The 15th annual Jimmy Awards, hosted by two-time Tony nominee Josh Groban, will be held June 24, at the Minskoff Theatre. Featuring 102 talented high school musical theater students from across the country, the…

Three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will direct the world premiere of the My Best Friend's Wedding musical. The new musical adaptation of the Julia Roberts-led 1997 romantic comedy, set to the songs…

The English actor was injured during a performance of “Player Kings,” and the show was abruptly canceled. He is expected to perform again on Wednesday.

Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling” (1749) by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), one of the most influential of the early English novels and a favourite of Di…

Leeds PlayhouseOpera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw’s critique of the British class system Some have called it “the perfect musi…

It can be hard to recapture the magic of the first time you saw a show.  And the first times I saw Samm-Art Williams’ Home were nearly perfect. The Negro Ensemble Company was in its heyday when it debuted th…

LEARN MORE: https://thepublic.nyc/ComedyOfErrors NYC!!! THIS IS FOR YOU!!! 📣 🤩 🏙️ The bilingual musical adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is here, bringing so much joy and heart for FREE! 🙌 �…

Shakespeare was inspired by the homoerotic poetry of Richard Barnfield – so why has it taken so long to acknowledge the connection between them? The year 1594 was a fruity one in English literature, in part t…

The immersive off-Broadway sensation Sleep No More has yet again announced its final performance date. The show initially announced plans to close in January, after its 5,000th performance, but has extended nu…

Growing up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, Corey Stoll was seeing theater while he was still, by his own admission, “too young to see theater.” “My dad was a junior high school English teacher,” St…

Sanaz Toossi’s English at the Kiln Theatre: Pulitzer Prize-winning play shows the impacts of a second language on identity The full version of the article Sanaz Toossi’s English at the Kiln Theatre: Pulitz…

Royal Opera House, LondonLaunching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton’s genteel ‘English style’, this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure – though with athleticism visible below …

Originally premiering in 2020 in South Korea, the musical traces the life of the scientific pioneer.

Mobile Unit's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is a celebration that brings everyone together! ❤️✨ Composer Julián Mesri and Director Rebecca Martínez share how their heart-felt bilingual adaptation of THE COMEDY O…

Watch an engaging scene from Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning production and then get tickets to experience this ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (OUT OF 4) “poetic and humorous" play (Chicago Tribune) before it closes on J…

The Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway this fall. The limited engagement will begin September 11 at the Broadhurst Theatre with an official opening …

The play, about a group of English sisters who reunite at their mother’s deathbed, plans to open in New York in September. It ends a London run this month.

The post Victorian Opera’s English Eccentrics shines a light on opera’s rising stars appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Flowing from Spanish to English - English to Spanish - nine marvelous actors tell the story of two sets of brothers, identical twins separated as babies by a stormy shipwreck and they find themselves in the sam…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tonight, September 9, some of Broadway's brightest talents will sing completely new arrangements of the hits of Amy Winehouse in the next concert of the BROADWAY SINGS concert seri…

(Caroline Butterwick’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/3; Cape fear … Bela Lugosi in a publicity still for the 1931 film of Dracula. Photograph: Universal/Allstar.) The iconography of modern vampires c…

The iconography of modern vampires can be traced back to a 1924 English stage version of Bram Stoker’s novel. On its centenary, the suave bloodsucker is returning to where it all began With his high-collared …

In this classic Polish novel, newly translated into English, a young working-class doctor argues that doctors should not just treat diseases but try to prevent them in poor factory workers’ cruel industrial l…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Get a first look at rehearsal photos and video of ZACH Theatre and Deaf Austin Theatre's Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, performed in both American Sign Language (ASL) and spok…

Originally premiering in 2020 in South Korea, the musical traces the life of the scientific pioneer.

Over the past four years, for obvious reasons, “home” has become a symbol of safety and wellbeing. More than 40 years ago, playwright Samm-Art Williams explored the many meanings of the word in his Tony-nom…

An in-the-round production at the Royal Albert Hall in London features more than 100 performers – including 60 dancing swans. Tristram Kenton went into the rehearsals Continue reading...

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/27; Photo: Not your traditional Shakespeare … Winter’s Tale at Dailes theatre. Latvia. Photograph: Marcis Baltskars.) The Winter’s Tale is retold wit…

"It was a very emotionally impactful play." Audiences are raving about ENGLISH. On stage through June 16, don't miss your chance to experience the "story that's for everybody." Get tickets at GoodmanTheatre.org…

The Winter’s Tale is retold with a virtual reality plot set in Silicon Valley and hardly any lines from the original, staged at a bold Latvian theatre elevating English talent John Malkovich is directing Tom …

Playwright Jake Shore has something serious on his mind but his scatter-shot take on Artificial Intelligence does not make the case. The repetitious dialogue and events only undercut the intended satire. The at…

The galvanic power of language to create and destroy is easy to take for granted. Language defines how we think, how others perceive us, and how we engage with the world. So what happens when achieving your dre…

May 23 is National Taffy Day. The word taffy is a variant on the English word toffee, and though today we think of them as quite different candies, both words have always been used with a certain amount of impr…

Among many impressive things about this show, chief is the way it designates when characters are speaking English and when they are speaking Farsi. It’s a simple, clever premise that leads to the stunning fin…

ENGLISH is ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (out of 4), "deeply moving" (Chicago Tribune) and extended by popular demand through June 16! Don't miss your chance to experience Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Get tickets…

"English" Director Hamid Dehghani invites you to experience the award-winning production, "English" along with a special Farsi Subtitle performance on Friday June 7 at 7:30pm. Learn more at GoodmanTheatre.org/E…

Mobile Unit's Bilingual Musical Adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS By William Shakespeare Adaptation by Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri Music, Music Direction, and Spanish Translations by Julián Mesri…

If you’ve taken an English class in America sometime in the past 100 years, you’re probably familiar with the works of Mark Twain. What you probably haven’t heard of is his ill-fated theatrical script “…

Aviva Studios, ManchesterDaisy Johnson adapts a 1970 TV play into a poetic and disturbing exploration of childbirth’s physical and emotional impact John Bowen’s Robin Redbreast is one of those episodes of P…

Set for revival at the RSC, this perfectly structured revenge comedy has an earthy vitality that no aristo or scholar could have created I have a question for those theatrical luminaries (and I’m looking at y…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe RSC’s European premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer prize-winning play tailors its intriguing characters a little too neatly Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey’s opening…

Trio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the decade-long project has …

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonFour students in Iran are under pressure to pass their foreign language exams in Sanaz Toossi’s gentle comedy that puts discussion above drama and ideas above emotion The i…

Do you speak any languages besides your mother tongue, especially as an adult learner? How do you identify yourself while speaking those languages?  Let’s consider English. English, a play by Sanaz Toossi, e…

Diyan Zora is directing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi.

Randy Beach is a character witness. For more than 40 years the veteran journalist has chronicled some of Connecticut’s most colorful, passionate, and often unsung people, in his columns for The New Haven Reg…

The cast of ENGLISH share heartfelt memories and laughs as they explore their Persian pride. On stage now through June 9, visit GoodmanTheatre.org/English to get tickets and learn more.

Standup has enjoyed a rapid rise in India over the last decade, and now its leading lights are conquering the Edinburgh fringe and packing out the Royal Albert Hall. Where better to take aim at the legacy of Em…

Our new series on transformative theatrical discoveries begins with the surreal 1986 drama set on a street in Lancashire I must have been about 14. Our English teacher had taken us to a library and set us a tas…

Diyan Zora is directing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi.

Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 animated film “Spirited Away” won everything from the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to Berlin’s Golden Bear. That there’s an audience for a stage version was evidenced by its 2…

7 May 1964: Orton’s first play is a ‘milk-curdling essay in lower-middle-class nihilism’ Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane, at the New Arts Theatre Club, opened last night with forced movements on sta…

On #TeacherAppreciationDay, we celebrate the incredible educators who are shaping the next generation. Here, the students of Harvey Milk High School talk about the impact their English teacher, Diandra D'Amico,…

tick, tick... BOOM! star Andrew Garfield and The Crown star Claire Foy will reunite in a new adaptation of the classic children's novels by Enid Blyton. In The Magic Faraway Tree, Garfield and Foy will play a …

"This play is so personal to me." ENGLISH director Hamid Dehghani explores the impact this Pulitzer Prize-winning play has had on his life and why Chicago audiences will love it too. On stage starting May 10, g…

Communicating miscommunication across different languages can be a difficult task for artists catering to a primarily English-speaking audience, but doing the same when everyone onstage is speaking English them…

By: Iris Wiener April 29, 2024: There is immersive theatre, and then there is Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, which takes immersion to an entirely new level of theatergoing and entertainment.  Based on Christ…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2023-2024/turandot/ Works & Process Presents Washington National Opera: Turandot Filmed February 25, 2024 Peter B. Lewis Theater Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @worksandp…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2023-2024/turandot/ Works & Process Presents Washington National Opera: Turandot Filmed February 25, 2024 Peter B. Lewis Theater Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @worksandp…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2023-2024/turandot/ Works & Process Presents Washington National Opera: Turandot Filmed February 25, 2024 Peter B. Lewis Theater Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @worksandp…

Dave Gahan and Martin Gore were never known for their skills on the basketball court, though their group, Depeche Mode did contribute to the soundtrack of the NBA 2K15 video game. Nevertheless, the English elec…

A new Harry Potter audiobook series is coming to Audible.  As part of a partnership with Pottermore Publishing and Audible, the two will release seven new English language audiobooks scheduled for late 2025. T…

Short films featuring the likes of Dua Lipa and Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Game of Thrones, Manhunt) reading extracts from the six books on the 2024 shortlist for the International Booker Prize for fiction tra…

English progressive metal band Haken recently wrapped their North American tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. 'An Evening with Haken' featured the band playing their recent record 'Fauna' in…

We all know that Shakespeare was a master of the English language, but how many of his phrases do you now use in everyday life? Take a look at some of our favorite quotes that were coined and/or popularized by …

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonHofesh Shechter’s young company are an international bunch but their slo-mo curves and sudden shocks deliver some startling home truths about the UK There’s an irony, of course, …

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . . “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man,” sang John Lennon on The Beatles’ Rubber Soul album, released in 1965 during the height of Beat…

Nelson Diaz-Marcano’s "Las Borinqueñas," the latest play in the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Science and Technology Project, has a fascinating, little known story to tell: the preli…

(Stephanie Merritt’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/8;Photo: Child prodigy Elizabeth Cary, the author of the first published play by a woman in English. Photograph: Magite Historic/Alamy.) This lively, …

The English-language premiere of the South Korean hit will play the Charing Cross Theatre.

Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York SE Hinton’s novel, which was adapted by Francis Ford Coppola for film, makes for a competent yet forgettable stage show If Broadway must, for the same risk-averse pressures …

The nonprofit’s slate of shows includes “Yellow Face,” “English” and “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Roundabout Theatre Company has set opening dates for the shows in its 2024-25 theatrical season. Preview performance dates are yet to be announced. The Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, written by three-time…

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the dates for its 2024-25 season, with David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face starring Daniel Dae Kim kicking off the company’s Broadway line-up with an October 1 opening n…

Theatr Clwyd, MoldLucie Lovatt’s elaborate comedy exploring the housing crisis in rural Wales is provocative and conceptually ambitious yet still pleasingly entertaining Caryl and Meirion seem to be the only …

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present, whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New…

The National Tour of the Broadway sensation Wicked will welcome new cast members beginning performances Tuesday, May 7 at The Bushnell in Hartford, CT. Biographies Lauren Samuels is delighted to be making …

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . .  I’ve always felt that Monty Python owes a debt of gratitude to Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S). Their sketches gleefully offer a skewed view of British society, as do …

Here's your chance to see the exquisite play "English," winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

San Jose Stage Company’s West Coast premiere about an English hangman forced into early retirement trades moralizing for high style.