When Sanaz Toossi made her Off-Broadway debut with this play about four adult students in Iran taking a class to learn English, even the many who praised it described "English" as "contemplative," or "oblique," or (as I did) sharply observed if slow-moving. A year later it was called "quietly powerful" by the judges who awarded "English"...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:15PM on January 23, 2025