Summer Strallen News

Our writer's tip for the trophy-winners tonight!

There's just a few hours left before this year's Olivier Awards begin, and the excitement - and tension - is mounting in Theatreland!

The Laurence Olivier Awards - the most prestigious awards in London's Theatreland - will be held this year in a revamped ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday 13 March. Follow full coverage of the event on www.olivierawards.com.

Hot on the heels of garnering 7 major nominations for the 2011 Laurence Oliver Awards, with two wins at the 2011 Whatsonstage.com awards, and following the show's recent redirection and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "LOVE NEVER DIES" today announced new casting.

The Laurence Olivier Awards - the most prestigious awards in London's Theatreland - will be held this year in a revamped ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday 13 March. Follow full coverage of the event on www.olivierawards.com.

The nominations for this year's awards are being announced this morning - follow all the news with us!

According to an article by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, Summer Strallen and Tom Chambers begin rehearsals for the stage adaptation of TOP HAT on July 4. Strallen commented, 'Tom and I get on so well, we're going to make a really good partnership.'

BWW:UK's editor revisits Love Never Dies and gives her thoughts...

After Love Never Dies' hiatus last month and its subsequent reopening, the theatre critics returned to the Adelphi this week to give their official verdict on the changes to the show.

According to an article by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, Summer Strallen Tom Chambers will star in a stage version of the great Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat.

The 39 Steps, Priscilla and Legally Blonde also pick up prizes!

Sheridan Smith and Ramin Karimloo are still out in front in the leading performance in a musical categories, but the other categories are proving to be very tightly fought

Some of the West End's biggest stars have been nominated in BroadwayWorld UK's first-ever awards!

In the second part of our video interview with Summer Strallen, who plays Meg in the show, she tells us how the keeps the role fresh - and how she winds down after a show, especially one as emotional as Love Never Dies…

Enron's thriving in the UK, but it's just posted closing notices on Broadway. Miriam Zendle takes a look at this week's UK theatre news, shows and stories

The UK editor-in-chief goes to the Adelphi to talk to the star of Love Never Dies

Now the excitement of Sunday's Olivier awards has died down a little, it's time to look at and assess the truth in some of the rumours and stories that have been flying around ever since...

The UK editor-in-chief tries to organise her thoughts on the Phantom not-sequel...

This week we are taking a look at the just-released cast album of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical sequel, LOVE NEVER DIES, which has proven to be among many phans and theatre fans, in a word, divisive. Be sure to check out last week's Phantom Round-Up for a rundown of the original PHANTOM OF THE OPERA as it stands on disc if only because it is beneficial to have at least a tertiary knowledge of that show‘s score in order to fully appreciate the music here... And what rich, rapturous music it is!

After much hype and controversy, LOVE NEVER DIES opened last night, 9 March, in London at the Adelphi Theatre. Previews began on 22 February. The production stars Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo and is directed by Jack O'Brien. The show will subsequently open in New York on November 11, 2010 and then in Australia in 2011. The word in London is that the premiere delivered the splashiest opening night party in West End history, with the party venue being turned into Coney Island.