Nominees for the 2013 Olivier Awards, Britain’s answer to the Tonys, include a host of well-known names. Helen Mirren is nominated for Best Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Daldry’s The Audience. No stranger to the role, Mirren won an Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth in Stephen Frears’ 2006…

Sheridan Smith has won Best Musical Actress for her performance in Legally Blonde: The Musical at tonight's 35th Olivier Awards in London. The stage version of the MGM comedy also won Best New Musical, while Jill Halfpenny won Best Supporting Musical Performance. Britain's state-backed National Theatre swept the board…

The Tate's current chief operating officer will replace Richard Pulford as chief executive of the Society of London Theatre in November. Right at the top of Bird's in-box will be trying to get the Olivier theatre awards on TV. This year's awards had Keira Knightley and Rachel Weisz preening on the red carpet – not…