LONDON PRODUCTION OF MAMMA MIA! SHORT-LISTED FOR
AN OLIVIER AWARD!<br>This year a new LAURENCE
OLIVIER AWARD has been unveiled, the AUDIENCE AWARD
FOR<br>MOST POPULAR SHOW. For the first time, audiences
across the globe can vote for<br>their favourite
long-running West End show. MAMMA MIA!, which enters its
4th<br>sell-out year this April - and is still a standing-room
only smash hit in<br>London, Toronto, Melbourne and on
Broadway and tour in the United States - has<br>been
short-listed for this award.<br>The LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS
have long been recognised as the most
prestigious<br>theatrical awards in the U.K. They reward excellence amongst
productions which<br>have opened in the West End in the
previous calendar year, and are voted for by<br>panels of
theatre and arts professionals as well as members of the
public who<br>have applied to be panellists.<br>The new
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR SHOW gives the
theatre-going public the<br>opportunity to vote for their
favourite long-running production. There are two<br>stages
to the voting process.<br>Stage One - There are 14
shows eligible for the award and voters select
which<br>one they would like to nominate for the award. This
will determine the final<br>four shows to enter the
second stage.<br>Stage Two - Between 31st January and
14th February, a second vote can be cast<br>for the
Award winner from the final 4 nominees.<br>The four
shows nominated will be featured in a series of BBC 1
television<br>documentaries, starting on Monday 11 February, entitled A WEEK
IN THE WEST END.<br>THE 2002 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS
CEREMONY will take place at the Victoria Palace<br>Theatre
on Friday 15 February, and will be televised on BBC
2 on February 16.<br>To cast your vote online for
MAMMA MIA!, visit <a href=http://www.olivierawards.co.uk
target=new>http://www.olivierawards.co.uk</a>