Ambassador Theatre Group News

In celebration of International Women's Day, Disney on Broadway is honored to announce that Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver The Closing Keynote Address at The 3rd Annual Women's Day On Broadway: The Decade Ahead And How Women Will Shape It this Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 at The New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City.

ATG Colonial has announced the Boston engagement of Jacqueline Novak's GET ON YOUR KNEES, fresh off its four-time-extended hit off-Broadway engagement. Written and performed by comedian Jacqueline Novak, directed by John Early, executive produced by Mike Birbiglia and originally presented by Natasha Lyonne, ATG Colonial presents the Boston engagement in the Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA for an intimate experience, the show will play a 16-performance run beginning Tuesday, March 31, 2020 and running through Sunday, April 12, 2020.

One of Australia's leading television and musical theatre stars, Eddie Perfect, will play the egotistical boss Franklin Hart Jnr in Dolly Parton's hit musical 9 TO 5.

The Orchard Project has announced its 2020 Gala, A TASTE OF SOMETHING NEW, occurring Monday, March 9, 2020 at the Prince George Ballroom and honoring the work of TONY-Award winning producers Kristin Caskey and Amanda Dubois, OBIE winning writer Kyle Jarrow, and TONY-winning tap legend Savion Glover.

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Producers John Frost, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions today announced the group of performers who will comprise the ensemble in the upcoming Australian Premiere of Dolly Parton's smash-hit musical 9 TO 5. London's West End hit 9 TO 5 will play at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 19 April followed by a season at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne from 25 July.

The West End Production of Dear Evan Hansen, currently playing at the Noël Coward Theatre, today announces a further release of tickets with the critically acclaimed production now booking to 27 June 2020. The award-winning musical which spans generations tells the timely and timeless story of Evan, a boy who is struggling to connect in our hyperconnected world.

The Almeida Theatre announces that Anne-Marie Duff will play the role of Constance in the forthcoming World Premiere of Beth Steel's The House of Shades, directed by Blanche McIntyre.

David Byrne's American Utopia is headed back to Broadway this fall!

David Byrne's American Utopia plays its final Broadway performance tonight, February 16. Its limited run officially opened at the Hudson Theatre on October 20.

Look out Melbourne - tickets to the smash-hit West End musical 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL are on sale from today. Dolly Parton's hilarious musical will play in Melbourne at Her Majesty's Theatre from July 25, following its Australian Premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in April. Get your tickets now at 9to5themusical.com.au.

The internationally acclaimed, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will make its Japanese premiere in the summer of 2022.

As rehearsals for its tour and West End transfer commence, multi-award winning actress Juliet Stevenson jointly wins the acclaimed Best Actress award at this year's Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Dr Ruth Wolff in director, Robert Icke's (The Wild Duck, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Oresteia, 1984) sold-out, five-star Almeida Theatre production of The Doctor.

Dolly Parton's phenomenally successful 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL has released a West End Cast Recording, which is available to stream and download now. It can be found on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. https://slinky.to/9to5-TheMusical

The Stage Awards celebrate the achievements of theatre companies and individuals across the UK and internationally. Winners of the 2020 awards were announced at an event at the Royal Opera House in London on January 31.

The Jamie Lloyd Company and Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today launch Jamie Lloyd Company: Emerge, a talent development programme to break down barriers for those seeking creative roles and offer a first step into the industry.

Public booking opens tomorrow, Tuesday 28 January at 10am via the ATG Tickets website for The Jamie Lloyd Company's production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, in a version by Frank McGuinness, and starring two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award-winner Jessica Chastain. The Jamie Lloyd Company is the successful partnership between Ambassador Theatre Group, the UK's leading theatre company, and artistic director Jamie Lloyd.

that 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL will return for a second tour in 2020. The tour will play at The Bristol Hippodrome from 11 a?" 15 August 2020 and ATG TheatreCard tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday January 25th, followed by general tickets at 10am on Monday January 27th.

As we embark on our voyage through the 2020s, it will be exciting to see if Lopez's lofty ambitions become a reality. After all, Boston theatre has just come through a huge decade of change in which our city's pertinence to the theatre world has grown. Let's look at how our relevance as a city has changed in regards to theatre as an art form in the past decade: 

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