NYT profile of Sonia Friedman

[MezzA101]

Posted: 3/19/25 at 11:09am

She May Be the Most Powerful Producer Working in Theater

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/theater/sonia-friedman-broadway-stranger-things.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.FASn.O15TqplAQlto&smid=nytcore-android-share

[mitchern]

Posted: 3/20/25 at 4:52pm

This was a great read, and I'm excited to see what she is cooking up with Hugh Jackman. She really comes across as someone who loves the art form. 

[binau]

Posted: 3/20/25 at 6:25pm

This is a great article. Also sheds some light on the challenges of rising costs. 

"For years she has expressed concern about the high costs of producing on Broadway, particularly when compared to the West End, but her concern has intensified since the pandemic, as rising costs for labor, materials and services have driven show budgets — and ticket prices for hot shows — ever higher. She said, for example, that “The Hills of California,” a family drama by Jez Butterworth that she produced last year in both cities, faced production costs that were 350 percent higher in New York than in London."