Caryl Churchill may be the best living playwright in the English language. And at 86, she’s still producing work of remarkable vigor and nuance in her quintessentially absurdist style. Her sense of craft, and…

John Proctor is the Villain, a play centering on an opinionated bunch of high school English students starring Sadie Sink, opened at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 14. "It's just such a natural, authentic a…

It's April on Broadway, which means there's something new to see every night of the week! Stay in the know with the latest episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal.  Hailey Kilgore plays her final perf…

Get a first look at a new trailer for Volksoper Wien's a new futuristic production of Follies, the celebrated musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman in Austria. The production is performed in German with…

At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into th…

In John Proctor Is the Villain, Kimberly Belflower flips the American literary canon on its head—and in doing so, she gives voice to a generation demanding clarity, justice, and truth. Set in a rural North Ge…

Booth Theatre, New York Stranger Things star Sadie Sink takes the lead in a wonderfully written new Broadway show about high schoolers grappling with hot potato issues in 2018 Soaring prices be damned, Broadway…

The first word spoken in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is “sex,” a portent of things to come. Mr. Smith (Gabriel Ebert), a high school English teacher, has been tasked with handling sex-ed for his junio…

John Proctor is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, is opening at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 14. Ahead of the company's red-carpet celebration, check out photos from the production, featuring…

“Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way,” Gabby Beans smiles as she considers all the times she has crossed paths with one of Shakespeare's most famous trage…

Full casting has been announced for Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical, the new English musical comedy based on the blockbuster Indian film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ)

Live theatre, NewcastleFrom dodging bombs to dancing in nightclubs, Syrian theatre-maker Hamzeh Al Hussien enacts the story of his life “This is who I am.” Hamzeh Al Hussien stands before us. Beyond him, th…

A buzzy new play takes on The Crucible in a Georgia classroom, Jordan Fisher turns up the heat in Paris, and Ashley Graham steps into the Broadway spotlight for the very first time. From breakout performances t…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 10 to determine the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards. This is the third administration meeting of the 2024-202…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 10 to confirm the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the second time this season that the Tony Awards Adminis…

Get a first look at Volksoper Wien's a new futuristic production of Follies, the celebrated musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman in Austria. The production is performed in German with English subtitles…

6-time Tony Award ® winner Audra McDonald steps into the mother of all roles in a revival of GYPSY unlike any you’ve heard before. Helmed by visionary director, 6-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe, this…

Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterThis version of Mike Leigh’s classic brings out the boozy claustrophobia, while Kym Marsh as Beverly and Tupele Dorgu as Susan brilliantly draw out the sadness of suburban dr…

The musical will be performed in both American Sign Language and spoken English.

“She jokes that she wrote me into being,” says Marjan Neshat of English playwright Sanaz Toossi. The pair frequently refer to themselves as creative soulmates. It’s fitting then that the actress shares a …

These gems had been waiting in the 12 tones of the Western scale and the million words of the English language, unobserved, until [Sondheim] came along with his flashlight and pickax. Any opportunity to experie…

This is a tough one and news of infinite sadness. I just learned that composer William Finn has died at the age of 73. “March of the Falsettos” in 1981 was a revelation to me and his follow-up “Falsettola…

  Anne DiGiovanni performs as deegie in the new solo show EXES: The Musical, which plays at The New York City Fringe Festival April 2 - 8. The idea for deegie's EXES album and EXES: The Musical was sparked …

Get a first look at the futuristic production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies at Volksoper Wien. The musical is performed in German with English subtitles. The production is directed by Martin G…

New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeGrounding fantasy in emotional reality, director Theresa Heskins and her joyous 14-strong ensemble make the David Niven-starring film fly on stage The 1940s hits, played by on- and…

Welsh culture is in crisis. The actor’s intervention is to be applauded, but it is not a long-term solution Michael Sheen’s statement of intent for his newly founded national theatre for Wales couldn’t be…

With this week's announcement that the live-filmed production of Merrily We Roll Along will be released in theaters, we got to thinking about other productions we'd love to see a pro-shot of. I mean we know ma…

🌟 WE DID IT! 🌟 What a campy, fabulous, and unforgettable night! 🎭 Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we didn’t just meet our goals - we raised a RECORD BREAKING $137,000! 🎉 ✨…

In her Broadway debut, Tala Ashe embodied the struggle of a woman caught between two cultures. The actress portrayed Elham in the new play English by Sanaz Toossi. A bright medical student in Iran, Elham puts u…

Actor hopes Owain and Henry, one of two new productions by the Welsh National Theatre, will be a ‘defining moment’ He has been celebrated for playing the roles of a British prime minister and an English kin…

In 1966, 16-year-old Norma Ingram was ‘presented’ to Sydney society. Now her granddaughter, the playwright Dalara Williams, has written a play celebrating the historic vibrancy of Redfern Get our weekend cu…

In fact, the play Harmon has written is mainly about the conflict between the grandmother and the mother. While we are never really certain why Ellen and Susan refuse to be in the same room, we come to know all…

Hadi Tabbal made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize winning play English by Sanaz Toossi. His character Omid is one of several Iranian adults who spend their time in an English class and must navigate how…

Today, the Windham-Campbell Prizes have awarded eight extraordinary writers $175,000 each to support their work and allow them to focus on their creative practice independent of financial concerns. The 2025 rec…

Orange Tree theatre, LondonCamaraderie, comedy and a love of the trade shine through in April De Angelis’s group portrait of Nell Gwyn and the other female actors who were the first to be permitted on the Eng…

J.S. Streible was born in the bosom of Atlanta, Georgia, adopted at birth and swept to be raised in the temperate rainforest of the Southern Appalachians. Growing up as a statistical unicorn ingrained in him an…

John Proctor is the Villain, a play by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, begins performances at Broadway's Booth Theatre on March 20. The production, starring Sadie Sink of Stran…

The role has inspired the world’s best ballerinas and her story is as popular as ever – whether revived, reimagined or deconstructed. Dancers explain the appeal of Giselle ‘I thought I looked too healthy …

The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough's Paradise. Awarded annually since 1978, the prestigious international Prize is the largest and oldest a…

A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane Grey, painted during her lifetime, according to the conservation group English Heri…

Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDaniel Raggett’s hit-and-miss Marlowe production has wonderful moments but errs on the side of excess in its staging of the king’s doomed love affair Edward II’s love for …

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Before the deluge of plays and musicals set to open ahead of Tony Awards nomination…

Age: 31 Hometown: The Wirral in Merseyside, England Current Role: Jak Malone plays a variety of characters in Operation Mincemeat, most notably Hester Leggett, a fastidious MI5 staff member and the unsung her…

For the week ending March 2, the 27 currently running productions grossed $27,030,004.

The nominations for the 2025 Olivier Awards have been announced, with several artists familiar to New York audiences receiving nods. Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis from Sunset Boulevard made the announcemen…

Interview with Handan Salta – co-founder of the Istanbul Theatre Showcase – TheatreIST, theatre critic, literary translator. Handan Salta is a freelance critic and translator. She taught courses on English,…

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say Leading cultural figures have expressed doubts about the government’s commitment to restoring th…

ETT (English Touring Theatre) today announces the appointment of Amy Vaughan as Chair of the Board of Trustees, she takes up the position from outgoing Chair Robert Delamere

In November, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) awarded the 2024 Translation Prize to Bahram Beyzaie’s Naqqali Trilogy, translated into English for the first time by Nikta Sabouri and Richard Sa…

Photo by T. Charles Erickson The following is my extended 2017 interview with James Bundy for American Theatre magazine.. Bundy announced today th…

Video by Meredith Heyman... Marjan Neshat, star of "English," shares with Theater Pizzazz how she continues to relate to her character and why the play is particularly relevant today. The post Video – Behind…

Ava Lalezarzadeh who plays Goli in English on Broadway took us backstage at the Todd Haimes Theatre to share some of her favorite backstage routines, moments, must-haves and more.

Extended interviews from THE BROADWAY SHOW/Broadway.com featuring the team behind the hit Broadway play ENGLISH, which played at the Todd Haimes Theatre for Roundabout Theatre Company from January 3 to March 2,…

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Interview: Conductor Gregor Reid leads the English Musical Theatre Orchestra when Broadway's golden era comes alive in "Some Enchanted Evening," a spectacular tribute to iconic composers and timeless show tunes

​Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English is entering its final weeks on Broadway. The new play, presented by Roundabout Theare Company and directed by Knud Adams, is all about the power of commun…

Winning a Pulitzer Prize and staging productions at prestigious theaters didn’t mean playwright Sanaz Toossi was ready to stop fine-tuning English. “I’m never done,” she told one of the play’s stars, …

Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek speaks with ENGLISH’s Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi, director Knud Adams and stars Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat and Had…

Watermill theatre, NewburyThe Private Eye duo adapt AG Macdonell’s satire showing how a privileged chancer in English public life gets away with it It’s a bad week of theatre for Boris Johnson. He would be …

English is must-see theater.  An expertly written, thought-provoking examination of the relationship between language and identity (and so much more), beautifully acted and sensitively directed, this play wil…

With the United States now governed by swaggering, ignorant bigots spewing xenophobic venom, militarizing the border, and terrorizing any insufficiently White person hoping to come or stay, a gentle and subtle …

Marin Theatre’s production of “Waste” delves into English Parliamentary power struggles, captivating with its enduring societal truths.

The hilariously wild three-act play by English playwright Michael Frayn, Noises Off, is a famous slapstick comedy where everyone gets caught in the act. A co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, this l…

The play is not very consistent with life in 1949. It is unlikely that middle class married women cursed, smoked marijuana, quoted Simone de Beauvoir or engaged in affairs with other women. While the program no…

It’s not easy for an adult to learn a new language. If you ever tried, you will connect with the characters in “English” the 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning play for Drama by playwright Sanaz Toossi now prese…

Interview: Bianca Stephens plays Lady Macduff in English Touring Theatre's production of Macbeth which will open at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Barry Edelstein welcomes special guests co-writer Steve Rosen and co-writer and director Gordon Greenberg for a discussion about Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Gl…

This week, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, is featuring innovative new plays, long-running hits and—of course—Broadway/boy band synergy.  *NSYNC's Joey Fatone is back on the boards as Lance in &…

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage…

The Washington National Opera's stunning production of the classic tale: https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/jungle-book/ Step into the jungle, where adventure awaits! Orphaned child Mowgli seeks…

The epic poem Beowulf is being presented as a solo performance with a twist – reimagining the famous verses as a cautionary tale. FEAST. will have its West Coast premiere for a five-week run, March 8 thro…

Marjan Neshat as Marjan  the teacher in a scene from the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Sanaz Toossi’s “English” at the Todd Haimes Theatre (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) Language is both a blessi…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play “English” opened on Broadway just days after Donald Trump took office for the second time — which was notable timing for a show that had it roots in the early days of Trump…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the Broadway production English, Dangerous Corner @ ActorsNET in Morrisville, PA, Kowalski @ The Duke on 42nd Street, Dear Jack, Dear Louise @ 59…

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 31, 2025: Anyone who’s ever struggled to master a foreign language in private classes will find something to appreciate in English, Sanaz Toossi’s fitfully amusing, dramatica…

Sanaz Toossi's heartbreaking play is about the way language can fracture and separate us from ourselves. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: English at Todd Haimes Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magaz…

Katori Hall’s culinary comedy, a heavenly Beverley Knight and English National Ballet at Royal Albert Hall are among this month’s highlights More than 100 performers – including 60 dancing swans – flood…

The best of Broadway gathered at the Todd Haimes Theatre to celebrate opening night of English-Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, directed by Knud Adams. Watch in this video as the whole compa…