The West End production of The Who's Tommy has announced that it will close in early February despite being nominated for eight Olivier Awards Jan. 19. The show opened May 3, 1996 and has been playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre, but the show's current star, Paul Keating, was quoted by Reuters news service as saying "...it has been a bit of a battle to keep it going.
The Olivier Awards are scheduled to be bestowed Feb. 16.
-- By Robert Viagas