Laurence Olivier Award

...making her Broadway debut in the role of Swedish actress Desiree Armfeldt opposite Lansbury as her wise mother Madame Armfeldt. Olivier Award nominee Alexander Hanson, who played the role of Fredrik Egerman in the Nunn-directed production of...

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And Martha (Elizabeth Marvel), their mum, manipulates them all. Money can no longer fix their problems - now it's up to them. This Olivier Award-nominated play from Britain's fastest-rising young playwright premieres in New York with...

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...of Poppea" for English National Opera. His other Western operatic credits include "Vespers of 1610," "Orfeo" (a nominee for a Laurence Olivier Award), "Cosi fan Tutte," "Dido and Aeneas," and "The Flying Dutchman." Born in Changsha,...

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...in Sam Mendes' Donmar Warehouse production of Sondheim and Furth's Company that subsequently transferred to the West End, and won him the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1996; playing the title role in Peter Brook's 2001 production...

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...include BAFTA nominated British actress Rosemary Leach as Miss Pross, Simon Thomas (Marguerite in the West End) as Charles Darnay and Olivier Award winner Paul Baker (Taboo, Napoleon in the West End) as the Marquis St Evremonde.

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...listing follows: Barrett recently completed a two-year stint in the title role of Phantom - the Las Vegas Spectacular. He received an Olivier Award nomination for his role in the London company of Kiss Me, Kate and appeared on Broadway in...

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...for Best Actor in a Play his role as Hector in Bennett's The History Boys. Griffiths also won the Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and Laurence Olivier Awards for his role in the play. His film and TV work includes the "Harry Potter" films,...

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...II, Andy Karl, Tyler Maynard, Lindsay Mendez, Orfeh, Tory Ross, Anya Singleton and Sally Wilfert are currently scheduled to perform. Olivier Award nominee Stafford Arima (London's Ragtime and Off-Broadway's Altar Boyz) will again...

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...and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," an 8 1/2-hour Dickens triumph that paved the way for theater off the clock. Rees won London's Olivier Award and New York's Tony for his "Nickleby" performance. The 1980 show, which also was an...

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...a cult-like following. Its nine-month run at the Hippodrome in London last year received standing ovations every night and won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Collecting the award, Haylock says, is the highlight of his career. 'To...

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