English (Broadway)
English (Broadway)
Closed 1h 40m NYC: Midtown W
84% 363 reviews
84%
(363 Ratings)
Positive
81%
Mixed
13%
Negative
6%
Members say
Great acting, Moving, Absorbing, Delightful, Disappointing

About the Show

A comedy set in an Iranian classroom where English learners navigate dreams and miscommunication.

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Critic Reviews (14)

The New York Times
January 23rd, 2025

"In hewing narrowly to these questions, the production, directed with exceptional sensitivity by Knud Adams, creates more drama than its ingredients and its lifeboat of neatly differentiated characters would seem to permit."
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New York Theatre Guide
January 23rd, 2025

"In any language, English is a triumph: Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a compelling exploration of how language shapes who we are and how we navigate the world."
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Time Out New York
January 23rd, 2025

"Toossi’s engrossing game of show and tell takes us inside a foreign culture about which many Americans (including me) are woefully underinformed."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
January 23rd, 2025

"...sensitive, funny, and intimate, powered by its own craft and its excellent ensemble"
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The Wall Street Journal
January 23rd, 2025

"...the performances still have the bloom of freshness and discovery"
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New York Daily News
January 23rd, 2025

“The strikingly thoughtful and moving new Broadway play… looks at multilingualism from a different angle.”
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Variety
January 23rd, 2025

"Undeniably one of the best plays of the decade, it is both thought-provoking and deeply affecting. This Broadway run will thankfully allow even more audiences to enroll in Toossi’s class."
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The Observer
January 23rd, 2025

"Easily one of the most cohesive ensembles I’ve seen in years, the performers make little acts of kindness or meanness resonate loud and clear."
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