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Nov 3, 2026
Andrew TomlinsHOST
Yes.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
star of stage and screen he passed away aged 86 um he's a three-time olivier award winner achieved so much and always kind of came back to theater and did theater um so he is a you know a huge loss and just again condolences sending love to his loved ones and family and colleagues and everybody still to come i need to tell you about leslie odin jr's london concert
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Jeffrey Scott ParsonsHOST
So what was going on? What was wrong with us? What were we missing?
Nikki SnelsonGUEST
So I think that we talked about this a lot when it first opened because it was a huge success in London and won the Olivier Award.
Nikki SnelsonGUEST
And we weren't even nominated for a Tony.
Nikki SnelsonGUEST
So I think that the critics decided before ever seeing it what it was.
Mickey-Jo BoucherGUEST
Truth be told, this is where New York does a much better job because our Off West End has a really difficult time discerning an identity.
Mickey-Jo BoucherGUEST
A lot of it has to do with the awards because our Olivier Awards, the equivalent of the Tony's, eligibility is based on whether you pay a membership to the Society of London Theatre.
Mickey-Jo BoucherGUEST
And we have tiny theatres very far away in London, the size of like smaller than Studio Seaview that pay into this.
Mickey-Jo BoucherGUEST
and are in Brooklyn, basically, and they are Tony eligible.
Austin JohnsonHOST
Yeah.
Austin JohnsonHOST
It's got, um, Golden Globe, Tony nominations, Emmy nominations, Olivier Awards.
Austin JohnsonHOST
He's got the respect on the stage, on the screen, everywhere.
Austin JohnsonHOST
Sir Patrick Stewart was a legend.
David RobertsonHOST
He was also in the X-Men film franchise and he was knighted by...
David RobertsonHOST
Queen Elizabeth received multiple Laurence Olivier Awards, Emmy and Golden Gold nominations, and a Grammy Award.
David RobertsonHOST
He passed away last week, aged 86.
David RobertsonHOST
Okay, we have to go from the sublime to the absolutely ridiculous.
LJHOST
These are amazing.
TimHOST
Well, that 2024 West End production was nominated for four Olivier Awards.
LJHOST
But the original was nominated for nine Tony Awards and it won three for Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Actress for Alice Ripley.
LJHOST
Yeah.
Alex WoodwardGUEST
And it was just stunning.
Alex WoodwardGUEST
It was nominated for 13 Olivier Awards, which is kind of a tied record for most Olivier nominations.
Alex WoodwardGUEST
And I think...
Alex WoodwardGUEST
He just really managed to put this amazing contemporary lens while being truthful to the text and just some clever things.
Paul RobertsHOST
This is off Wikipedia here.
Paul RobertsHOST
Betty Buckley is the winner of a Tony Award, which was what? For the Broadway production of Cats, I believe, when you sang Memory, the most memorable song from that whole production here.
Paul RobertsHOST
And then you also were nominated for additional Tony Award, two Daytime Emmy Awards, and two Grammy Awards and Olivier Awards.
Paul RobertsHOST
So lots of musicals you've done.
Paul RobertsHOST
Go look it up.
NathanHOST
I think.
NathanHOST
So you've won three Olivier Awards for your work.
NathanHOST
What did those achievements mean to you? And did they change how you approached your career?
Stephen MearGUEST
Listen, I...
Gareth DalyCORRESPONDENT
It's coming up on its first anniversary, actually, at the Savoy Theatre.
Gareth DalyCORRESPONDENT
So the extension comes following a record-tying seven wins at the 2026 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical and Best Director for Luke Shepard, Best actor in a musical for James Hamid and Artie Shah, who jointly portrayed The Bear.
Gareth DalyCORRESPONDENT
So the musical's success has already prompted international expansion.
Gareth DalyCORRESPONDENT
In fact, a Broadway production is set to begin previews at the end of March in 2027, ahead of an official opening in April.
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