For the students in Sanaz Toossi’s dramedy about mother tongues and other tongues, the world’s lingua franca is not exactly free.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMRoundabout Theatre Company's production of Sanaz Toossi's English, directed by Knud Adams, open tonight at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Read the reviews!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39PMPulitzer Prize winner Sanaz Toossi's play about a group of Iranians studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language transfers to Broadway in an impeccable production.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:31PMTodd Haimes Theatre, New York
Sanaz Toossi’s 2023 recipient makes an effortless transfer, focusing on Iranian students studying English, a play that brings both laughter and real emotion
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PMAbsolutely nothing gets lost in the translation of Sanaz Toossi’s English as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a group of Iranians longing for the West finally makes its Broadway debut…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:30PMUnlike casual language learners — say, in a high school French class, or on Duolingo — for the characters in Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-winning “English,” language acquisition feels i…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM★★★★☆ Sanaz Toosi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play feels newly richer in this Roundabout production
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:26PM★★★★☆ Playwright Sanaz Toossi schools us on what it means to be a stranger in a strange language
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:25PMA nameless terror has upended the fragile homeostasis in Agnes and Tobias’ carefully-ordered uppercrust existence, all the more frightening because its anonymity makes it uncomfortably uni…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PMWhen 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 “con…
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Broadway producers Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora are welcoming diners, Hell’s Kitchen neighbors, and Broadway Community back to the beloved West Bank Cafe, re-opening for dinner to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMLOS ANGELES — Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films "New Jack City," "Above the Rim" and "Sugar Hill," has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a sp…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:49PMRachel Potter has revealed that recording is completed for her forthcoming Broadway album, 'Stages.' In a new Instagram post, the Evita star also shared the artists that will appear with her…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMKen Wydro, writer, producer and creator of Off-Broadway’s “Mama, I Want to Sing,” died on Tuesday, January 21 at his home in Harlem, New York. He was 81 years old. Learn more about Hyd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMNosferatu director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct a sequel to Jim Henson's Labyrinth for TriStar Pictures. Eggers is writing the script with The Northman collaborator Sjón.
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Tune into The Tonight Show next week to watch the cast of Death Becomes Her perform from the hit musical. Their performance will air on Monday, January 27 at 11:35/10:35c on NBC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMThe two-time Tony winner will headline a series of concerts at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMDirected by Laura Gordon & Laura Rook. Perfs at Overture Center Jan 30 –Feb 16. The play features Colleen Madden & Heidi Armbruster, who will be alternating roles during the run. This will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMOnly Make Believe and Situation Group teamed up for a workshop where they taught children in care facilities how to make their own costumes.
SOURCE: Google at 12:06PMOriginally named the Martin Beck, the theatre is the western outpost of the Broadway theatre district. Article | By Andrew Gans | January 1 ...
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SOURCE: Google at 12:06PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonInspired ideas abound in Jennifer Tang’s production but, among all the plotting, betting and baiting, it doesn’t quite all come together
Shakespeare’s ea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMAhead of her departure from the show, watch Jordan Tyson sing “If This Is Love” from The Notebook and reflect on the valuable lessons she's taken ...
SOURCE: Google at 12:06PMInfluencer Paytas' one-night-only Broadway debut will also be streamed.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe actor and teacher will work alongside Cabaret and Performance Conference Artistic Director John McDaniel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe piece is one of three new musicals set to be staged within the York's New2NY series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMBrand new production images are released of the UK Tour of & JULIET featuring new cast members Lee Latchford-Evans & Jay McGuiness
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 12:02PMTrisha Paytas' One-Night-Only 'Big Broadway Dream' To Feature Special Guests Sutton Foster, Ben Platt, Rachel Zegler, Joy Woods & Surprises. By Greg ...
SOURCE: Google at 12:01PMTom Viola stepped down as executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at the end of 2024 after leading the charity for 36 years — but ...
SOURCE: Google at 12:01PMPonoka's Zeia Ayuno is thrilled to have joined the cast of Disney's Frozen: The Broadway Music, opening Feb. 1 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.
SOURCE: Google at 12:01PMDO ANDROIDS DREAM? The leads of Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending: Darren Criss, in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, and Helen J Shen in Michael Kors ...
SOURCE: Google at 12:01PMTHERE’S NO PLACE LIKE FUN HOME One of the first penetrating statements Alanna Chavez makes very early as Alison Bechdel in Porchlight’s Fun Home, now playing at the Ruth Page Center for …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:01PMA SPONTANEOUS MOCKERY OF JUSTICE, INDEED Now on for a short run through January 26 at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Theater, Synergy Theater brings an improvised spoof of the iconic TV series Law …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:01PMMartha Graham Dance Company reminds us that our city continually reinvents itself, with or without disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:01PMRehearsal images have been released for the West End transfer of Eline Arbo's adaptation of The Years
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 12:01PMIt’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.
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The L.A. wildfires have resurfaced an old question: Are times too dark for a glitzy awards ceremony?
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:59AMFollowing the 2025 Oscar nominations announcement on Thursday morning, Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng will broadcast live on YouTube at approximately 9:15 a.m. ET/6:15 a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:58AMWhen it comes to this year’s Oscars, it won’t be the same old (best) song. With the Motion Picture Academy insistent the show will go on as scheduled on March 2 despite calls from the li…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:57AMAfter more than 2,400 people cast their votes, the finalists for the 2025 Gold Derby Film Awards have been unveiled. Leading the way are Dune: Part Two and Wicked, with 11 bids apiece, fo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:57AMPlus, he tells Gold Derby which Wicked spin-off movie he’d most “want to see.” “Life is full.” That is how Wicked director Jon M. Chu describes the whirlwind of the past few months…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:57AMThe veteran English actress said that she now needed to attend public events with someone else, because of her worsening macular degeneration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AMYou can count on films like “Emilia Pérez” and big stars like Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande, but this year may hold some surprises, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AMThe fizzy, determinedly upbeat documentary charts how Liza Minnelli survived Hollywood. It’s inspiring, jaw-dropping and conspicuously incomplete.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AMSebastian Stan’s Trump portrayal is also rewarded after the film had a hard time getting distribution, while Marianne Jean-Baptiste was overlooked.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AM“The Brutalist” and “Wicked” secured 10 nominations apiece in a year with a wide-open best picture race. Acting nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Adrien Brody and Timothée…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AMThe two films secured nominations in most of the major categories, including best picture, a wide-open race. Acting nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Adrien Brody and Timothée Cha…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:56AMBobby Cannavale talks about his children's obsession with Jack Black, the time Kevin Costner saved him from paying a massive hotel bill and the true story behind his movie Unstoppable.
The …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:55AMThe Oscars have shared details about how they will honor the city of Los Angeles amid the devastation caused by wildfires, along with other updates to this year’s ceremony. In a letter sen…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AMSoleil Moon Frye is set to direct “The Carters,” a new two-part documentary that looks at the “extreme highs and tragic lows” of the Carter family, including the musical careers of B…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AMKatie Feeney, a social-media influencer who works with many sports leagues and media companies, has signed with CAA for representation. Feeney, who worked as the first official social media …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AMJudi Dench has revealed that her deteriorating eyesight has gotten to the point where she can no longer attend events or go out alone. “Somebody will always be with me. I have to now becau…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AMFor a long time I've wanted to see performances of Jewish theater in New York, especially since Abraham Goldfaden lived a large part of his life here where he is also buried.
SOURCE: baabel.ro at 11:49AMThe 2025 Oscar nominations included several actors who attended Yale, including Edward Norton and Jeremy Strong, as well as those who appeared in stage shows in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:40AMMichael Mayer grew up with a fascination with ancient Egypt, and it's an interest he is putting to good use this winter. Following his acclaimed work just last year on Broadway's Swept Away,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMWater for Elephants is now available for licensing exclusively to high schools. This exciting opportunity allows high schools to stage the show beginning in early fall 2025, alongside the l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMGeorge S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
It’s a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman is…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:04AMBroadway Licensing Global will allow schools to perform the musical, which is also embarking on a national tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMThe performance will mark the production's first late-night TV appearance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMSergio Trujillo is directing and choreographing the musical adaptation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMThe comedy follows Florence Foster Jenkins, known for her flamboyant costumes and decidedly off-key singing voice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMTim Dang will direct Terrence McNally's Tony-winning play about the famed opera star's Juilliard master classes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMHere are the shows that proved most popular with PLAYBILLDER, Playbill’s program-building service.
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The nominations for the 97th Oscars have been announced. Academy Award nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Colman Domingo, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Timoth…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMMike Shore visits with performers from the Broadway performance of Shucked, at The Wharton Center. Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Email Share ...
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SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMDULUTH, Minn. -- A sold ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMPRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on one of Hollywood's most beloved romantic stories of all time, springs to life with a powerhouse creative team ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMMIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX 11) — The Museum of Broadway is bringing to life the rich legacy of Black storytellers, who have shaped the history of ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMLeading roles will be sung by “Broadway legends,” Riley said. Chloe Lowery plays the protagonist, Jeni, described as “Elle from 'Legally Blonde' meets ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThe Broadway production of “Wicked” has revealed two new lead performers. On March 4, Lencia Kebede will step into the role of Elphaba and Allie ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AM... Broadway Lenicia Elphaba 2025 © Wicked on Broadway (via Deadline). Hamilton's Lencia Kebede joins the New York City cast this March. With a second ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AM5 years later... Erika Jayne is back! triple threat Erika Jayne, known best as a cast member of Bravo's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMHere are the top Broadway shows you need to see this winter featuring A-list stars like Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Idina Menzel.
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMBroadway's Wicked will welcome two new witches to the stage this spring, with Lencia Kebede serving as the first Black actress to play Elphaba ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMGwyneth Paltrow's much-memed 2023 trial in Park City, Utah, is now the subject of an off-Broadway musical. "Gwyneth Goes Skiing" is on at the SoHo ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMIsabella Rossellini had a killer night out on Broadway! On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Italian actress paid a visit to 'Death Becomes Her,' the musical ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMRight now, 27 different shows are participating in the BOGO campaign — including contemporary productions like Sunset Blvd, & Juliet, Death Becomes ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMSouth Jackson Performing Arts Center has won eight Broadway World Awards. “Thank you to our community for your support,” said Director Greg ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThere were 18 additional Broadway productions that took in over $1 million at the box office.
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMErika Jayne is back on Broadway! The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star chatted with Access Hollywood's Housewives Nightcap co-host Emily ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThe famed musical Gypsy has returned to Broadway after more than 15 years. The last time determined stage mother Rose dominated the Great White ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMImage Courtesy of NYCDOT Where the Stars Shine and the Streets Align, Here's Your Chance To Get a Broadway Sign A limited number of authentic, ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMBetty Gilpin (Netflix's Glow and American Primeval) is making her Broadway debut beginning January 21 as a manic Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!, ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThe School of Drama at UNCSA has announced a $1 million gift from acclaimed actor and two-time Tony Award-winning director of stage and screen Joe ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AM... Broadway musicals. For the concert, DEFYING GRAVITY: Bewitching Broadway!, the symphony will perform songs from musicals like “Wicked,” “Hamilton ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMTrimm made her Broadway debut as Patrice in Jason Robert Brown's 13: The Musical. She next starred as Kim MacAfee in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThe morning crew partnered with Broadway Grand Rapids to create a TikTok dance for the occasion.
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMIn 1913, the Palace Theatre opened its doors on 47th Street and Broadway. Orpheum Circuit founder Martin Beck, for whom a different Broadway theater ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMThe actresses will step into the musical at the Gershwin Theatre, where it has played for 21 years and is the fourth-longest-running Broadway show ...
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SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMLencia Kebede will become the first Black actress to play the role of Elphaba full time on Broadway in 'Wicked' starting this March.
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMIn addition to Morrissey and Socha, the current Broadway cast of Wicked includes Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie as Madame Morrible, Tony Award ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMA new Glinda and Elphaba pairing will fly into Wicked on Broadway beginning March 4, taking over after the departures of Alexandra Socha and Mary Kate ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMAndrew Durand talks with Sara Gore about award-winning musical 'Dead Outlaw.'
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AMWhen that run ended, Malina received an unexpected invitation to replace David Krumholtz in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt.
SOURCE: Google at 08:43AM... Broadway. See photos of Lin-Manuel Miranda and more in 'All In' on Broadway. Aidy Bryant, Nick Kroll, and Andrew Rannells complete the current cast ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMA few days before she makes her Broadway debut, Betty Gilpin is not letting anything slip. “My brain feels like an overstuffed sock drawer, and I ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMBroadway Pipeline: January 22, 2024. , and Theatrical Index. January 22, 2025 . 6:55 AM. 4 min read.
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMNick Jonas and Adrienne Warren are inching closer to Broadway in the highly anticipated revival of The Last Five Years, and PEOPLE has a first ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMBroadway has a real accessibility problem when it comes to location and price. Show tickets are ridiculously expensive, and even getting to New ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMThe exhibit spotlights the enduring legacy of Black playwrights, lyricists, composers, and librettists.
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMShe's also performed on Broadway in “Maltby and Shire's Baby” and Stephen Sondheim's “Merrily We Roll Along.” Callaway is an Emmy Award winner and was ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMBroadway's Wicked is set to welcome a new Elphaba and Glinda this spring. Lencia Kebede will play Elphaba, while Allie Trimm takes on the r.
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AM*NSYNC's Joey Fatone Takes First Broadway Bow in & Juliet (Where Yes, He Sings Backstreet Boys Songs). The singer made his Broadway debut in 'Rent ...
SOURCE: Google at 08:42AMThe complete list of nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and televised live on ABC start…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:42AMOscar hopefuls will find out whether they’ve made the cut when actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announce the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. While the announcement typically kick…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:20AMOne of the most satisfying aspects of the overall approach taken here is not just that everyone in the cast can sing effectively, but that they are aesthetically on the same page walking the…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMDarling Grenadine navigates the tension between romance and reality, light and dark, bitter and sweet, featuring a vibrantly eclectic score and stirring book and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik.
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London City Ballet’s Artistic Director Christopher Marney has today announced the company’s initial plans for the 2025 season
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:53AMFormer Strictly Come Dancing professional and TV Presenter Janette Manrara will join the UK and Ireland tour of CHICAGO as Roxie Hart, making her musical theatre debut
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:53AMPolka Theatre announces the winner of the inaugural Polka Playwriting Award, which champions playwriting and the creation of new work for young audiences
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:53AMThe cast is announced for the London première of Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s Farewell Mister Haffmann adapted by Jeremy Sams.
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:52AMNew Adventures announce that Matthew Bourne’s double Olivier award-winning, smash hit production of THE RED SHOES will return for the annual Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:52AMTheatre Royal BathWhile this 1960 play has been overtaken by faster-moving tales of Tudor chicanery, Martin Shaw is compelling as Thomas More
Among the abounding villains and backstabbers of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMComposer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance
Claire van Kampen, who has died of cancer aged 71, was a concert pianist, a musical direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMLowden first appeared in David Ireland’s two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his ‘hero’ Freeman
Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is to reprise his ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghJohn Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly
He likes a bit of a laugh, this Shylock…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMIn Girl from the North Country, Bob Dylan’s songs fuelled a tale of 1930s America. Todd Almond, who starred in the play on Broadway, revisits one of its most electrifying numbers in this e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMLooking for something to do in New York? Bop for a good cause at Bowery Ballroom, meet some 150 dog breeds at the Javits Center, or celebrate the year of the snake in Queens.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00AM'BRAVE THE DARK' Rated PG-13 for domestic violence/bloody images, suicide, some strong language, teen drinking, drug material and smoking. What it’s about: Based on the true story of a tro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLAS VEGAS — Their Sphere residency was titled “U2 UV — Achtung Baby.” Now we have “U2 — UNLV.” In the wake of its trend-setting production, the superstar rockers have donated $…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLAS VEGAS — Watch for those “current circumstances,” music fans. They can take down a residency. Case in point, Black Eyed Peas has canceled its PH Live residency, which was scheduled …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLOS ANGELES — If 2025 already feels like it's been a lot, imagine trying to put on an event meant to bring together thousands of people to focus their attention on independent cinema for 1…
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