Back to News & Press 2019 Olivier Award-winning Best Play The Inheritance coming to Broadway this Fall Wednesday, 5 June 2019 Directed by multi Olivier and Tony Award-winner Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot , Netflix’s ‘The Crown’) and designed by Olivier and Tony Award winner Bob Crowley , The Inheritance will begin previews at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theater (243 West 47th street) on Friday, September 27, 2019 and will officially open on Sunday, November 17, 2019. It begins with a gathering of young, gay New Yorkers. Each has a story aching to come out… Profoundly touching and wickedly hilarious, Matthew Lopez’s highly-anticipated two-part play, The Inheritance , asks how much we owe to those who lived and loved before us, and questions the role we must play for future generations. Brilliantly re-envisioning E. M. Forster’s masterpiece Howard’s End to 21st-century New York, it follows the interlinking lives of three generations of gay men searching for a community of their own – and a place to call home. The Inheritance is a life-affirming journey of tears and laughter, through conflicts and connections, heartbreak and hope. A new play, generations in the making. The creative team for The Inheritance includes scenic and costume designer Bob Crowley , lighting designer Jon Clark , sound designer Paul Arditti , and music by Paul Englishby . General Management is by RCI Theatricals . Casting by Jordan Thaler, CSA & Heidi Griffiths, CSA , Julia Horan CDG . Casting will be announced in the coming weeks. The Inheritance had its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre from March 2 through May 19, 2018. The acclaimed production transferred to the West End, where it played a limited engagement September 21, 2018 through January 19, 2019. For more information, please visit TheInheritancePlay.com . Up Up

Back to News & Press The Ferryman announces US National Tour following 9 Tony Awards nominations Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Winner of the Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award for Best New Play and Best Direction in London, the Broadway production has just been nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Play. The show’s producers Sonia Friedman and Caro Newling have confirmed that discussions are underway for engagements in Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Hartford, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, San Francisco, Schenectady, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto, Washington and other markets. They have also confirmed that advanced discussions are underway for an Australian production. The Ferryman is playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Broadway through July 7, 2019. It has received the following nominations: 9 Tony Award Nominations: Best Play Best Direction of a Play – Sam Mendes Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play – Paddy Considine Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play – Laura Donnelly Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play – Fionnula Flanagan Best Scenic Design of a Play – Rob Howell Best Costume Design of a Play – Rob Howell Best Lighting Design of a Play – Peter Mumford Best Sound Design of a Play – Nick Powell 4 Drama Desk Award Nominations: Outstanding Play Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Tom Glynn-Carney Outstanding Director of a Play – Sam Mendes Outstanding Sound Design in a Play – Nick Powell 5 Outer Critics Award Nominations: Outstanding New Broadway Play Outstanding Director of a Play – Sam Mendes Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) – Rob Howell Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) – Rob Howell Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Fionnula Flanagan 2 Drama League Award Nominations: Outstanding Production of a Play Paddy Considine – Distinguished Performance Award A New York Times’ Critics Pick, Ben Brantley called the show “The Broadway production of the year” and said, ‘This astonishing, glorious, magnificent drama takes your breath away. The Ferryman is an endlessly vibrant work, directed with sweeping passion and meticulous care by Sam Mendes . This is theater as charged and expansive as life itself.’ The New Yorker’s Cynthia Zarin said, ‘This play is that rare thing: as you sit in the audience, you know you are watching theatre history happen.’ The Daily Beast’s Tim Teeman wrote, ‘The Ferryman sets a gold standard for Broadway plays. A rollicking, moving masterpiece, and an emphatic herald of the strength and power of original playwriting on Broadway. Rarely is theater so beautifully written, brilliantly acted and brilliantly directed. Do whatever you can to see it.’ Peter Marks of The Washington Post called it ‘A riveting work of art. The evening is a meticulous unfolding of plot and character that builds to one of the most ferociously rewarding climaxes of my playgoing experience. This explosive, exhilarating drama is what a theater lover lives for.’ The Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones said ‘Epic and extraordinary, with a howling roar of cacophonous humanity. You feel like you’re watching human destiny play out before your eyes.’ David Rooney in The Hollywood Reporter wrote, ‘A gloriously entertaining new work that positively thrums with life and love and leaves you shocked and breathless. The Ferryman is a crackling thriller that will shake up the Broadway season with tornado-like force.’ The Ferryman is set in rural Northern Ireland in 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. The Ferryman is produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions & Neal Street Productions with Ronald Frankel, Gavin Kalin Productions, Roy Furman/Benjamin Lowy, Scott M. Delman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Ron Kastner, Starry Night Entertainment, Kallish Weinstein Creative, Scott Landis, Steve Traxler, Richard Winkler, Rona Delves Broughton/Bill Damaschke, 1001 Nights, Burnt Umber Productions, Rupert Gavin, Scott Rudin, Jamie deRoy/Catherine Adler, Sam Levy/Lauren Stevens, and Ramin Sabi/Christopher Ketner. Up Up

Back to News & Press Tax breaks a ‘game changer’ for theatre, says Sonia Friedman Wednesday, 16 April 2014 The commercial producer, who runs Sonia Friedman Productions – which co-produced shows that accounted for around half of this year’s Olivier Awards prizes – said she hoped the new tax-relief scheme would bring more radical work to the West End. In his Budget last month, chancellor George Osborne confirmed a new relief system would be introduced this autumn in which producers of touring shows will be able to claim 25% tax relief, while other productions will be eligible for a 20% tax credit. The initiative will apply to plays, musicals and other live performances such as opera, ballet and dance, and is expected to benefit both subsidised and commercial producers. Friedman said: “Certainly for new producers and younger producers, it’s going to be a game changer because it’s very hard to raise investment. The statistic of three in 10 shows recouping is real – I have to say not in the case of my company, but if one is generalising then it is.” She added: “It’s very important because film has been doing it forever, and I hope it will bring in much more exciting and radical new work into the West End. “In the end, commercial theatre doesn’t have subsidy, so we do need support from somewhere. So to gain it from the government like this is a huge, huge accolade to everything we’ve been doing.” Friedman said she believed Osborne had proposed the scheme partly because he had seen a lot of commercial theatre in recent years. “He’s obviously clocked that this is important for the economy, important for tourism and important for export, and has seen that if he can do this hopefully a lot more work will spring up,” she said. Read full article here . Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions announce on-sale for OEDIPUS Tuesday, 19 March 2024 Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) today release new artwork and announce the on-sale for the strictly limited West End run of Oedipus , a new adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles. Icke directs Mark Strong (OEDIPUS) and Lesley Manville (JOCASTA) with full casting to be announced at a later date. Also announced are Hildegard Bechtler (Set Design), Wojciech Dziedzic (Costume Design), Natasha Chivers (Lighting Design), Tom Gibbons (Sound Design), Tal Yarden (Video Design) and Julia Horan CDG (Casting Director). The strictly limited run at Wyndham’s Theatre opens on Tuesday 15 October, with previews from Friday 4 October 2024, and runs until Saturday 4 January 2025. Behind every great man is a great woman. Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi-award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller. After his revelatory Oresteia, visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Icke’s production was originally produced in Dutch by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and was presented at the Edinburgh International Festival. Tickets are on sale for DMT+ members now, with general booking opening on Wednesday 20 March at 10am. Mark Strong said today, “It’s an immense privilege to be returning to the West End in such incredible company – to take on this role opposite the incomparable Lesley Manville, and to reunite with Robert Icke, undoubtedly one of the great visionary directors currently on the world stage. Rob has brought the story bang up to date with the flair with which he approaches classic text, making his Oedipus a modern thriller for our times.” Lesley Manville said today, “I’m very excited to return to the West End and take on the role of Jocasta in Robert Icke’s extraordinary adaptation of Oedipus. It’s my first time performing a Greek tragedy and my first time working with the brilliant Mark Strong. Lucky me.” Robert Icke said today, “I’m delighted to be bringing Oedipus to the West End, and am hugely looking forward to collaborating once more with the matchless Mark Strong and to get to work for the first time with the wonderful Lesley Manville.” Across the run, Sonia Friedman Productions will be offering 1000 tickets at £30 exclusively for those aged 30 and under, reflecting its ongoing commitment to ticket accessibility within the arts. For more details and to hear when these tickets go on sale, please join the Sonia Friedman Productions mailing list https://www.soniafriedman.com/subscribe Up Up

Back to News & Press Olivier award-winning play Stranger Things: The First Shadow will open on Broadway in 2025 Tuesday, 6 August 2024 Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award winning, "mega five-star hit" (Sunday Times) play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will begin performances Friday, March 28, 2025 and officially open Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Broadway's Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street). Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, and rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is a new play written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin. Sign up now for first access to pre-sale tickets at www.StrangerThingsBroadway.com . Pre-Sale Tickets for those who sign up on the official website will go on sale for STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW at 11:00AM ET on Friday, September 13, 2024. Tickets for the general public will go on sale at 11:00AM ET on Friday, September 17, 2024. STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will feature set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video design & visual effects by 59, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, casting by Jim Carnahan. Casting to be announced at a later date. Hailed by the Daily Telegraph as "The West End Event of the Year" and the recipient of nineteen 5-star reviews and twelve 4-star reviews, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW opened in its world premiere production at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, where it is currently breaking box office records and is now on sale through February 16, 2025. The West End production recently won several awards including two Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Set Design, the Critics' Circle Awards for Best Set Design and Most Promising Newcomer, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play. Click here to see more from the star-studded West End Opening Night. Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper's car won't start, Bob Newby's sister won't take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, hisfamily finds that afresh start isn't so easy...and the shadows of the past have a very Jong reach. From Netflix and the multi-award-winning Broadway producer Sonia Friedman Productions comes STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW. Winner of two Olivier Awards including Best Entertainment, this landmark production is brought to life by an award-winning creative team including director Stephen Do/dry {The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Inheritance, The Hours, The Reader) and co-director Justin Martin {Prima Facie, The Inheritance). With stunning special effects, extraordinary performances, and a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat, this gripping, stand-alone adventure will take you right back to the beginnings of the Stranger Things story. STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions. The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps Entertainment as associate producer. Follow STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW on Facebook, lnstagram and X at @stonbroadway. Follow STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW on YouTube and TikTok . For more information visit www.StrangerThingsBroadway.com . To read more about STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, visit TUDUM.com . Up Up

Back to Productions FAITH HEALER – BROADWAY This production began performances on 18th April and closed on 30th July 2006. Faith Healer is a masterpiece. A magnificent piece of storytelling. A gripping production that has you on the edge of your seat and wiping the tears from your eyes. Daily Telegraph Faith Healer tells the moving tale of dissolute, charasmatic Frank Hardy ( Fiennes ), his long-time lover ( Jones ) and his devoted manager ( McDiarmid ) as they travel the back roads of Scotland and Wales peddling miracles. As the three wrestle with Hardy's genuine but elusive gift for healing, they ask potent questions about who we trust, what we know and why we believe. Faith Healer offers the unique opportunity to see three of our finest actors on one stage and delights those with faith in the enduring power of live theatre. In the astonishing and mesmerising new Broadway production of Brian Friel's great play, Ralph Fiennes paints a portrait of an artist as dreamer and destroyer that feels so fresh. Rarely has his glamorous star shine been put to such powerful use. The New York Times Ralph Fiennes returns to Broadway - alongside Cherry Jones , fresh from her tour de force in Doubt - in Brian Friel 's Faith Healer , a spellbinding play in which each revelation upends all that has come before it. Faith Healer was mounted on Broadway in May 1979, starring James Mason and directed by Jose Quintero . In the quarter century since, several high-profile productions have established its critical standing as equal to that of Friel 's other masterworks Philadelphia , Here I Come and the Tony-winning Best Play Dancing at Lughnasa . Theatrical magic! Brian Friel's play is brilliantly evocative" The Guardian CAST RALPH FIENNES – Frank IAN MCDIARMID – Teddy CHERRY JONES – Grace CREATIVES BRIAN FRIEL – Playwright JONATHAN KENT – Director JONATHAN FEMSOM – Designer MARK HENDERSON – Lighting Designer

Back to News & Press Additional casting announced for the West Coast premiere of The Jungle at San Francisco's Curran Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Set in Europe’s largest unofficial refugee camp in Calais, France, The Jungle became a temporary home for more than 10,000 people in 2015. Under the direction of Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin , the limited engagement begins Tuesday March 26, 2019 and will run through Sunday, May 19, 2019. Opening night is Thursday, April 4, 2019. Tickets for The Jungle are $25—$165 and are available now at SFCURRAN.com/jungle. $25 day-of rush tickets to THE JUNGLE will be made available through a partnership with TODAY TIX. The company is made up of actors from countries around the world, including actors from refugee backgrounds, some of whom came through the Jungle. Newly announced cast members include Moe Bar-El, Lorraine Bruce, Tommy Letts, Catherine Luedtke, Zara Rasti, Ibrahim Renno, Rachid Sabitri, Bisserat Tseggai, Tim Wright, and Khaled Zahabi. Previously announced cast members include Alexander Devrient, Ammar Haj Ahmad, Trevor Fox, Yasin Moradi, Jonathan Nyati, John Pfumojena, Rachel Redford, Dominic Rowan, Mohamed Sarrar, Milan Tajmiri, Ben Turner, and Nahel Tzegai all of whom transfer from the West End and St. Ann’s Warehouse. Less than three years after its massive and historic renovation, Curran’s 1600 seat proscenium theater will once again undergo a remarkable transformation in order to house THE JUNGLE’s 360° staging and designer Miriam Buether’ s award-winning set. Audiences will inhabit the world of the Afghan café in the Calais camp, with the mezzanine allowing unique views over the performance space. This extraordinary transformation will reduce the capacity of the theater to an intimate 600 seats. Meet the hopeful, resilient residents of The Jungle – the short-lived, self-governing society that emerged within a sprawling refugee camp in Calais, France. Join the residents over freshly baked naan and sweet milky chai at the Afghan Café. Take a seat where men, women and children fleeing war and persecution created a world offering warm hospitality, amidst squalor and danger. This “devastating, uplifting show” (The Guardian ) is “a story we need to hear” (Time Out London ). Up Up

Back to News & Press Previews begin for Ian Rickson's production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem. Mark Rylance reprises his award-winning role as Johnny 'Rooster' Byron Sunday, 9 October 2011 Following record-breaking sold-out runs at the Royal Court and the Apollo Theatres in 2009 and 2010 respectively, Ian Rickson’s Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth’s multi award-winning play is running at the Apollo Theatre until 14 January 2012. Mark Rylance will lead the cast as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron. Designs are by Ultz, with lighting by Mimi Jordan Sherin, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph and music by Stephen Warbeck. Jerusalem is produced in the West End by Royal Court Theatre Productions and by Sonia Friedman Productions. Actor and Musician Johnny Flynn joins the cast as Lee. The English folk band The Sussex Wit is fronted by Flynn. His last stage appearance was at the Royal Court in Jeremy Herrin’s production of The Heretic. Sophie McShera who can currently be seen as scullery maid Daisy Robinson in ITV’1’s Downtown Abbey, joins the cast to play Pea. Geraldine Hughes who plays Dawn and Max Baker who plays Wesley join the West End cast from the Broadway production. Hughes’ theatre credits include Pumpgirl and Translations for the Manhattan Theatre Club and roles in Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife and Rocky Balboa on screen. Baker’s theatre credits include Mother Courage at the Public Theatre and Howard Katz at the Roundabout Theatre. His screen credits include Revolutionary Road, NYPD Blue and 3rd Rock From the Sun. The full 2011 West End cast is Mark Rylance (Johnny “Rooster” Byron) and Mackenzie Crook (Ginger) as well as Max Baker (Wesley), Alan David (The Professor), Aimeé-Ffion Edwards (Phaedra), Johnny Flynn (Lee), Geraldine Hughes (Dawn), Danny Kirrane (Davey), Sophie McShera (Pea), Charlotte Mills (Tanya), Sarah Moyle (Ms Fawcett), Harvey Robinson (Mr Parsons), Barry Sloane (Troy Whitworth) and Lennie Harvey, Dylan Standen and Archie Waite (Marky 1,2,3). Jerusalem is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. On St George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron is a wanted man. The Council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants his dad to take him to the fair and Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking. Jerusalem will offer 20 top price seats at £10 each, which will go on sale from the Box Office, in person only, from 10am on the day of each performance. Up Up

Back to News & Press SFP at the Ambassadors announces Season of Lates Wednesday, 11 March 2020 The season of incredible one-off performances will play alongside the previously announced runs of Baby Reindeer and The Shark is Broken . With further acts to be announced. SFP is committed to accessible pricing for this season of lates with shows from just £15.50. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 11 March at 12 noon. Sonia Friedman said: “In these uncertain times, we all need more opportunities to laugh, to be dazzled and to be entertained. And that’s why I’m so deeply passionate about the eclectic and exciting mix of late night programming my team and I have curated to run as part of the ‘SFP at the Ambassadors’ season. From world-class stand-up comedians to the most glamorous drag queens around, these late night shows are the exact escape we’ve all been looking for.” Following the announcement of Baby Reindeer and The Shark Is Broken at the Ambassadors Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions is thrilled to announce a packed line-up of the most dynamic and entertaining stand-up, drag performers, cabaret stars and more. Performances begin at 9:30pm. Live at the Ambassadors , presented by Berk’s Nest in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, is a monthly night presenting the most exciting, hilarious and ground-breaking comedy acts around. The first Live at the Ambassadors will feature Bridget Christie , best known for “free-wheeling gags and first rate grumbling” (The Telegraph), performing alongside Olivier Award nominee Richard Gadd , who brings his celebrated stand-up to the theatre for one-night only during his smash-hit run of Baby Reindeer . Suzi Ruffel and Fern Brady , Jamali Maddix and Kiri Pritchard McClean , Ed Gamble and Jen Brister will also take to the stage at subsequent Lives. More acts to be announced for each date in the coming months. The season will also feature: the ridiculously talented Cocoa Butter Club whose roster of performers of colour will dazzle audiences with neo-burlesque, voguing and more; Frisky and Mannish ’s first London outing of their riotous hit show Poplab ; star of Comedy Central’s Dragony Aunts and international author Crystal Rasmussen ’s The Confessions of Crystal Rasmussen featuring some very special guests; the legendary Duchess of Canvey, Diane Chorley ’s smash-hit Edinburgh show, Modern Love ; a feast of BOTH Kieran Hodgson ’s critically acclaimed performances, Maestro and ’75 , and chorister, football pundit and comedian Lloyd Griffith ’s Not Just a Pretty Face . With more acts to be announced. Up Up

Back to News & Press Harry Potter and the Cursed Child nominated for Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards Wednesday, 20 November 2019 The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been nominated for Best Musical Theater Album alongside Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Oklahoma! The Grammy Awards will take place on 26th January at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Up Up

Back to News & Press The Mountaintop, Mark Rylance and Ultz Triumph at the 2010 Oliver Awards Monday, 22 March 2010 Set the night before the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, it starred David Harewood as the famous civil rights leader and Lorraine Burroughs (also nominated in the Best Actress category) as the maid in his Memphis motel with whom he has an illuminating encounter. Mark Rylance was named Best Actor for his portrayal of local waster Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in JERUSALEM. Jez Butterworth’s play opened at the Royal Court last summer and was transferred by SFP earlier this year to the Apollo theatre, where it plays to 24 April. This is Rylance’s second Laurence Olivier Award; he won Best Actor in 1994 for Much Ado About Nothing. He was most recently nominated in 2008 for his role in BOEING-BOEING. Ultz also triumphed in the Best Set Design category for his work on JERUSALEM, taking home the coveted bronze statuette for his leafy design of a Wiltshire wood. Up Up

Back to News & Press Drama Desk Awards announced Sunday, 23 May 2010 LA CAGE AUX FOLLES received three awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Douglas Hodge) and Outstanding Costume Design (Matthew Wright). A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE was named Outstanding Revival of a Play and Liev Schreiber was awarded Outstanding Actor in a Play. Catherine Zeta-Jones won Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (tied with Montego Glover for MEMPHIS). Up Up