City Theatre has annouced the final show of its 2023/2024 season, Andy Warhol in Iran by Brent Askari. Performances run April 20 – May 12, 2024.

Pop artist Andy Warhol traveled to Iran in 1976 to photograph the Shah’s wife so he could paint her portrait. It turns out to be an eye-opening experience when Warhol encounters a young revol… ...

In the final production of its 2023-24 season, City Theatre Company has brought a compelling, thought-provoking and — at times — humorous play to life with “Andy Warhol in Iran.” Marking a ...

Andy Warhol (Rob Lindley, left) finds himself in war of words and ideologies with Farhad, a young revolutionary (Hamid Dehghani) in “Andy Warhol in Iran” at Northlight Theatre.

Mosaic Theater Company is extending the DC premiere of Andy Warhol in Iran to July 6, 2025. Written by Brent Askari and directed by Serge Seiden, this provocative, humorous portrait is a ...

Andy Warhol in Iran, through July 6 at Mosaic Theater in Washington. Around 90 minutes with no intermission. mosaictheater.org. About Our Ads ...

Hovering between a hostage situation and a buddy comedy, Mosaic's "Andy Warhol in Iran" cleverly connects art and politics.

Set in 1976, the play imagines events transpiring during Warhol’s real life trip to Tehran. Warhol was invited to Iran by Fereydoun Hoveyda, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, to create a ...

Warhol was in the same blasé mood when he visited Iran in 1976, two years before the Iranian revolution against the brutal, U.S.-backed government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Warhol’s visit ...