Featuring a book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant winners and NYTW Usual Suspects The Lazours (Daniel and Patrick), We Live in Cairo is inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring.
It stars Ali Louis Bourzgui, Nadina Hassan, Drew Elhamalawy, John El-Jor, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, and Rotana Tarabzouni.
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Photos: We Live in Cairo at New York Theatre Workshop
Photos: We Live in Cairo at New York Theatre Workshop
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Joan Marcus
Rotana Tarabzouni, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, Nadina Hassan, Ali Louis Bourzgui, Drew Elhamalawy, and John El Jor in We Live in Cairo
Joan Marcus
Rotana Tarabzouni and Nadina Hassan in We Live in Cairo
Joan Marcus
Nadina Hassan, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, John El Jor, Ali Louis Bourzgui, and Rotana Tarabzouni in We Live in Cairo
Joan Marcus
Nadina Hassan and Ali Louis Bourzgui in We Live in Cairo
The production features choreography and movement direction by Ann Yee, scenic design by Tilly Grimes, costume design by Dina El-Aziz, lighting design by Bradley King, sound design by Justin Stasiw, video design by David Bengali, orchestrations by Daniel Lazour and Michael Starobin, vocal arrangements and music supervision by Madeline Benson, music direction by Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh, and voice and text coaching by Xavier Clark.
Partially inspired by Sophocles' Antigone, the show is an intimate exploration of love that goes beyond faith between a queer Pakistani-American man and his deeply devout mother.
