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Ghost, The Wizard of Oz and Rock of Ages are still running it close in the Musicals categories, as are their stars and creative teams - and will Sheridan Smith add to her Evening Standard Best Actress award with yet another prize for her performance in Flare Path?

Joining the fantastic Dreamboats cast for the 2012 tour will be X Factor contestant TERRY WINSTANLEY. Scaffolder Terry made it through to judge's houses after he impressed with his audition rendition of Michael Bolton's To Love Somebody, which won him a legion of fans.

You can win a pair of tickets to the brand-new production of Little Women, which opens at the Lost Theatre, Wandsworth, on December 12th.

Ruthie Henshall replaces David Bedella as host of AFTER SHOW for one special night only on December 8th.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners were announced tonight - Sheridan Smith won Best Actress with awards presented by star names including Karen Gillan, Gemma Arterton and Olivia Williams.

Here are the latest shots from the West End cast of GHOST - including Caissie Levy, Sharon D Clarke and Richard Fleeshman!

The Hollywood star is to appear in the new tour production of Jeff Wayne's epic show

Fresh from sell-out European arena tours, the international smash hit production of 60s musical Hair is set to tour the UK for the very first time. Starring Gareth Gates,Zoe Birkett and Amy Diamond, Hair will open at the Liverpool Empire Theatre onTuesday 10 April 2012.

Music & Lyrics is delighted to announce a national tour of Leicester Curve's acclaimed production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical THE KING AND I, opening at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on 17 December 2011, with previews from 14 December 2011. Ramon Tikaram will play the role of 'The King' and Josefina Gabrielle will play the role of 'Anna'.

The stars of musical theatre are battling it out in their categories - Michael Crawford (The Wizard of Oz) and Shayne Ward (Rock of Ages) are neck and neck for Best Featured Actor; just two per cent separates Oliver Tompsett (Rock of Ages) and Richard Fleeshman (Ghost) for Best Leading Actor; Hannah Waddingham (The Wizard of Oz) and Jodie Jacobs (Rock of Ages) are tied as they push Sharon D Clarke (Ghost) for Best Featured Actress; and just three per cent separates Danielle Hope (The Wizard of Oz), Caissie Levy (Ghost) and Sarah Lancashire (Betty Blue Eyes) for Best Leading Actress!

Today, 12 year old Kaine Ward from Hertfordshire and 9 year old Macy Staisick from Darlington will join the new West End cast of Billy Elliot the Musical which is now in its seventh year at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Kaine will become the twenty-eighth boy to play the title role in the West End and the 62nd boy to play the role worldwide, including Jamie Bell who played Billy Elliot in the award-winning film. He is joined by Macy who plays Dance Teacher Mrs Wilkinson's daughter, Debbie.

The church where Edgar Allan Poe himself once worshipped as a child is the setting for five of his most disturbing works, brought into the 21st century by some of the country's most courageous and visceral writers. Second Skin Theatre presents Poe: Macabre Resurrections, an innovative celebration of the gothic writings of Poe.

We talk to the actress who's played Christine in both parts of the Phantom saga about her co-stars - including Ramin Karimloo, Hadley Fraser and Tyne Daly...

London's new Roxie talks about Ugly Betty, Bette Midler and Broadway...

The Victoria Palace Theatre marked its 100th birthday last week, and we went behind the scenes to snap some of the party guests, including Hannah Waddingham, the Tiller Girls, Bobby Crush, the families of the Crazy Gang and more.

Theatre and Opera director Stephen Wadsworth's new production of Terrence McNally's Master Class starring Tyne Daly as the legendary opera soprano Maria Callas is to transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run on Broadway.

We're into November, which means we're into the last month of voting for the 2011 BWW:UK Awards! Rock of Ages is making a late surge in the musicals categories, with Shayne Ward currently leading Michael Crawford of The Wizard of Oz for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Kate Finburg reviews the one-man show

Hot on the heels of box office success last month, The Phantom of the Opera's spectacular 25th anniversary concert is granted an encore, with its epic Royal Albert Hall performance screened across 300 cinemas on Sunday 30th October. After a phenomenal response to its first screening, which grossed a record-breaking $1,000,000 in one evening throughout the UK, fans will now get a second chance to witness the magic in cinemas nationwide.

We talk to the actor about Roald Dahl, Parade, Bridget Jones and houseboats...