Confirmed! Betty Buckley Will Play 'Carlotta' in London FOLLIES Concert

Yesterday we revealed that Betty Buckley and Peter Polycarpou (as 'Buddy) had joined the starry cast of the one-night-only FOLLIES concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall. Today we've confirmed that Buckley will play 'Carlotta', singing the Sondheim classic "I'm Still Here"!

The full casting details are not yet available - but the cast will include Christine Baranski, Betty Buckley, Anita Dobson, Anita Harris, Peter Polycarpou, Ruthie Henshall, Roy Hudd, Stefanie Powers, Russell Watson, Alistair Brammer, Alex Hanson, Charlotte Page and Laura Pitt-Pulford.

Most recently Ms. Buckley's guest starred on the HBO series "Getting On". She starred in the Signature Theatre's World premiere of Horton Foote's "The Old Friends" and received a Drama Desk nomination for her work. and starred in the London Premiere of Jerry Herman's "Dear World" at the Charring Cross Theater in the lead role as Countess Aurelia. Previous to that, Betty appeared in the Dallas Theatre Center's smash hit "Arsenic and Old Lace. The Tony award winner has thrilled audiences with acclaimed performances in such legendary Broadway shows as Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and 1776. Her highly praised starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan feature film The Happening, joins her other memorable film performances including Tender Mercies, Frantic, and Carrie. She appeared in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg mini-series The Pacific on HBO. . In 2010 Ms. Buckley starred Off-Broadway in White's Lies. In 2009, Ms. Buckley was honored with the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Theater and was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007. She also has an extensive concert career and brought her new show Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway to the prestigious Feinstein's nightclub in NYC for the month of October in 2011. This show was recorded as her 15th album and released in 2012. For her engagement at Feinstein's in 2010, The New York Times' Stephen Holden acclaimed, "Betty Buckley was at the very top of her game." John Simon of Bloomberg Press raved, "Equally accomplished as actress and singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."

The actor-singer works regularly in concert with her ensemble of musicians. Her solo CD, Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar Warehouse, received a Grammy nomination. In 2007, she released the CD Betty Buckley 1967, which hit the Billboard charts. In 2008, Playbill and Sony BMG Broadway Masterworks released Quintessence with her quintet. She released Ah Men: The Boys of Broadway in 2012, and her new album Ghostlight, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett, was released on September 16, 2014.