The Pulitzer Prize-winning play English opened at the Todd Haimes Theater January 23. Read the rave reviews from critics here. Stars such as Bonnie Milligan, LaChanze, and Corey Stoll were in attendance. A very special guest was the Duolingo green owl mascot, Duo (the language-learning app is a sponsor of the play).

English, written by Sanaz Toossi, takes place in a classroom in Iran where students are learning English and getting ready to go abroad, and pondering what it means to give up your native tongue in order to assimilate in a new country. See photos from opening night below, where the entire cast, playwright Toossi, and director Knud Adams made their Broadway debuts.

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English’s world premiere, a co-production between Roundabout Theatre Company and Atlantic Theater Company, was presented Off-Broadway in 2022. In addition to Toossi winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the premiere production won the 2023 Obie Award for Best New American Play.

The full cast of the work's 2022 Off-Broadway world premiere are reprising their work on the Main Stem, including Tala Ashe as Elham, Ava Lalezarzadeh as Goli, Pooya Mohseni as Roya, Marjan Neshat as Marjan, and Hadi Tabbal as Omid.

Understudies for the production include Joe Joseph, Roxanna Hope Radja, and Shadee Vossoughi.

READ: 'We Should Be Here': Sanaz Toossi on Bringing English, With Its Middle Eastern Cast, to Broadway

The Broadway creative team also includes set designer Marsha Ginsberg, costume designer Enver Chakartash, lighting designer Reza Behjat, and sound designer Sinan Refik Zafar. The production designer is Ruey Horng Sun. The production stage manager is Alex H. Hajjar, and production management is by Aurora Productions. The production's general manager is Denise Cooper. Casting is by Stephen Kopel.

Visit RoundaboutTheatre.org.