Gimme, gimme, gimme a Broadway star before midnight! The Olivier Awards has announced that this year's ceremony will include a performance by two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, as well as ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus reuniting alongside the current West End cast of Mamma Mia! as the show celebrates its 15th anniversary.
Additional performances will include opera singer Joseph Calleja, who is currently singing the title role in the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, the casts of the Best New Musical nominees: The Book Of Mormon, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Once and The Scottsboro Boys, as well as the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award: Les Miserables, Matilda, The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.
The awards will take place on April 13 at the Royal Opera House. As previously reported, stage and screen stars Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan will host. Presenters will include Sex and the City and Fatal Attraction's Kristin Davis, Rufus Hound, Mark Strong, Michael Ball, Nigel Harman, Luke Treadaway, Ruth Wilson and Dames Penelope Keith and Gillian Lynne.