Ambassador Theatre Group News

As much of the UK entertainment and hospitality industries open to customers from 4 July, theatres remain closed, unable to stage live performances.

American Buffalo, written by David Mamet and directed by Neil Pepe, will officially open at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W 50th Street) on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, exactly one year after its originally scheduled opening date.

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced full details of Sphinx 30, its 30th anniversary programme. This includes providing £30,000 funding to support 30 female playwrights over the course of the next year, supported by Arts Council England funding and 15 leading theatres.

The Majestic Theatre was scheduled to present RENT, as part of their Broadway in San Antonio series, on May 1-3. The show was canceled and recently rescheduled for June 4-6, 2021.

Sky News has reported that Providence Equity Partners will inject  £50m in new equity into Ambassador Theatre Group in order to help it survive the shutdown of its venues due to the health crisis. AGT venues include London's Lyceum Theatre, Savoy Theatre and more. 

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced via Twitter that all performances at Ambassador Theatre Group venues across the UK have been suspended until Sunday, August 2nd. 

The Stage has reported that English National Ballet's Tamara Rojo, the Arts Council's chair Nicholas Serota and Mark Cornell, chief executive of Ambassador Theatre Group, will be sitting on a new government-led taskforce aimed at rebuilding the arts and culture in the wake of the health crisis. 

Robert Icke's Almeida Theatre production, The Doctor, will now be postponed until 2021. Juliet Stevenson will reprise her role as Professor Ruth Wolff as previously announced, with further casting to be confirmed in due course.

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced the first group of partnerships with leading theatres as part of Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary.

Among tonight's winners was the pre-Broadway engagement of Six the Musical. which took home Outstanding Visiting Production for its run at ART, while David Byrne's American Utopia was honored with Best Visiting Performance, Musical.

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced its plans for honoring the 2019-2020 season of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

The highly anticipated West End season of Sunday in the Park with George, starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford has postponed its season in the West End until further notice, following the temporary closure of theatreland this spring.

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established and a leading women's theatre company, has announced Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary.

Following the news that the London run of 9 to 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre (where it had been scheduled to run until 23 May) has been cut short due to the cancellation of all performances in the West End until 31 May, Executive Producer Adam Speers celebrated the success of the show today by saying..

According to Variety, The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has confirmed that the West End will remain dark until June due to the current health crisis.

The UK's Ambassador Theatre Group has announced the suspension of all performances until May 31.

Producers John Frost, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced that the Australian seasons of Dolly Parton's hit musical 9 TO 5 will be postponed.

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) is running a nationwide series of ads championing British theatre and encouraging people to support venues when they reopen.

The UK theatre industry weathers the Covid-19 outbreak. Read updates here:

We'll be spending the day at the Women's Day on Broadway event at the New Amsterdam Theatre! Follow along with all of the fun on our Instagram story.