Today, the Olivier Award nominations were announced and Sonia Friedman Productions productions and co-productions are nominated in a wide variety of categories.

Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce further venues and dates for Dreamgirls’ first ever UK tour. Following on from performances in 2020 in Bristol, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Birmingham, Dreamgirls will continue to tour in 2021 to Sunderland, Hull, Nottingham, Liverpool, Norwich, Canterbury and Leeds. 

New York Theatre Workshop announced today that Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron will pen the adaptation of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov for the previously announced production helmed by Sam Gold.

Initial casting is announced today for the West End transfer of Laura Wade’s The Watsons, following sold‐out runs at both Chichester Festival Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory. Samuel West directs.

Sonia Friedman Productions announces West End transfer of The Shark Is Broken. Written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon and directed by Guy Masterson, the sell-out, smash hit of Edinburgh Fringe 2019 transfers to the West End for a strictly limited run from 11 May 2020. Taking audiences behind-the-scenes of the iconic blockbuster Jaws, this is the 2^nd production that SFP has announced at the Ambassadors Theatre this year.

Producers of the Broadway hit Mean Girls announced today that the musical is now set to be adapted to a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures. It has also been confirmed that the Broadway production has recouped its capitalization. 

Francesca Moody Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Bush Theatre present Baby Reindeer, written, performed and conceived by Richard Gadd and directed by Jon Brittain. Following award-winning, sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Bush Theatre, Richard Gadd’s tour de force one-man show wil play a strictly limited season at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End.

Sonia Friedman ranks Number 2 in The Stage 100 2020 after also being awarded Producer of the Year in 2019 for a record-breaking fourth time. The Stage 100, in association with Spektrix, is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The critically-acclaimed Broadway production of The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez has announced a new block of tickets are now on sale through Sunday 7 June 2020. 

Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions are delighted to announce that the multi Olivier Award-winning hit Sunny Afternoon will return for its second UK tour, opening at the Manchester Opera House on Friday 7 August 2020.

Nominations were announced today for the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards.