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Back to News & Press Complete cast and creative team announced for New York, New York Wednesday, 1 February 2023 Previously announced stars Colton Ryan (Girl From The North Country , Hulu’s “The Girl From Plainville”) as Jimmy Doyle and Anna Uzele (Six , Apple TV+’s “Dear Edward) as Francine Evans will be joined by Clyde Alves (On The Town ) as Tommy Caggiano, John Clay III (Choir Boy ) as Jesse Webb, Janet Dacal (In The Heights ) as Sofia Diaz, Ben Davis (Dear Evan Hansen ) as Gordon Kendrick, Oliver Prose as Alex Mann (Broadway Debut), Angel Sigala (Broadway Debut) as Mateo Diaz, and Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show ) as Madame Veltri. The ensemble includes Wendi Bergamini , Allison Blackwell , Giovanni Bonaventura , Jim Borstelmann , Lauren Carr , Mike Cefalo , Bryan J. Cortés , Kristine Covillo , Gabriella Enriquez , Haley Fish , Ashley Blair Fitzgerald , Richard Gatta , Stephen Hanna , Naomi Kakuk , Akina Kitazawa , Ian Liberto , Kevin Ligon , Leo Moctezuma , Aaron Nicholas Patterson , Dayna Marie Quincy , Julian Ramos , Drew Redington , Benjamin Rivera , Vanessa Sears , Davis Wayne , Jeff Williams , Darius Wright . NEW YORK, NEW YORK begins performances Friday, March 24, 2023 and officially opens Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre . Featuring music and lyrics by Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winners and Academy Award nominees John Kander & Fred Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret ), written by Tony Award nominee David Thompson (The Scottsboro Boys, Steel Pier ), co-written by Sharon Washington (Audible’s Feeding The Dragon ) and featuring additional lyrics by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In The Heights ), NEW YORK, NEW YORK will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys ). NEW YORK, NEW YORK will feature scenic design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt (POTUS ), costume design by Emmy Award winner Donna Zakowska (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), lighting design by Tony Award winner Ken Billington (The Scottsboro Boys ), sound design by Tony Award winner Kai Harada (The Band’s Visit ), projection design by Christopher Ash (Network ) and Beowulf Boritt , hair & wig design by Emmy Award winner Sabana Majeed (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), music supervision and arrangements by Sam Davis (Company ), orchestrations by Tony Award winner Daryl Waters (Memphis ) and Sam Davis, vocal arrangements by David Loud (The Visit ), music direction by Alvin Hough, Jr. (Tina - The Tina Turner Musica l), casting by Jim Carnahan , CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA , and production stage management by Johnny Milani . Tickets for NEW YORK, NEW YORK are now on-sale at www.NewYorkNewYorkBroadway.com . This production reunites John Kander with director and choreographer Susan Stroman , book writer David Thompson , and co-writer Sharon Washington , who collaborated with both John Kander & Fred Ebb on Broadway’s The Scottsboro Boys , which was nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Kander , Ebb , Stroman and Thompson also previously collaborated on Steel Pier , which was nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, as well as Off-Broadway productions of The Beast in the Jungle, And the World Goes ‘Round and the revival of Flora and the Red Menace . NEW YORK, NEW YORK marks the first official collaboration between the creative team and Lin-Manuel Miranda . Up Up

Back to News & Press SFP productions and co-productions nominated for 21 Tony Awards Tuesday, 30 April 2024 Congratulations to all Tony Award nominees in all categories. We are hugely proud of every person we have worked with onstage and off across all our Broadway productions and co-productions over the past year. We are thrilled that SFP productions and co-productions have been nominated for the following 21 awards: Merrily We Roll Along Best Revival of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical – Maria Friedman Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Jonathan Groff Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Daniel Radcliffe Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Lindsay Mendez Best Sound Design of a Musical – Kai Harada Best Orchestrations – Jonathan Tunick Patriots Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Michael Stuhlbarg Stereophonic Best Play Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Will Butler Best Direction of a Play – Daniel Aukin Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Will Brill, Eli Gelb & Tom Peckina Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play – Juliana Canfield, Sarah Pidgeon Best Scenic Design of a Play – David Zinn Best Costume Design of a Play – Enver Chakartash Best Lighting Design of a Play – Jiyoun Chang Best Sound Design of a Play – Ryan Rumery Best Orchestrations – Will Butler and Justin Craig For the full list of nominees, please click here . Up Up

Back to News & Press Sunny Afternoon wins four Olivier Awards Tuesday, 14 April 2015 New hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON was the best performing show at last night’s Olivier Awards, winning four awards. The production won Best New Musical, John Dagleish won Best Actor in a Musical, George Maguire won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, and Ray Davies of The Kinks won for Outstanding Achievement in Music. SUNNY AFTERNOON is currently booking until 24 October 2015, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London.John Dagleish and George Maguire play Ray Davies and Dave Davies of The Kinks respectively, alongside Ned Derrington as Pete Quaife and Adam Sopp as Mick Avory, who complete the band. Full cast: Carly Anderson, Jason Baughan, Philip Bird, John Dagleish, Ned Derrington, Lillie Flynn, Emily Goodenough, Elizabeth Hill, Vince Leigh, George Maguire, Amy Ross, Jo Servi, Adam Sopp, Dominic Tighe and Tam Williams. Fifty years ago, The Kinks were sitting at Number One in the UK charts with their fifth single ‘Tired of Waiting For You’. The band’s popularity has not faded since the 1960s, with crowds of all ages filling the Harold Pinter Theatre night after night. Featuring some of The Kinks’ best-loved songs, including You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset and Lola, Sunny Afternoon marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s rise to fame. Following a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre, this world premiere production, with music and lyrics by Ray Davies, new book by Joe Penhall, original story by Ray Davies, direction by Edward Hall, design by Miriam Buether and choreography by Adam Cooper, opened at the Harold Pinter theatre on 28 October 2014. Lighting is by Rick Fisher, sound by Matt McKenzie and the Musical Supervisor and Musical Director is Elliott Ware. The official cast recording album, produced by Ray Davies at his Konk studios, is released on BMG Chrysalis and is available to buy on Amazon . Up Up

Back to News & Press Further casting announced for Dreamgirls Friday, 3 June 2016 Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce further casting for the long-awaited UK premiere of Dreamgirls which will have preview performances at the Savoy Theatre from 19 November and Opening Night on Wednesday 14 December 2016. As previously confirmed, American actress and singer Amber Riley will star as Effie White. Ms Riley will be joined by Ibinabo Jack as Lorrell Robinson and Liisi LaFontaine as Deena Jones, making up the soulful singing trio ‘The Dreams’. Nicholas Bailey will play Marty, Adam J. Bernard will play Jimmy Early, Tyrone Huntley will play C.C. White and Joe Aaron Reid will play Curtis Taylor Jr, with Ruth Brown and Karen Mav alternating the role of Effie White at performances when Amber Riley is not scheduled to perform. The cast of Dreamgirls will also include Jocasta Almgill, Callum Aylott, Hugo Batista, Samara Casteallo, Chloe Chambers, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Joelle Dyson, Kimmy Edwards, Candace Furbert, Nathan Graham, Ashley Luke Lloyd, Gabriel Mokake, Abiola Ogunbiyi, Sean Parkins, Kirk Patterson, Ryan Reid, Rohan Richards, Noel Samuels, Durone Stokes and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. Sonia Friedman, Producer: “It was wonderful to announce our star Amber Riley a few weeks ago. Now, having seen more than 1000 performers audition over many months, I am thrilled that we can reveal most of our Dreamgirls company. It is 35 years since its Broadway premiere, so to finally be the ones to bring it to London with our world-class creative team and incredibly talented, exciting young cast is an honour and privilege. I believe we now have the perfect team to create a sensational production that I hope will be well worth the wait.” Amber Riley is best known for her role as ‘Mercedes Jones’ in the Golden Globe Award-winning musical comedy, Glee. Additional television appearances include playing ‘Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North’ in the NBC live performance of the musical, The Wiz and competing in Dancing with the Stars, which she won in 2013. Riley’s numerous theatre credits include Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Into the Woods and Mystery on the Docks with the Los Angeles Opera. In November 2012, she made her New York stage debut to rave reviews in New York City Center’s Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade. Ibinabo Jack’s stage credits include Legally Blonde The Musical (Savoy Theatre), The Color Purple (Menier Chocolate Factory), Little Shop of Horrors (Manchester Royal Exchange) and The Bodyguard on UK Tour. Liisi LaFontaine was a finalist on The Winner Is (NBC) as part of a singing duo The LaFontaines with her mother Nita Whitaker. Her stage credits include Ti'Moune in Once on This island (LACHSA production), Mimi in Rent (Skylight theater) and Trisha in Dog Sees God (Skylight Theater). Her first EP titled Golden is now available on iTunes. Nicholas Bailey is best known for playing Dr Anthony Trueman in EastEnders (BBC One) and Carl in The Archers (BBC Radio 4). Stage credits include The Duke of Burgundy in Richard Eyre’s production of King Lear (National Theatre), Gabriel in Breakfast with Mugabe (Theatre Royal Bath), Julius Caesar (Manchester Royal Exchange) and Dreaming (Manchester Royal Exchange/West End). In 2006, Bailey was a contestant on ITV’s Soapstar Superstar. Adam J. Bernard can currently be seen in Thriller Live! (UK Tour), having previously starred in the West End production. Further theatre credits include I Can’t Sing (London Palladium), Hairspray The Musical (Asia Tour). Television and film credits Star Wars VII, Drifters (Channel 4), Random (Channel 4), Holby City (BBC), Legends (TNT). Tyrone Huntley’s stage credits include The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales), Porgy and Bess (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Sister Act (UK Tour), Hairspray (Leicester Curve), Aladdin (King’s Lynn Corn Exchange). He was most recently seen as Gator in Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre). Joe Aaron Reid is currently starring as Benny in In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre). Broadway theatre credits include If/Then, Chicago, Curtains, Ghost, Catch Me If You Can and Finian's Rainbow. He also appeared in the NBC drama Smash for two seasons. Ruth Brown found fame in the first series of BBC’s The Voice, reaching the semi-finals under the mentorship of Sir Tom Jones. She has since gone on to release her first UK single ‘P.O.P.’ and is soon to debut her new album, Letters of Truth. Karen Mav was recently a contestant on the 2015 series of ITV’s The X Factor where she wowed TV audiences and judges with her take on Etta James’s ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’ and the Whitney Houston version of the classic ‘I Will Always Love You’. Full information on performance schedules and further casting will be updated on the official website Dreamgirlswestend.com As previously announced, Dreamgirls will be Directed and Choreographed by Olivier and Tony Award®-winning Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin and Something Rotten!), with Set Design by Tim Hatley, Costume Design by Gregg Barnes, Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone, Sound Design by Richard Brooker and Hair Design by Josh Marquette. The Musical Supervisor will be Nick Finlow, the Orchestrator will be Harold Wheeler, with Additional Material by Willie Reale. Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history. Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called ‘The Dreams’, as they learn the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous, and features the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going’, ‘I Am Changing’, ‘Listen’ and ‘One Night Only’. With Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen and Music by Henry Krieger, the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett opened in 1981 and subsequently won six Tony Awards®. The original cast recording won two Grammy awards for Best Musical Album and Best Vocal Performance for Jennifer Holliday’s ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.’ In 2006 it was adapted into an Oscar winning motion picture starring Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. Amber Riley and Liisi LaFontaine are appearing with the support of UK Equity, incorporating the Variety Artistes’ Federation, pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity. Up Up

Back to News & Press Patriots is transferring to the West End Friday, 19 August 2022 Patriots is international award-winning writer Peter Morgan ’s (Frost/Nixon) first new play since The Audience. He is best known for writing the multi-award-winning Netflix hit, The Crown. Patriots is the Almeida’s fastest-selling new play and transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited twelve-week run from 26 May to 19 August 2023, with Opening Night on 6 June 2023. Directed by the Almeida’s Artistic Director, Rupert Goold (Ink, Enron), Patriots is a brilliant and startlingly timely story of ambition, loyalty and betrayal in a brave new world. BAFTA-winning actor Tom Hollander (The Night Manager; Travesties) reprises his starring role as Boris Berezovsky, the ‘kingmaker’ behind Vladimir Putin, with Will Keen (His Dark Materials) also returning to play Putin and Luke Thallon (Albion) as Abramovich. Further casting will be announced in due course. “If the politicians cannot save Russia, then we businessmen must. We have not just the responsibility but the duty to become Russian heroes” 1991. The Fall of the Soviet Union.With the dawning of a new Russia, there are winners and losers, and today’s patriot can fast become tomorrow’s traitor.As a new generation of oligarchs fights to seize control, Patriots follows billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky from the president's inner circle to public enemy number one. The full creative team for Patriots is Director: Rupert Goold , Set Designer: Miriam Buether , Co-Costume Designers: Deborah Andrews and Miriam Buether , Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles , Movement Director Polly Bennett , Sound Designer and Composer: Adam Cork , and Casting Director: Robert Sterne . Up Up

Back to News & Press Major West End Theatre to be renamed in honour of playwright Sir Tom Stoppard Wednesday, 1 July 2026 ATG Entertainment has today announced that the Duke of York’s Theatre will be renamed The Tom Stoppard Theatre, creating a lasting tribute in the heart of the West End to one of the most influential playwrights in British theatre. The renaming also recognises Sir Tom’s longstanding association with the St Martin’s Lane venue. Sir Tom Stoppard, who passed away in November 2025, was one of the most acclaimed and widely recognised playwrights of modern times. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he received a knighthood in 1997 and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 2000. His many honours included a record five Tony Awards for Best Play, three Olivier Awards and an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. Across an extraordinary canon of work, Stoppard penned some of the defining masterworks of modern theatre, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Leopoldstadt. A new production of Arcadia, directed by Carrie Cracknell, transferred to the West End from the Old Vic and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP), is currently playing at the newly named Tom Stoppard Theatre until Saturday 12 September 2026, with the venue reimagined in the round especially for the production. The show’s highly anticipated Opening Night coincides with the announcement of the theatre’s renaming, marking a fitting celebration of Stoppard’s legacy. Stoppard’s connection with the St Martin’s Lane venue spanned many years. In 2009, a celebrated revival of Arcadia played to sold out audiences at the theatre, following the acclaimed 2006 residency of his politically charged and music-filled drama Rock ’n’ Roll. Opened in 1892 as the Trafalgar Square Theatre and renamed the Duke of York's Theatre in 1895, the venue has played a significant role in British theatrical history. It hosted the 1904 premiere of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and welcomed Charlie Chaplin to its stage in 1905. Over the decades, it has also been home to acclaimed productions featuring some of the most celebrated names in theatre, including Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren, Orlando Bloom, Glenda Jackson, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Dame Imelda Staunton and Jeremy Irons. Physical changes to the theatre’s signage will take place over the coming months, subject to planning approvals. Internal branding and digital updates are also set to roll out in the coming weeks. Sonia Friedman, said: “It feels entirely fitting that one of the West End’s great playhouses should now bear the name of one of our greatest playwrights. “I had the privilege of producing many of Tom’s plays, including at this theatre, and more importantly, of calling him a dear friend. We shared countless coffees opposite the theatre, and I can just imagine him looking up at his name on the building, utterly tickled pink. “I hope The Tom Stoppard Theatre inspires new generations to discover the curiosity, humanity, wit and extraordinary imagination of his work, and in doing so, understand why he secured his place among the true giants of theatre.” Up Up

Back to News & Press Sonia Friedman Productions announces cast for the West End transfer of The Old Vic production of Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA Monday, 18 May 2026 Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) today announces casting for the West End transfer of The Old Vic’s acclaimed and Olivier Award nominated production of Tom Stoppard ’s Arcadia , directed by Carrie Cracknell . The production runs at the Duke of York’s Theatre, which is being newly renovated into the round, from Saturday 20 June – Saturday 12 September 2026, with Press Night on Wednesday 1 July at 7pm. Cracknell directs Nikki Amuka-Bird as Hannah Jarvis and Oliver Chris as Bernard Nightingale who join the cast alongside Aaron Anthony as Richard Noakes, David Buttle as Captain Brice, Matthew Doswell as Gus Coverly / Augustus Coverly and Yolanda Kettle as Lady Croom. Returning to the production following The Old Vic run are Angus Cooper as Valentine Coverly, Seamus Dillane as Septimus Hodge, Tim Frances as Jellaby, Holly Godliman as Chloë Coverly, Isis Hainsworth reprising her Olivier Award-nominated role as Thomasina Coverly and Matthew Steer as Ezra Chater, with understudies Alex Britt , Peta Cornish and Keziah Hayes . Nikki Amuka-Bird said, “Hannah Jarvis is a fascinating woman – fiercely intelligent, endlessly curious, always searching for the truth. Tom Stoppard gives her wonderful precision, wit and depth. I’m delighted to be playing her with this company in the West End and to be reuniting with the brilliant Carrie Cracknell.” Oliver Chris said, “When I saw Carrie Cracknell’s wonderful production of Arcadia at The Old Vic I was completely captivated by it. Tom Stoppard’s writing is dazzlingly intelligent and deeply moving all at once and I can’t wait to be part of bringing this production into the West End and getting my teeth into the role of Bernard.” The production plays in the round, with limited On-Stage seating available. Tickets are on sale now: arcadiawestend.co.uk Up Up

Back to Productions WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? This production began performances on 25th January and closed on 30th April 2005. Kim Cattrall plays intelligent and sexy sculptor Claire Harrison, who is forced to contemplate her future following a serious road accident. Left with only the use of her sharp mind, wit and indomitable spirit, she can make us laugh - and often does - she could make us cry, but she doesn't want to. What she does want is to be heard and to reclaim the decisions about her own life and death. Whose Life Is It Anyway? places the individual at the centre of one of the most complex medical and moral issues of our times - do we have the right to choose how we want to live and when we want to die? Originally seen in London in 1978 with Tom Conti, the production subsequently transferred to Broadway and was then re-written for Mary Tyler Moore. Brian Clark 's newly updated version of his award-winning play now invites contemporary audiences to consider some of the most challenging and controversial questions they may ever be asked. Kim Cattrall , best known for her portrayal of Samantha Jones in the international award-winning Sex and the City , leads a cast including Janet Suzman and Ann Mitchell . Sir Peter Hall , one of the world's most distinguished directors, will direct the production. CAST KIM CATTRALL – Claire Harrison JANET SUZMAN – Mrs Justice Millhouse ANN MITCHELL – Sister Anderson WILLIAM CHUBB – Dr Emerson AMITA DHIRI – Helen Hill ALEXANDER SIDDIG – Dr Scott JOTHAM ANNAN – John RACHEL BAVIDGE – Margret Boyle EMMA LOWNDES – Kay Sadler CREATIVES BRIAN CLARK – Playwright PETER HALL – Director LUCY HALL – Designer PAUL PYANT – Lighting GREGORY CLARKE – Sound Design JOE HARMSTON – Associate Director PATSY RODENBURG – Voice Coach

Back to Productions A FLEA IN HER EAR This production began performances on 2nd December 2010 and closed on 4th March 2011. A Flea in Her Ear makes a triumphant return... blissfully funny. The Independent When Raymonde Chandebise (Lisa Dillon) believes her husband, Victor Emmanuel (Tom Hollander) is having an affair, she and her old friend Lucienne devise what they believe is a simple plan to catch him out. However, their plan misfires when the letter they have sent sets in motion a myriad of confusion and suspicion, involving everyone from the servants to a member of the Spanish aristocracy. Tom Hollander mixes manic energy with moments of goggling incredulity… skillfully executed. Evening Standard The Old Vic and Sonia Friedman Productions present “A FLEA IN HER EAR ” by Georges Feydeau – Translation by John Mortimer . Impeccably cast... Richard Eyre’s frenetic, precise production is a delight. Time Out CAST TOM HOLLANDR – Victor Emmanuel Chandebise/Poche LISA DILLON – Raymonde FIONA GLASCOTT – Lucienne DI BOTCHER – Olympe JONATHAN CAKE – Romain Tournel OLIVER COTTON – Dr Francache WALTER VAN DYK – Herr Schwarz FREDDIE FOX – Camille Chandebise REBECCA NIGHT – Eugenie LLOYD HITCHINSON – Augustin Feraillon TIM MCMULLAN – Etienne Plucheux JOHN MARQUEZ – Carlos Homendides De Histangua WILLIAM MAXWELL – Baptistin MAGGIE SERVICE – Antoinette CREATIVES RICHARD EYRE – Director ROB HOWELL – Designer SUE BLANE – Costume Design MARK HENDERSON – Lighting GREGORY CLARKE – Sound

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