Friday, May 24, 2013

Broadway News Review | Week of May 18 – May 24 by Broadway's Best Shows

  1 10 Memorable Tony Awards Performances The Tony Awards ceremony has been celebrating the best in Broadway since 1947 and has been broadcast on U.S. national television since… R…

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Ambassador Theatre Group Acquires Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre by Broadway's Best Shows

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK’s largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxw…

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American Idol Finalists Kree Harrison & Angie Miller Enjoy a Night at Chicago by Broadway.com

The competition is over, and now American Idol’s lovely and talented finalists are ready to kick back a little! For Kree Harrison and Angie Miller, who finished second and third in thi…

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Business News: ATG’s Panter: Foxwoods purchase will act as ‘springboard’ for US expansion by Alistair Smith

Ambassador Theatre Group joint chief executive Howard Panter has said that the company’s purchase of Broadway’s biggest theatre, the Foxwoods, will serve as a “springboard” for furth…

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Broadway's Spider-Man theatre bought by British group by Matt Trueman

Ambassador Theatre Group has bought its first venue outside the UK – Broadway's biggestBroadway's biggest theatre – currently home to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark – has fallen into Br…

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News: ATG acquires Broadway's largest theatre The Foxwoods, home of Spider-Man

In another significant step for transatlantic theatre relations, the UK’s biggest theatre owner Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has acquired Broadway's largest theatre for a reported figure…

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Young, early, emerging: Daniel Brodie, associate producer, Royal Court by Nancy Groves

The young producer talks funding, family, Vicky Featherstone and the odds on a female artistic director at the National TheatreWhat introduced you to the possibility of being a theatre produ…

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Britain’s Ambassador Theatre Group Acquires Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, Home of Spider-Man by Lindsay Champion

The Ambassador Theatre Group, a British theater owner and producer that owns nearly 40 theaters in the U.K, has acquired Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre from entertainment company Live Nat…

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News: ATG buys Broadway’s biggest theatre by Alistair Smith

Ambassador Theatre Group has bought its first theatre on Broadway – the Foxwoods, which is currently home to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. The UK’s largest theatre operator, ATG…

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Britain’s Ambassador Theatre Group in Talks to Purchase Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, Home of Spider-Man by Lindsay Champion

The Ambassador Theatre Group, a British theater owner and producer that owns nearly 40 theaters in the U.K, is setting its sights on Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre, according to The Teleg…

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Monday, May 13, 2013

News: Conrad Lynch joins ATG as producer by Alistair Smith

Wales Millennium Centre artistic director Conrad Lynch is to join Ambassador Theatre Group as a producer. Lynch will take up his new role in August and will work alongside joint chief execut…

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Blog: Michael Coveney: All change at Trafalgar, Liverpool and Finsbury Park

"Trafalgar Transformed" is the title of director Jamie Lloyd's adventure in the Trafalgar Studios with host company Ambassador Theatre Group and, indeed, it's all change all round, with one …

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Analysis & Opinion: Letters of the week by The Stage

In defence of Ambassador Theatre Group, restoration levies questioned, Tv's gender gap, Lacy and French acting editions housed and Emily Watson's luck break

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Name On Everybody's Lips! Paige Davis to Return to Chicago as Roxie Hart by Ryan Gilbert

Paige Davis will join the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Chicago for her second stint as Roxie Hart beginning April 18. Davis, who previously made her Broadway debut as the Merry Murderess…

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Adam Pascal & Christine Pedi Celebrate a Razzle-Dazzling First Performance in Chicago by Ryan Gilbert

Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Adam Pascal was the happiest guy on Broadway on April 8 when he celebrated his first performance as sly and cunning lawyer Billy Flynn in t…

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Adam Pascal & Christine Pedi Paint the Town Red in Broadway's Chicago by Ryan Gilbert

The long-running, Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago welcomes Tony nominee and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Adam Pascal and Christine Pedi to the company beginning April…

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Wicked Fun for Jeremy Jordan and Matilda & Motown Make Magic in This Week’s Datebook by Lindsay Champion

To borrow a line from State Fair, it might as well be spring! Even though the weather hasn’t exactly been cooperating, there are so many Broadway-related events this week, you’ll…

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Adam Pascal Set to Razzle Dazzle 'Em as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago by Ryan Gilbert

Tony nominee and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Adam Pascal will assume the role of slick lawyer Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago beginning April 8. Pascal replaces two-time …

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

News: ATG reappoints Elizabeth Adlington to run Aylesbury Waterside by Nicola Merrifield

Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed Elizabeth Adlington as area theatre manager to run both Aylesbury Waterside Theatre and the New Theatre Oxford. This follows a similar pattern to other…

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Friday, March 1, 2013

News: West End strike action averted after BECTU and ATG resolve dispute by Matthew Hemley

A dispute between union BECTU and Ambassador Theatre Group that saw theatres around the UK threatened with strike action has been resolved. The two parties met yesterday and were able to set…

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

News: Top West End shows at risk of strike disruption by Matthew Hemley

West End shows such as The Lion King and Wicked could be disrupted by strike action, after talks between union BECTU and Ambassador Theatre Group over working conditions for theatre staff br…

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

News: ATG move prompts redundancy fears at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Staff working for the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham fear they are at risk of losing their jobs after Ambassador Theatre Group launched a consultation about a “restructure” at the v…

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Review: 9 to 5 The Musical by Kirstie Ralph

Richmond Theatre played host to the opening night of Ambassador Theatre Group’s 9 to 5 The Musical, which did not fail to impress – the highly-anticipated UK tour had finally arrived in …

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News: Union threatens strike over ATG pay move by Matthew Hemley

Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest theatre operator in the UK, is being threatened with strike action involving hundreds of its employees in a dispute over pay. Union BECTU has warned tha…

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

News: ATG’s Rosemary Squire named in Woman’s Hour Power List by Alistair Smith

Ambassador Theatre Group’s joint founder and chief executive Rosemary Squire has been named in BBC Radio 4′s inaugural Woman’s Hour power list. Squire, who founded ATG – …

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Amy Spanger, Christopher Sieber & the Cast of Broadway's Chicago Get the Squigs Treatment by Ryan Gilbert

Capturing the razzle dazzle of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago with its merry murderesses, scantily clad dancers and slickster lawyer is a tall order, but Broadway.com resident artist…

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News: Arts organisations support backstage training college by Matthew Hemley

Ambassador Theatre Group and Elstree Studios are among organisations backing the launch of a school that will specialise in training students for backstage jobs in the arts. The Elstree Univ…

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

News: Tribunal rules ATG theatre manager ‘unfairly dismissed’ by Alistair Smith

Stephen Levine, the former general manager of Folkestone’s Leas Cliff Hall, has won an employment tribunal against venue operator Ambassador Theatre Group, after a ruling that he was unfai…

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Mama's Good to You! Carol Woods Cooks Up Something Special Backstage at "Chicago" by Broadway.com

Mama's Good to You! Carol Woods Cooks Up Something Special Backstage at "Chicago" Get tickets to "Chicago": http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/ "Chicago&quo…

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

News: Hytner & Starr join Panter & Squire at top of Stage 100 list

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, the husband-and-wife team at the helm of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), have topped The Stage newspaper's list of the 100 most influential people in UK th…

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Features: The Stage 100 2013: number one by The Stage

1st equal: Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire Ambassador Theatre Group Last year: 1st Highest ever: 1st Now celebrating a fourth year at No 1 in The Stage 100, Howard Panter and Rosemary Squi…

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