Star of Phantom, Lover Never Dies & Les Misérables, RAMIN KARIMLOO will be back in London on 5 and 6 October 2018 to chat, perform and maybe even throw in a bit of gossip (!) as part of Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre series.
Ramin Karimloo is best known for his Olivier-nominated performance in Love Never Dies and The Phantom of The Opera in the West End and the Broadway revival of Les Misérables (Valjean) for which he received a Tony nomination.
Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre began in 2013 with Patti LuPone, then featured Audra McDonald in 2017 and most recently John Barrowman in April 2018. What differentiates this concert series from any other perhaps, is the seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway’s biggest stars – prompted by Rudetsky’s probing, funny, revealing questions – and their stellar singing of musical theatre repertoire.
Bios
Iranian-born, Canadian-raised Tony and Olivier Award-nominated actor and singer Ramin Karimloo recently starred on Broadway in the new musical Anastasia, originating the role of Gleb Vaganov, a new character written for the stage adaptation and tailored to his talents. In the West End, he rose to fame in starring roles in both of the West End’s longest-running musicals: Les Misérables, where he’s played Jean Valjean, Enjolras and Marius; and The Phantom of the Opera, where he played Raoul and became the youngest person ever to play The Phantom.
Ramin was then hand-picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to originate the lead role of The Phantom in Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. For his performance, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Seth Rudetsky is a musician, stand-up comic, actor, writer, and radio host. His career includes performing on Broadway, writing three books, penning a weekly Playbill.com column, and playing piano in more than a dozen hit musicals, including Ragtime, Les Misérables, and The Phantom of the Opera. Best known to US audiences as the daily Broadway host of Sirius/XM radio, he has also been nominated for a Grammy Award – for his recording of the musical Hair – and was three times nominated for an Emmy Award – for his writing on The Rosie O’Donnell Show.
