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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Sydney Theatre Company books $10m revenue boost after Dorian Gray production becomes global hit

Australian actor Sarah Snook won the best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play award for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Tony awards in New York this month
Actor Sarah Snook won the best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play award for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Tony awards in New York this month. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Sydney Theatre Company has recorded a $10m boost to revenue after its Dorian Gray production became a West End hit, and is poised to reap millions more when it receives a cut from this year’s even more lucrative Broadway run.

The company’s chief executive, Anne Dunn, cited commercial in confidence when asked whether that additional $10m was attributable to the heavy lifting done by Kip Williams’ phenomenally successful production, which is now grossing more than $1.6m a week on Broadway and earlier this week earned Snook her first Tony.

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