The Broadway transfer of the West End stage hit Matilda also won four awards including best book of a musical. Pam MacKinnon and Diane Paulus took home the awards for best direction of a play and a musical respectively. It is the first time in 15 years that two women have won the honours for direction in the same year.
Silver Clef - Alison Moyet is to be honoured with the Icon Award at this year's Silver Clef Awards. The annual event, which takes place at the end of June, is in aid of the music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins. Moyet said she was honoured to be recognised by the charity. "I've admired their work for many years and it feels really special to be recognised by them as an 'icon'," she said. She will receive her honorary award from her friend Dawn French at the ceremony in London.
Moyet found fame in the 1980s with Yazoo and has had a successful solo career, as well as starring in West End productions. Last month she released her 8th studio album, The Minutes. She told the BBC that making the album had been her most enjoyable studio experience because she had "taken herself away from the record companies" to make it the way she wanted. She said that when singers got to a certain age, "the only record anyone wants to make with you is a covers album".
Off To Broadway - Shakespeare's Globe has announced its productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III, starring Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry, will transfer to Broadway this autumn. The all-male shows will be performed in repertory at the Belasco Theatre from 15 October for 16 weeks. This is the first time that London's Shakespeare's Globe has transferred productions to Broadway. Fry's performance as Malvolio will also mark his Broadway acting debut, and for Rylance, appearing as Richard Duke of Gloucester and Olivia, it will be the first time he has played Shakespearean roles on Broadway.
Money Matters - The UK's entertainment and media market is expected to be worth £65.5 billion by 2017 with digital revenues driving growth of more than a fifth, a new report by analysts PricewaterhouseCooper suggests.
The Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2013-17 - the 14th annual report by PwC - predicts the value of the UK market to be 21.3% higher over the five-year period based on a compounded annual growth of 4%. In 2012, the UK had the second largest entertainment and media market in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) territories and is expected to maintain its standing behind Germany by 2017.
(Jim Evans)
