Award wins & nominations: What's On Stage & Press Guild

John Barrowman wins What's On Stage Award

Whatsonstage.com announced the winners for its "10th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the only prize-giving event for the theatre industry voted for purely by the ticket-buying public." An awards concert was held yesterday, February 14 for charity.

John won the What's On Stage Award for Best Takeover in a Role for his performance in La Cage aux Folles. John couldn't go to last night's award ceremony, but you can watch his video message over at What's On Stage website.

Press Guild TV Award nominations

The 36th annual Broadcasting Press Guild TV Award nominations were announced a few weeks ago. Members of the Press Guild will choose the winner with the final round of voting to end on February 18.

David Tennant is nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in Hamlet in the BBC 2 film version and for his role in Doctor Who. Other nominations in the Best Actor category inglude Douglas Henshall for Collision on ITV1 and Peter Capaldi for The Thick of It on BBC2.

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John Barrowman to play Robin Hood + a podcast interview

John Barrowman is set to play Robin Hood in a Christmas pantomime at the New Theatre in Cardiff in an attempt to save the New Theatre from closure. The pantomime will be performed twice a day (72 times) during the holiday season.

Cardiff council finance executive Mark Stephens said: "John Barrowman in Robin Hood could help turn around the New Theatre.

"Our basic problem is lack of income. People are not going there."

Barrowman's casting has already sparked a sales frenzy, with a reported 35,000 tickets already sold.

You can listen to John's interview with The Stage's Alistair Smith, and he talks about his role in La Cage aux Folles and more.

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John Barrowman in a red wig and high heels

There are some photos of John Barrowman dressed as Albin for his upcoming role in the revival of La Cage Aux Folles from September 14 to November 28. The photos were taken outside the Menier Chocolate Factory where La Cage Aux Folles first played. I believe tickets for the show are still available here. It's sad that John Barrowman has better legs than I do:




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John Barrowman to star in 'La Cage aux Folles'

John Barrowman has joined the cast of the revival of La Cage aux Folles, which will start on September 14 and end November 28. Here's some more information from John's official website:

John will don his high heels and step into La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, London, for a limited run from 14 September to 28 November 2009. He will take the role of Albin, the heart-warming diva drag queen, whose iconic "I am what I am" has become John's own signature song.

To get tickets to the show in London, contact the box office at 0870 060 6631 or visit www.lacagelondon.com.

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