Back to News & Press Six-Time Tony® Award-Winning Best Play Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildAnnounces North American Tour Premiere in Chicago Monday, 11 December 2023 Producers Sonia Friedman Productions , Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions announced today that the North American Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will launch at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago, with previews starting Tuesday, Sept 10, 2024, and an official opening on Thursday, September 26, 2024. The final performance of the 21-week engagement will be Saturday, February 1, 2025. This will be the world premiere of the first ever touring production based on the acclaimed Broadway production, currently playing at the Lyric Theatre, New York. “Chicago is ready to welcome an extended engagement of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “We are thrilled that Chicagoans will experience this magical production as the first stop of the North American Tour. Chicago is ready to embrace this show as only we know how.” Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said, “Developing a first-class touring production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has long been an ambition of ours. We are delighted that our wonderful and deeply gifted creative team have found a way to make it possible to bring the magic, spectacle, and thrills of our astonishing show to audiences across North America, and we can’t wait for audiences to see it.” The six-time Tony Award winning play picks up right where the last Harry Potter film left off: Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure – this time, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Additional tour stops will be announced at a future date. Up Up

Back to Productions RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA! This production first opened on 26th April 2022 and closed on 25th June 2022. ★★★★★ Punchy, playful & sexy. An absolute knockout! Daily Telegraph Oklahoma! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Eightyyears after Rodgers and Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this visionary production is funny and sexy, provocative and probing, without changing a word of the text. A stunning reinvention. The best revival yet! Evening Standard This is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish ’s bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a U.S. tour. The Bard SummerScape production of Rodgers & Hammerstein ’s Oklahoma! in association with Eva Price , Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison . So revitalised it might've been written yesterday The Guardian CAST ANOUSHKA LUCAS – Laurey Williams ARTHUR DARVILL – Curly McLain PATRICK VAILL – Jud Fry LIZA SADOVY – Aunt Eller MARISHA WALLACE – Ado Annie JAMES PATRICK DAVIS – Will Parker STAVROS DEMETRAKI – Ali Hakim RAPHAEL BUSHAY – Mike GREG HICKS – Andrew Carnes REBEKAH HINDS – Gertie Cummings ASHLEY SAMUELS – Cord Elam MARIE MENCE – Lead Dancer CREATIVES DANIEL FISH & JORDAN FEIN – Directors DANIEL KLUGER & NATHAN KOCI – Orchestrations and Arrangements JOHN HEGINBOTHAM – Choreography LAURA JELLINEK AND GRACE LAUBACHER – Set Designer TERESE WADDEN – Costume Designer SCOTT ZIELINSKI – Lighting Designer DREW LEVY – Sound Designer JOSHUA THORSON – Video/Projection Designer

Back to Productions BOEING BOEING – BROADWAY This production began on 4th May 2008 and closed on 4th January 2009. In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris ( Whitford ) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées ( Gershon , Hahn and McCormack ) with his housekeeper (Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal ( Rylance ) visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking. Winner of two Tony Awards: BEST REVIVAL and BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY (MARK RYLANCE ) Winner of two Drama Desk Awards: BEST REVIVAL and BEST ACTOR (MARK RYLANCE ) Christine Baranski , Mark Rylance , Bradley Whitford , Gina Gershon , Kathryn Hahn and Mary McCormack star in the London smash Boeing-Boeing. Marc Camoletti 's classic sixties comedy of errors now playing at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, directed by Matthew Warchus . . The London production was just honoured with two 2008 Oliver Award nominations: Best Revival and Best Actor in a Play, Mark Rylance . CAST CHRISTINE BARANSKI – Berthe MARK RYLANCE – Robert GREG GERNAMM – Bernard GINA GERSHON – Gabriella KATHRYN HAHN – Gloria MISSI PYLE – Gretchen CREATIVES MARC CAMOLETTI – Playwright BEVERLEY CROSS & FRANCIS EVANS – Translators MATTHEW WARCHUS – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer CLAIRE VAN KAMPEN – Original Music SIMON BAKER – Sound Designer

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman: The Progress 1000 Tuesday, 6 September 2016 The tenth annual edition of The Progress 1000 celebrates “progress makers” - the people who are helping to shape the city for the future. Read more and see the top 25 here . Up Up

Back to Productions JOUVERT This production opened on 16th June and closed 3rd July as part of SFP's RE:EMERGE Season. 2017. Carnival is here. The streets of Notting Hill are alive with history and amongst the pulsating soca, dazzling colour, and endless sequins and feathers, Jade and Nadine are fighting for space in a world they thought was theirs. A timely reflection on the Black British experience and sexual politics of Carnival, J’Ouvert is a piercing, hilarious and fearless story of two best friends, battling to preserve tradition in a society where women’s bodies are frequently under threat. “What people you know can party through all of the earth’s elements?” J’Ouvert was first produced at Theatre503 in a co-production with Bad Breed and Tobi Kyeremateng . CAST ANNICE BOPARAI GABRIELLE BROOKS SAPPHIRE JOY ZUYANE RUSSELL CREATIVES YASMIN JOSEPH – Playwright REBEKAH MURRELL – Director SANDRA FALASE in collaboration with CHLOE LAMFORD – Designers SHELLEY MAXWELL – Movement SIMISOLA MAJEKODUNMI – Lighting Designer BETH DUKE – Sound Designer ISABELLA ODOFFIN – Casting

Back to Productions FUNNY GIRL – UK TOUR This tour opened at Manchester Palace on 20th February and closed at Southend Cliffs Pavilion on 19th August 2017. ★★★★★ Don’t believe this five-star hype? Go see for yourselves… if you can get in. The Telegraph ★★★★★ Michael Mayer’s exhilarating embrace of a production. The Independent The 5-star production opens at Manchester Palace where it runs for a week from 20 February, before touring to venues including Milton Keynes Theatre, Liverpool Empire, Bristol Hippodrome, Stoke Regent Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen, Edinburgh Playhouse, New Victoria Theatre Woking, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Birmingham Hippodrome, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Mayflower Theatre Southampton, King’s Theatre Glasgow, Nottingham Theatre Royal and Southend Cliffs Pavilion. Funny Girl brought global fame to Barbra Streisand 50 years ago and boasts some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including ‘People’ and ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’. This ‘iconic, legendary, laugh-out-loud ’ (The Times ) musical tells the story of Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star. Funny Girl is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions , Scott Landis Productions , Chocolate Factory Productions , Dante Di Loreto and Michael Harrison . ★★★★ Triumphantly reinvents Funny Girl for a new generation. Evening Standard CAST SHERIDAN SMITH NATASHA J. BARNES DARIUS CAMPBELL NIGEL BARBER ZOE ANN BROWN MARTIN CALLAGHAN JENNIFER HARDING RACHEL IZEN JOSHUA LAY MYRA SANDS RHIANNE ALLEYNE KIT BENJAMIN LLOYD DAVIES FLORA DAWSON JOSEPH DOCKREE ABIGAYLE HONEYWILL BRONTE LAVINE DAVID MCINTOSH PETER NASH GILLIAN PARKHOUSE TOM PARTRIDGE ALEXANDREA WAIT-ROBERTS SAM WINGFIELD ALEXANDREA WRIGHT CREATIVES BOB MERRILL – Lyrics ISOBEL LENNART – Book HARVEY FIERNSTEIN – Revised Book MICHAEL MAYER – Director LYNNE PAGE – Choreography MICHAEL PAVELKA – Set Designer MATTHEW WRIGHT – Costume Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer RICHARD BROOKER – Sound Designer JULE STYNE – Music ALAN WILLIAMS – Musical Supervisor and Arrangements CHRIS WALKER – Orchestrations THEO JAMIESON – Musical Director CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair and Make-Up

Back to Productions LAST DANCE AT DUM DUM This production began performances on 14th July and closed on 28th August 1999. Sonia Friedman Productions/ATG , Royal Court Theatre and Mark Goucher present Ayab Khan-Din’s “LAST DANCE AT DUM DUM ”. CAST PAUL BAZELY – Eliot SHEILA BURRELL – Violet AVRIL ELGAR – Daphne DIANA FAIRFAX – Lydia MADHUR JAFFREY – Muriel RASHID KARAPIET – Mr Jones NICHOLAS LE PREVOST – Bertie MADHAV SHARMA – Mr Chakravatty CREATIVES AYAB KHAN-DIN – Playwright STUART BURGE – Director TIM HATLEY – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer JOHN A. LEONARD – Sound Designer

Back to Productions A CHRISTMAS CAROL This production began performances on 7th November 2015 and closed on 10th January 2016. ★★★★ Broadbent is a genius Scrooge... it’s Christmas cake, plum pudding AND trifle, all rolled into one The Times From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig, Patrick Barlow ’s imaginative adaptation of A Christmas Carol will bring some of Dickens ’ most memorable characters to life. ★★★★ Sheds fresh light on Dickens' classic... there’s a mischievous twinkle about everything The Telegraph Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes his long-awaited return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new comic re-telling of A Christmas Carol , adapted by Patrick Barlow from Charles Dickens's classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption. Broadbent will be joined by Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions, Hamlet Young Vic), Amelia Bullmore (The Norman Conquests Old Vic, Scott & Bailey), Keir Charles (The White Devil RSC, Mydidae Soho Theatre) and Samantha Spiro (Hello Dolly Open Air Theatre, Bad Education). Puppeteers Jack Parker and Kim Scopes complete the ensemble. Coming together to create this innovative new work are some of our most loved and mischievous maverick theatre-makers. The play is written by the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps) with whom Jim Broadbent performed for many years in Barlow’s cult comedy troupe The National Theatre of Brent. A Christmas Carol is directed by Olivier Award-winning Phelim McDermott , Artistic Director of Improbable, one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies, and who was responsible for the iconic 1998 production of Shockheaded Peter. McDermott also directed Theatre of Blood at the National Theatre in which Broadbent last appeared on stage. Joining them is the critically acclaimed designer Tom Pye (The Testament of Mary, The Death of Klinghoffer, The Low Road) and Toby Sedgwick (War Horse, The 39 Steps) as Director of Movement. Peter Mumford will design the lighting and Gareth Fry will design sound. ★★★★ The return of the charismatic, hilarious Broadbent is as good a Christmas present as Theatreland could hope for Time Out CAST JIM BROADBENT ADEEL AKHTAR AMELIA BULLMORE KEIR CHARLES SAMANTHA SPIRO CREATIVES Adapted by PATRICK BARLOW from the Christmas story by CHARLES DICKENS PATRICK BARLOW – Author PHELIM MCDERMOTT – Director TOM PYE – Designer TOBY SEDGWICK – Director of Movement PETER MUMFORD – Lighting Designer GARETH FRY – Sound Designer STEVEN EDIS – Music Supervisor/Musical Arrangements SAME JONES CDG – Casting Director JACK PARKER – Puppeteer KIM SCOPES – Puppeteer

Back to Productions CALICO This production began performances on 20th February and closed on 29th May 2009. Sonia Friedman Productions , Maidstone Productions and Matthew Mitchell present “CALICO ” by Michael Hasting – directed by Edward Hall . CAST JAMIE BEAMISH – Giorgio Joyce ROMOLA GARAI – Lucia Joyce ROBERT PORTAL – Thomas MacGreevy DANIEL WEYMAN – Samuel Beckett DERMOT CROWLEY – James Joyce IMELDA STAUNTON – Nora Barnacle ISSY VAN RANDWYCK – Helen Fleischman HELEN WASHINGTON – Pianist ELAINE HEATHFIELD – Maid CREATIVES MICHAEL HASTING – Playwright EDWARD HALL – Director FRANCIS O'CONNOR – Designer BEN ORMEROD – Lighting Designer MATT MCKENZIE – Sound Designer MICK SANDS – Music CATHY MARSTON – Movement TERRY KING – Dight Director HEATHER DAVIES – Associate Director SARAH BIRD – Casting JOAN WASHINTON – Dialect Coach

Back to Productions TRAVESTIES – BROADWAY This production first began performances on 29th March and closed on 17th June 2018. ★★★★ A glorious one of a kind… this beautifully acted comical-intellectual collage keeps delivering The Times ★★★★ Tomfoolery with a pinch of panache: a dazzling revival Daily Mail Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes , Artistic Director/CEO) – in association with Chocolate Factory Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions – present the first Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard ’s Tony Award-winning play Travesties , direct from its hit, sold-out productions at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory (David Babani , Artistic Director) and the West End. Tony nominee Patrick Marber returns to direct the London production’s acclaimed star Tom Hollander as “Henry Carr.” ★★★★ Tom Hollander shines in Tom Stoppard's wild ride of a comedy Time Out CAST TOM HOLLANDER – Henry Carr PETER MCDONALD – James Joyce SETH NUMRICH – Tristan Tzara NICHOLAS WOODESON – Lenin SCARLETT STRALLEN – Gwendolen SARA TOPHAM – Cecily OPAL ALLADIN – Nadya PATRICK KERR – Bennett CREATIVES TOM STOPPARD – Playwright PATRICK MARBER – Director TIM HATELY – Set and Costume Designer NEIL AUSTIN – Lighting Designer ADAM CORK – Sound Designer and Original Music POLLY BENNETT – Movement

Back to Productions ANNA X – FILM This filmed version of the play sees the two rising stars make their West End debuts in this fictional reimagining inspired by real life events. ★★★★★ Anna X is a fast, seductive show... "Perfect" - and that about sums this play up Daily Telegraph Also part of Sonia Friedman Productions’ RE:EMERGE season, this new play by Joseph Charlton directed by Daniel Raggett stars Golden Golden Globe® winner Emma Corrin . (The Crown) and RTS Breakthrough recipient Nabhaan Rizwan (Informer). ★★★★ It feels fresh, exciting, as shiny as a Jeff Koons sculpture Evening Standard Immersed in an addictive world of front-row fashion shows, private views, and endless parties, Anna and Ariel find themselves struggling to keep up with New York’s dazzling social elite. How far will two outsiders go to construct the identities they want? And at what price? ★★★★ Exciting in its ambition, originality and execution… frenetic, fun and ultra cool. The Guardian CAST EMMA CORRIN – Anna NABHAAN RIZWAN – Ariel CREATIVES JOESEPH CHARLTON – Writer DANIEL RAGGETT – Director JOSHUA ANDREWS – Executive Producer SONIA FRIEDMAN – Producer STUART GALBRAITH – Executive Producer AUSTIN SHAW – Producer

Back to News & Press Ghosts to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios Tuesday, 19 November 2013 The Almeida Theatre’s five-star production of Ibsen’s Ghosts, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre, will transfer to Trafalgar Studios, playing from Tuesday 17 December. Lesley Manville, Jack Lowden, Brian McCardie and Charlene McKenna will reprise their roles and are joined by Adam Kotz as Pastor Manders. Richard Eyre was announced as Best Director for Ghosts at Sunday’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Lesley Manville was nominated for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress and the production’s Designer Tim Hatley and Lighting Designer Peter Mumford were jointly nominated for Best Design. Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. She is determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald, the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in France, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of his father’s dissolute life. Multi award-winning theatre, film and television actor Lesley Manville was last on stage in Grief at the National Theatre, where she has previously been seen in Her Naked Skin, Pillars of the Community, The Alchemist and His Dark Materials. Other theatre credits include Six Degrees of Separation and All About My Mother at the Old Vic, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Pope’s Wedding and Three Sisters at the Royal Court and for the Royal Shakespeare Company she has been seen in The Wives’ Excuse, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and As You Like It. On screen, Lesley has regularly collaborated with Mike Leigh in films including Another Year, All or Nothing, Topsy-Turvy, Secrets and Lies and High Hopes. Her other film credits include The Christmas Candle, Molly Moon, Maleficent, Romeo and Juliet, Spike Island and A Christmas Carol. On television her credits include An Adventure in Space and Time, The Man Who Would Be Bond, Mayday, Cranford, North and South, Bodily Harm, Other Peoples' Children, Promoted To Glory, The Cazalets, David Copperfield, Painted Lady, The Bite, Holding On, Tears Before Bedtime, A Statement of Affairs, Top Girls, Grown-Ups and The Firm. Up Up