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TONY AWARD^® & OLIVIER AWARD^®-WINNING DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
JAMIE LLOYD
ANNOUNCES THE ACCLAIMED CAST & CREATIVE TEAM OF
HIS OLIVIER AWARD-NOMINATED PRODUCTION OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”
STARRING
TOM HIDDLESTON & HAYLEY ATWELL
TO REUNITE ON BROADWAY FOR A
STRICTLY LIMITED 10-WEEK ENGAGEMENT

FEATURING
MASON ALEXANDER PARK
IN THEIR EAGERLY ANTICIPATED BROADWAY DEBUT

PREVIEW PERFORMANCES TO BEGIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
FOR A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 OPENING NIGHT
AT THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE

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BEGINNING FRIDAY, MAY 15 AT 12 PM ET

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New York, NY (May 12, 2026) – Tony Award and multiple Olivier Award-winning director/producer Jamie Lloyd announced today that the entire cast and creative team of his critically acclaimed production of Willliam Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing will reunite on Broadway for a strictly limited 10-week engagement at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) with preview performances beginning Saturday, October 31 ahead of a Thursday, November 19 official opening night. Much Ado About Nothing will play through Sunday, January 10, 2027 only.

The production, which will star the previously announced Tony Award nominee, Olivier Award nominee, and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Hiddleston as ‘Benedick’ and three-time Olivier Award nominee, Standard Theatre Award winner, and Golden Globe Award nominee Hayley Atwell as ‘Beatrice,’ will also feature Mara Huf as ‘Hero,’ Mika Onyx Johnson as ‘Borachio,’ Gerald Kyd as ‘Don Pedro,’ Forbes Masson as ‘Leonato,’ Phillip Olagoke as ‘Friar Francis,’ Mason Alexander Park as ‘Margaret,’ James Phoon as ‘Claudio,’ and Tim Steed as ‘Don John’.

Park will be making their Broadway debut in Much Ado About Nothing. For their performance as ‘Margaret’ in London, Park was nominated for the The Sunday Times and National Theatre’s prestigious Ian Charleson Award, celebrating the best classical stage performances by actors under the age of 30. Additionally, this Spring, they received rave reviews for originating the role of ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ in the West End production of Cole Escola’s comedy smash Oh, Mary.

Production photos from the London production and cast headshots are available HERE for download and use. A trailer featuring footage from the West End production is available HERE (credit: Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway).

Lloyd’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, which played the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End, was described as “a brilliantly inventive, much needed blast of fun” by The Telegraph, and Time Out, in their five-star review, exclaimed it was “an ecstatic, hilarious masterpiece” and called it “the #1 Best Show of the Year.” For his performance as ‘Benedick’ in Much Ado About Nothing Hiddleston was heralded as “superb” by the Financial Times and Atwell’s ‘Beatrice’ was described as “simply magnificent” by The Standard.

As the Official Partner of Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway, American Express is providing Card Members with access to tickets to the show through Amex Presale Tickets® (while supplies last. Terms apply).

Amex Presale Tickets® are available now through Friday, May 15 at 9:59 AM ET by visiting Telecharge.com  or calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200.

Fan pre-sale tickets will commence Thursday, May 14 at 10 AM ET through Friday, May 15 at 11:59 AM ET. To sign up for the fan pre-sale, please visit www.muchadobroadway.com.

Tickets for Much Ado About Nothing will go on sale to the general public starting at 12 PM ET on Friday, May 15 by at Telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200.

The design team for Much Ado About Nothing includes Standard Theatre Award winner and Tony Award nominee Soutra Gilmour (scenic & costume design), two-time Tony Award winner Jon Clark (lighting design), multiple Olivier and Tony Award nominees Ben and Max Ringham (sound designers & composers), Olivier Award winner Fabian Aloise (choreographer), Jon Glew (UK associate director & text editor), Stuart Burt, CDG (UK casting director), Jim Carnahan, CSA & Alexandre Bleau, CSA (US casting directors), Carole Hancock  (hair, wigs & make-up), Kate Waters (fight director), Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator) and Johnny Milani (production stage manager).

The creative team will also include Conner Wilson (US associate director), Charlie Martin (UK associate choreographer), Anna Josephs (associate costume design), Ricky Lurie (US assistant costume designer), Cheryl Thomas (US assistant hair, wigs, & make-up), Huw Evans (UK music supervisor), and Adam Rothenberg (US music supervisor).

Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company. 101 Productions, Ltd. will serve as general managers.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Jamie Lloyd (Director) is a multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning Director and Producer. His credits for The Jamie Lloyd Company include Waiting for Godot (Hudson Theatre, New York), Evita (The London Palladium – winner of two Olivier Awards and nomination for Best Musical Revival; Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical), Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane – nominated for two Olivier Awards including Best Revival), The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Romeo & Juliet (Duke of York’s Theatre), Sunset Blvd. (St. James Theatre, New York – winner of three Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical / Savoy Theatre – winner of seven Olivier Awards including Best Director and Best Musical Revival; Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director), The Effect (National Theatre/The Shed, New York), A Doll’s House (Hudson Theatre, New York – nominated for six 2023 Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play), The Seagull (Harold Pinter Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre/Harold Pinter Theatre/Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York – Olivier Award for Best Revival; Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Director), Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre/Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre – nominated for four 2021 Tony Awards including Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play; Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Director), Pinter at the Pinter (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Maids, The Homecoming, The Ruling Class, Richard III, The Pride, The Hothouse, and Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios).

Tom Hiddleston (Benedick). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane – Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor, WhatsOnStage Award nominee for Best Performer in a Play, The Standard Theatre Award nominee for Best Actor), Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre/Broadway/Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre – Tony Award nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Evening Standard Theatre Award nominee for Best Actor). Other theatre credits include: Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company), Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse – Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor), Ivanov and Othello (Donmar Warehouse), Cymbeline (Cheek by Jowl – Olivier Award for Best Newcomer), and The Changeling (Cheek by Jowl). Television credits include: “The Night Manager” Season 2, “Loki” (Critics’ Choice Award Nomination, People’s Choice Award), “The Essex Serpent”, “The Night Manager” (Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, Emmy Leading Actor Nomination), “Henry IV Parts 1&2” and “Henry V” (South Bank Sky Arts Award for Breakthrough performance), “Return to Cranford,” “Wallander,” “Miss Austen Regrets,” “The Gathering Storm,” “Conspiracy,” and “Nicholas Nickleby.” Film credits include: The Life of Chuck, Loki in Marvel’s Thor, The Avengers (MTV Movie Awards for Best Villain and Best Fight), Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Early Man, Kong: Skull Island, I Saw the Light, High-Rise, Crimson Peak, Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy, Muppets Most Wanted, Only Lovers Left Alive, Exhibition, The Deep Blue Sea, War Horse, Midnight In Paris, Archipelago, and Unrelated. Forthcoming projects include: “Pompeii: Out of Time,” Tenzing, Avengers: Doomsday and “The Night Manager” Season 3.

Hayley Atwell (Beatrice) is a Golden Globe and Olivier Award nominated actress who has established herself as one of the finest actresses of her generation across film, television, and theater. For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane – London Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and The Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance) and The Pride (Trafalgar Studios – Olivier Award nominee for Best Actress). Other theater credits include: Prometheus Bound, The Man of Mode (Royal National Theatre), Major Barbara (Royal National Theatre), Measure For Measure, Dry Powder, Rosmersholm, A View From The Bridge  (Duke of York’s Theatre – Olivier Award nominee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role) and Upcoming in film, Atwell will reprise her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as ‘Margaret ‘Peggy’ Carter’ in Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Doomsday premiering theatrically on December 18, 2026. Previous film credits include: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Avengers: Endgame, the seventh and eighth installments of the franchise Mission: Impossible, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Blinded By The Light, Christopher Robin, Cassandra’s Dream, Brideshead Revisited, The Duchess, Jimi: All Is By My Side, and Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella. Upcoming on television, she will guest star in Hulu and Disney+’s series “Rivals” Season 2 and star in “Treasure Island” for MGM+ and Paramount+. Previous television credits include: “Agent Carter,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Avengers Assemble,” “What If…?,” Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, BBC drama “The Long Song,” E.M. Forster’s critically acclaimed adaptation of “Howards End,” “The Line of Beauty,” “Pillars of the Earth” (Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television), “Black Mirror,” “Any Human Heart,” “Restless,” and “Criminal.”

Mara Huf (Hero). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), The Effect (National Theatre). Theater credits include: Childminder (Traverse Theatre), The True History of Bonnie and Clyde (Birmingham Repertory), Electra, Closer, Holy Day, La Ronde, Lord of the Flies, Pygmalion, and Othello (Birmingham Conservatoire). Film credits include: Death Do Us Part (Play Entertainment), The People We Hate at the Wedding (Amazon), Tetris (Apple TV), and Maintenance Required (Amazon). Television credits include: “A Woman of Substance” (The Forge), “Toast of Tinseltown” (Objective Media), “Avenue 5” (HBO), and “Storm” (Treasure Hunt). Training: Birmingham Conservatoire

Mika Onyx Johnson (Borachio). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); The Seagull (Harold Pinter); Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse/ Harold Pinter/ Glasgow Theatre Royal/ BAM, NYC). Theater credits include: Macbeth (Storyhouse); Pink Lemonade (Gate/ Edinburgh Fringe Festival/ Bush Theatre); As You Like It (Shakespeare’s Globe); Dear Elizabeth (Gate); Michael X (Almeida). ‘Film credits include: Dismantle Me (Spinster Films). Television credits include: “What It Feels Like For A Girl” (BBC Three); “Newark, Newark” (Balloon Entertainment); “Screw” (Channel 4); “The Girlfriend Experience” (Transactional Pictures). Writing credits includes: “What It Feels Like For A Girl” (BBC); My White Best Friend (Bunker); Pink Lemonade (Bush); Queer Upstairs (Royal Court); I’m Here (Pentabus).

Gerald Kyd (Don Pedro). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), The Seagull (Harold Pinter), Richard III (Trafalgar Studios Theatre). Theater credits include: Further than The Furthest Thing (Young Vic); The Deep Blue Sea and The Meeting (Chichester Festival); Cherry Orchard, Children of The Sun, Three Winter, Blood and Gifts (National). Film credits include: A Blue Butterfly (Boudica Entertainment); And Mrs. (Netflix); Tyger (Stave Hill Films); Muse (Fancy A Jam Pictures). Television credits include: “Legends,” “The Choice” (Netflix); “The Assassin” (Amazon); “Love Rat” (Channel 5); “Crookhaven,” “Malory Towers,” “The Split,” “Cuckoo,” “Dr Who,” “Cold Feet,” “Harlots,” “Britannia,” “Unforgotten,” “Deep Water” (BBC); “FBI: International” (HBO). Video game credits: Necromunda: Hired Gun; Call of Cthulhu; Battlefleet Gothic 2; Assassin’s Creed, Ryse: Son of Rome; Grey Goo. Training: LAMDA

Forbes Masson (Leonato). For The Jamie Lloyd Company Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Macbeth, Richard III, The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios) and Dr. Faustus (Duke of York’s). Theater credits include The High Life – Still Livin’ It! (National Theatre of Scotland/ Dundee Rep). Farm Hall (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Orphans, Laughing Boy (Jermyn Street); Jekyll and Hyde (Lyceum); Macbeth, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, The Histories, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, and Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company); Summer and Smoke (Almeida); Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory). Film credits include: The Road Dance (BBC). Television credits include: “The Crown” (Netflix); “As You Like It” (CBeebies); “Crime,” “EastEnders,” “Red Dwarf” and “The High Life” (BBC); “Catastrophe” (Avalon Television); “Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rock Star” (Ch4). Forbes is an Associate Artist at Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre of Scotland and co-writer of Victor and Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium (404ink).

Phillip Olagoke (Friar Francis). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Romeo & Juliet (Duke of York’s). Theater credits include: Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s); The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s); A Number (Old Vic); David Copperfield (Barn); Farewell Leicester Square (Townsend Productions); Hansel & Gretel (Shakespeare’s Globe). Training: The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Mason Alexander Park (Margaret). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). Theater credits include: Oh, Mary! (Trafalgar Theatre), American Idiot (Deaf West, USA), Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre), I Am My Own Wife (Long Wharf), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (US Tour). Film credits include: National Anthem (LD Entertainment). Television credits include: “Quantum Leap” (NBC), “The Sandman” (Netflix), “Cowboy Bebop” (Netflix), and “iCarly” (Nickelodeon). Nominated for the 2026 Ian Charleson Award and a 2026 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Play, both on behalf of their performance in Much Ado About Nothing. 

James Phoon (Claudio). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). Theater credits include: Stage Kiss (Hampstead Theatre), Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Palace Theatre), and Underdog: The Other Other Bronte (National Theatre). Television credits include: “Bridgerton” (Netflix) and “Wreck” (BBC Three). Training: Guildford School of Acting

Tim Steed (Don John). For The Jamie Lloyd Company: Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). Theatre credits include: Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre), Ink (Almeida & Duke of York’s), The Pride (Royal Court), and Salome (Headlong). Film credits include: One Life (See-Saw Films), The Phantom of the Open (Sony Pictures), Star Wars – The Last Jedi (Lucasfilm), Cruella (Disney Studios), and The Death of Stalin (Main Journey). Television credits include: “Breeders” (Sky), “The Nevers” (HBO), “The Crown” (Left Blank Pictures & Sony Pictures), “A Very British Scandal” (BBC One & Amazon), and “Brexit: The Uncivil War” (Channel 4). Most recently he can be seen in Maigret, and 1000 Blows written by Stephen Knight.

The Jamie Lloyd Company (Producer) is a multi-award-winning West End and Broadway production company that creates adventurous productions with the best talent in the world. Previous work includes radical reappraisals of Waiting for Godot, Evita, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Sunset Blvd., The Effect, A Doll’s House, The Seagull, and Cyrano de Bergerac with casts including Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton, Hayley Atwell, Gemma Chan, Jessica Chastain, Emilia Clarke, Paapa Essiedu, Claire Foy, Martin Freeman, Kit Harington, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, James McAvoy, Arian Moayed, Keanu Reeves, Simon Russell Beale, Taylor Russell, Nicole Scherzinger, Sigourney Weaver, Alex Winter, and Rachel Zegler.

Forthcoming productions include Much Ado About Nothing (Broadway) and Evita (Broadway).

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