Mark Rubinstein News

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, changes have been underway for the judging system at the Olivier Awards. This year's winners will reportedly be voted on by members of the Society of London Theater (an organization comprising some 170 theater owners, producers and general managers) instead of the small voting panel of the past.

Acclaimed director-choreographer Gillian Lynne CBE and multi-Olivier Award winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn will both receive Special Awards at this year's Olivier Awards 2013 with MasterCard in celebration of their outstanding contribution to theatre and the Arts.

The producers of The Book of Mormon, which opened Thursday night at London's Prince of Wales Theatre, announced that the show set a record for the biggest single day of sales in West End and Broadway history. Between 10:00 AM and Midnight on Friday, March 22, the day after opening, £2,107,972 ($3,210,019) was taken in ticket sales. 150,000 additional tickets have been made available and the show is now booking until January 11, 2014.

Despina Tsatsas has been appointed as the new Executive Producer of Frantic Assembly. She will take up the post in May 2013, when Lisa Maguire leaves to become Executive Producer of National Theatre Wales.

GET INTO LONDON THEATRE 2013, the annual ticket scheme that allows the public to see some of the best shows in London for a fraction of the normal cost, runs from today, 1 January to 15 February 2013. Over 50 participating productions ranging from plays to musicals and opera to ballet will offer tickets from as little as £10 so everyone has the chance to experience the magic of London theatre.

Stars of the London stage will come together on Friday 21 December, 4-5pm for carol singing and festive merry-making in support of ITV's Text Santa appeal to raise money on behalf of charities offering life-changing services to vulnerable people throughout the UK.

Thirteen gifted students from drama schools across the UK have been awarded with £55,500 worth of bursaries by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) in order to help them complete their training. Previous bursary winners include Patterson Joseph, Daniel Rigby, Vinette Robinson, Bryony Hannah and Michael Sheen.

The Society of London Theatre's 2011 Box Office figures, published today (31 January 2012), show that for the eighth year running, its members' Box Office revenues achieved new record sales of £528,375,874, up 3.1% on a like-for-like basis on 2010 and topping £500 million for the third time ever.

With London busily preparing to welcome millions of tourists for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, its world-beating theatre industry has come together to promote its unrivalled line-up of productions and fantastic special offers, to visitors as well as the capital's residents, through a new campaign: 'Don't Miss The Real Show in 2012'

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) announced today that it will be employing an access officer dedicated to work alongside producers and theatre owners to ensure that access provision is as comprehensive as possible in the build up to the Olympics, Paralympics and beyond.

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has awarded seventeen talented final year drama students from across the UK with bursaries worth a combined total of £56,000.

As the West End recovers from the scare of the city's recent riots and prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the two incoming heads of the Society of London Theaters (SOLT, Julian Bird and Mark Rubinstein), are optimistic about the coming year, according to Variety.

Theatregoers have less than a month left to see Dominic West, star of The Hour and The Wire, give one of the performances of the summer in the West End comedy Butley.

The launch of Kids Week in the West End, the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has organised a thrilling theatrical line-up of family fun at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall today Wednesday 10 August from 2-5pm - and what's more it's free!

To celebrate the launch of Kids Week in the West End, the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has organised a thrilling theatrical line-up of family fun at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 10 August from 2-5pm - and what's more it's free!