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We Live in Cairo Off-Broadway

We Live in Cairo 2024

Run Time:
2 hours and 30 min, with one 15 min intermission
Opened: October 27, 2024
Closing: November 27, 2024

We Live in Cairo - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

New York Theatre Workshop
79 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003

Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, We Live in Cairo follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are. Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, this soaring new musical from Jonathan Larson Grant winners and NYTW Usual Suspects Daniel & Patrick Lazour journeys from the jubilation of the Tahrir Square protests through the aftermath of the years that followed. As escalating division and violence lead to a military crackdown, the young revolutionaries of Cairo must weigh the cost of how—or even whether—to keep their dreams of change alive. Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (The Half-God of Rainfall) directs.


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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR We Live in Cairo

Review: We Live in Cairo at New York Theatre Workshop
6 / 10

If a musical about bohemian artist characters with revolutionary ideals who believe their art will bring about change sounds familiar, it might be because New York Theatre Workshop’s 1996 smash Rent plays with the same themes. But unlike the La bohème-inspired artists of Jonathan Larson’s magnum opus, the college-age Egyptians here have something tangible to rebel against. And that is both downfall and saving grace of this meandering, frustrating, messy, and sometimes great musical.

We Live in Cairo: 2012 Egyptian Revolution Set to Music, Craftily Explored
8 / 10

As insightfully disturbing as We Live in Cairo reportedly was when first produced at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge in 2019, it might be even more painfully disturbing when considered as a preview of coming attractions were the United States to become an authoritarian country any time soon. Is this on the Lazours’ minds? It would be difficult to believe it isn’t, more’s the worry.

WE LIVE IN CAIRO Extends at New York Theatre Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 15, 2024


New York Theatre Workshop will present additional performances for We Live in Cairo, featuring a book, music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant winners and NYTW Usual Suspects The Lazours. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review Roundup: WE LIVE IN CAIRO at New York Theatre Workshop
by Nicole Rosky - October 29, 2024


Running at New York Theatre Workshop is We Live in Cairo, featuring a book, music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant winners and NYTW Usual Suspects The Lazours. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new show...

Photos: WE LIVE IN CAIRO Opening Night at New York Theatre Workshop
by Jennifer Broski - October 28, 2024


Next up at New York Theatre Workshop is We Live in Cairo, which just celebrated its opening night. Check out photos from the special event here!

Ali Louis Bourzgui & More to Star in WE LIVE IN CAIRO at New York Theatre Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 28, 2024


New York Theatre Workshop revealed the full cast & creative team for We Live in Cairo. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

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