Love Never Dies, which received mixed reviews when it opened in March last year, is also nominated for best lighting, set and costume design. Its nominations follow a four-day closure in November, during which some changes were made to the show. Love Never Dies and Legally Blonde will compete against Fela! and Love Story for the best new musical honour.
Festival Update - US pop act Black Eyed Peas will be the Friday night headliners at this year's Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park, organisers have announced. The hip-hop collective, who performed at Sunday's Super Bowl in Texas, will perform on 1 July. Dance duo the Chemical Brothers will headline the festival's second night the following evening. Last year it was revealed that Britpop band Pulp would be reforming and would be the highlight of Sunday's line-up. Organisers said Wireless would be Black Eyed Peas' only UK festival appearance.
Live in Hollywood - Florence Welch is to perform at the 2011 Oscars ceremony with Gwyneth Paltrow also confirmed to sing. The Florence and the Machine singer will be joined by composer AR Rahman for a live version of If I Rise, from the 127 Hours soundtrack. Actress Paltrow will sing Coming Home from the film Country Strong, with all songs which are up for the Best Song Oscar set to be played on the night.
Still Rocking - Sir Mick Jagger will perform at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles this month, organisers have announced. The 67-year-old rocker will sing as part of a tribute to late soul great Solomon Burke, who opened a number of concerts for the Rolling Stones. Sir Mick will perform with Raphael Saadiq at the 13 February event.
Sustainable Theatre - London's Arcola Theatre has won two awards at the Sustainable City Awards. The venue, which aims to be the world's first carbon neutral theatre, picked up the 'greening the third sector award and the award for resource conservation.
Simon Mills, head of sustainable development at the City of London Corporation, said, "Arcola Theatre's achievement is particularly notable as they faced very stiff competition. Despite these being hard times for businesses, we have seen unprecedented numbers coming forward for recognition in this year's awards. Green technologies not only offer genuine cost savings, but offer businesses the change to diversify into new products and services that can give them a spring board for rapid growth as the economy thaws." The Sustainable City Awards were created in 2001 by the City of London Corporation, and are run in partnership with 20 organisations.
(Jim Evans)
