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Buoyed by ebullient critics and enthusiastic word-of-mouth, the show was an instant sensation, boasting 34 million viewers for its premiere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Sam is supposed to be in his mid-40s, but the character now says he’s 70 to accommodate Kani, who has returned to a role he first played in the 1983 South Africa premiere.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Some two decades-plus after its premiere “Proof” feels forward-looking in putting a woman of intellectual brilliance—despite her emotional fragility and introverted personality—firmly at its center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Later this summer, he'll play Johann Sebastian Bach in the US premiere of the play The Score, directed by Trevor Nunn, who at 86 is also keen to fly the flag for older talent.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The winter I was fifteen, the Van de Kamps invited me to go see the Christmas premiere with them at the Schouwburg, an old playhouse that Mama let me wear her pearls to visit.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse