Society of London Theater Members to Vote for 2013 Olivier Award Winners

By: Mar. 28, 2013
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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.

SOLT President Mark Rubinstein told The Stage: "The choice of nominations - the process by which the nominees were chosen - is exactly the same this year as it was last year and has been for several years. What will be different now is that the panel, which has seen all of the shows, and the members - and we are encouraging members to only vote in categories where they have seen all of the nominees - will both have a vote. The thing about the members is they are part of the theatre community and they see a lot of shows so it's right they should have a voice on who is the winner."

The nominations for the Olivier Awards were announced on Tuesday 26 March 2013. The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time leads the list with eight nominations, followed by the toe-tapping new musical Top Hat receiving seven, and the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd in close competition with six. Other stand-out nominations include The Audience and Kiss Me, Kate receiving five each, and Constellations, The Bodyguard and Twelfth Night with four.

To view a full list of nominees, click here.

The 37th Olivier Awards with MasterCard will take place on 28 April at Covent Garden's stunning Royal Opera House where BBC Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce will keep theatre fans abreast of all the latest news as it happens, broadcasting from 18:00 to cover all the action from the red carpet arrivals to the winner's speeches.

As the excitement builds for this year's event, you can keep up- to-date with the latest news at www.olivierawards.com and by following @OlivierAwards on Twitter. Join in the conversation by using #olivierawards and by liking www.facebook/OlivierAwards and www.instragram.com/olivierawards



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