‘Even with segregation, they dressed up and danced’: the radical joy of 1960s Indigenous deb balls by Steve Dow

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 Redfer…

We Had a World by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

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,…

‘English’ star Hadi Tabbal brings his own immigrant experience to Broadway to portray a man ‘stuck between two worlds’ by Sam Eckmann

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 a…

$1.4 million Given Out in Windham-Campbell Annual Prize To 8 Writers by Frank Rizzo

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 co…

Playhouse Creatures review – backstage banter with the pioneering first women of theatre by Arifa Akbar

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 …

People You Should Know . . . J.S. Streible by Zack Calhoon

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…

Sadie Sink Returns to Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, Starting Performances Tonight by Broadway.com

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 S…

‘We fell in love with the ballet and with her’: why 184-year-old Giselle keeps us swooning by Lyndsey Winship

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…

a.k. payne Wins The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize For FURLOUGH'S PARADISE

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 …

This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime by Pan Pylas

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 conservatio…

Edward II review – intrigue bows to spectacle in RSC’s tragic game of thrones by Clare Brennan

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 Edw…

Tony Talk: Idina Menzel may secure fourth nom for ‘Redwood,’ while Pulitzer winner ‘English’ aims for Best Play by David Buchanan

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 To…

Operation Mincemeat's Jak Malone: How a Fan Artist Wound up at Sardi's Sipping Martinis with Patti LuPone by Hayley Levitt

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 membe…

‘Othello’ breaks multiple records in first week; ‘English’ exits on a high by Michael Abourizk

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

MJ the Musical, English, Titanique and More Among 2025 Olivier Nominees by Darryn King

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 …

The Showcase Is To Feed From Academic Research And Knowledge, But It Is Hands-On Job Rather Than Dry Research by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar

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…

‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools by Sally Weale Education Correspondent

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 commit…

English Touring Theatre announces the appointment of Amy Vaughan as Chair of the Board of Trustees by Staff Writer

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

Bridging Worlds: Bahram Beyzaie’s “Naqqali Trilogy” Wins The 2024 ASTR Translation Award Prize by Diana Fathi

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 Sa…

James Bundy To Step Down as Head of Yale Rep, Yale School of Drama by Frank Rizzo

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

Video – Behind the Scenes of “English,” with Show Star Marjan Neshat by Eyal Solomon

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 p…

Ava Lalezarzadeh Spills the Backstage Secrets From ENGLISH

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 ENGLISH Cast and Creatives Interviews - Sanaz Toossi Broadway Play by Broadway.com

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 J…

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Enjoy a BTS look at our portraits with Broadway’s ENGLISH stars. Full gallery live on our site. by Broadway.com

Interview: Gregor Reid on “Some Enchanted Evening” at Richmond Theatre and Grand Opera House York by Greg Stewart

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…

How ENGLISH Is Shining a Spotlight on a New Kind of Middle Eastern Story

​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…

Between Two Worlds: Sanaz Toossi's English Finds Its Place on Broadway by Paul Wontorek

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 …

Sit Down With the Cast and Creatives of Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-Winning ENGLISH by Broadway.com

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, M…

The Autobiography of a Cad review – Ian Hislop and Nick Newman retell a rotter’s political progress by Mark Lawson

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 J…

English by Tulis McCall

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 dir…