Willy Russell's 1980 play "Educating Rita" is all about educating Rita, a disgruntled hairdresser who's decided that ignorance is not bliss, and neither is her job or her marriage. Determined to give ...

The 40th anniversary U.K. tour of Willy Russell's Educating Rita, which was suspended in March due to the pandemic, will resume October 28–November 14 at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, with socially ...

DENVER (CBS4) – The production of "Educating Rita" is underway at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities. "Educating Rita" is the story of a hairdresser who wants to get an education, and the ...

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You’d have to be something of a misogynist to believe that the theme of a woman’s struggle for fulfillment is outdated. In other words, Willy Russell’s small-cast, big-hearted hits “Educating Rita” ...

Educating Rita Willy Russell's venerable intellectual comedy "Educating Rita," featuring an alcoholic poet manque and a sassy hairdresser hungry for learning, ought to be a duet for cello and flute.

Albany Civic Theater will stage a production of Willy Russell’s "Educating Rita" for a special fundraiser to continue to support its operations and building maintenance. The one-day-only production ...

Under the gentle and patient guidance of director Jenny Wanasek, actors Jonathan Smoots and Christina Panfilio could have stood on stage and read the phone book and held us just as spellbound as they ...

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One generation remembers her Academy Award performance as Anita in “West Side Story.” Another may recall her character on PBS’ long-running children’s show “The Electric Company,” which earned her a ...