Love Never Dies’ Leading Men win Whatsonstage.com Awards

The winners of the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Awards were announced at the Awards Concert at the Prince of Wales theatre on Sunday 20 February, and Love Never Dies ’ leading men took home the spoils! Ramin Karimloo won Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal as the Phantom, and Joseph Millson won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance as Raoul. The Whatsonstage.com awards are the only ones voted for by the public, and over 45,000 theatregoers voted this year.

You can view Ramin’s post-awards interview here.

The awards come hot on the heels of the announcement last week that Love Never Dies had been nominated for seven Olivier Awards.

Andrew said, “I’m absolutely thrilled that LOVE NEVER DIES has finally been recognised in this way.  I would like to pay tribute to our wonderful company, who have worked so hard throughout and have embraced the changes to the show, which have proved so successful. I’d also like to thank our loyal ‘Phans’, who have been so supportive of the show since it opened.”

Love Never Dies has also this week announced new casting: Ramin Karimloo will continue to star as ‘The Phantom’, with Tam Mutu as his alternate. Celia Graham will take over the role of ‘Christine’ from Sierra Boggess. Liz Robertson will continue to star as ‘Madame Giry’, and Haley Flaherty will join to star as ‘Meg Giry’. David Thaxton, nominated for an Olivier as Best Actor in a Musical for his recent role in ‘Passion’ at the Donmar Warehouse will star as ‘Raoul’. Adam Pearce will continue to play ‘Squelch’ and Tracey Penn will join as ‘Fleck’ and Charles Brunton as ‘Gangle’, with Jack Costello, Daniel Dowling and Harry Polden sharing the role of ‘Gustave’.