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David Henry Hwang Uses Love to Expose Deception in China/U.S. Deals by Patricia L. Morin In his crafty comedy “Chinglish,” David Henry Hwang forces us to face the consequences of rampant…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:56PMThursday, May 11, 2023
David Henry Hwang’s play is comedy’s equivalent of being in Davies Symphony Hall.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:10PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
Monday, April 4, 2022
The Union Square company's 20th-anniversary season comprises six shows including works by Paula Vogel and David Henry Hwang.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 09:00AMMonday, May 17, 2021
This month Brian talks to the writer of 'M. Butterfly,' 'Yellow Face,' 'Chinglish,' and 'Soft Power' about Joe Papp, hate crimes, and the ironic uplift of surviving a flop.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:42PMSaturday, April 24, 2021
Welcome to the Stratford Festival’s Live Viewing Party featuring some extraordinary new work from the Stratford Festival Laboratory: Viral Transmissions.
Viral Transmissions is a project …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:03PMWednesday, October 24, 2018
I take “The Lifespan of a Fact” personally. On the one hand, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale and Daniel Radcliffe, are three of my favorite actors in the universe, performing in a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25AMWednesday, August 29, 2018
A talented cast has been selected to lead the world premiere play Usual Girls by Ming Peiffer, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, kicking off the new season of Roundabout Underground. The previo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMThursday, November 2, 2017
Producers announced today that Academy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress, Ellen Burstyn, Tony Award-winner Elizabeth Ashley, Maulik Pancholy '30 Rock', Raviv Ullman Disney's 'Phil of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMThursday, June 1, 2017
THE PERILS OF PC, THE TERROR OF TWITTER This little theatre is on a roll, catching topicalities as they fly. After David Henry Hwang’s wonderful CHINGLISH. about trade with China,…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:03PMWednesday, April 5, 2017
The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTuesday, April 4, 2017
David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish looks at the crossover between the Westernised and Chinese cultures, both in business, in marriage and in dedication to one’s partner. For all it promotes i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, April 3, 2017
Riffing on the chuckles that come from mistranslated menus and signs (I swear, it is one of my favourite things to do in touristy abroad), Chinglish follows the efforts of an American busine…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, April 1, 2017
TWO CULTURES, ONE TRICKY DEAL David Henry Hwang’s play as a hit in the US, and as it premiered at this enterprising little theatre under diretor Andrew Keates, I took an appropriate…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:48AMFriday, March 31, 2017
Chinglish was first staged in on Broadway in 2011, and is set in Guiyang (pop four million). Daniel Cavanaugh, an American who heads a firm of Ohio sign-makers, wants to secure a deal with a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMEqually devastating and hilarious, Hwang makes his characters vibrant and alive rather than fully relying on stereotypes and shallow humour to generate laughs. Though the script is over-conv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, March 30, 2017
First staged on Broadway in 2011, David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish is an amusing, if slightly flimsy, comedy about cultural and linguistic difference.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMYou know those badly translated Chinese signs you see on the internet, where something inoffensive in Chinese turns out to mean “Fuck Vegetables” in English? That’s the starting point …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMDavid Henry Hwang's play is about an American doing business in China
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:31AMWednesday, March 29, 2017
By Mark Ludmon
With a twisting plot and strong characters, Chinglish leaves you laughing but aware of an inevitable chasm of difference between the two cultures that means something will alw…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:34AMCharacter development in Chinglish comes second to the brisk pace of the jokes in Andrew Keates’ clever and compact staging
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, March 24, 2017
I’m a big fan of David Henry Hwang’s writing and wanted to come on board as casting director for his play Chinglish
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThursday, March 23, 2017
The actress explains her new project Chinglish and how the Chinese and UK theatre-scene is different
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:24AMMonday, March 13, 2017
I am extremely excited to be a part of the European premiere of Chinglish, because with the current political climate, a play like this that celebrates diversity is important now, more so th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12AMSunday, February 26, 2017
Casting has been announced for the forthcoming European premiere of David Henry Hwang's 2011 Broadway hit play Chinglish, which runs at London's Park Theatre from 22 March to 22 April 2017, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:38PMThursday, February 23, 2017
David Henry Hwang's comedy opens at the Park in March
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:32AMMonday, December 19, 2016
The cast is now set for the premiere of If I Forget, a new play by Dear Evan Hansen book writer Steven Levenson. Among those taking center stage in the Roundabout Underground production off-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMMonday, October 31, 2016
Park Theatre’s new Spring Summer 2017 season features an array of new writing across both spaces including several world premiere comedies together with the long-awaited European premiere …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:29AMTuesday, June 28, 2016
Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang has been elected the Chair of the American Theatre Wing. Hwang joined the institution's board in 2009 and will succeed five-time Tony-winn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMDavid Henry Hwang has been elected chair of the American Theatre Wing, the organization that created and oversees the Tony Awards. Hwang, the playwright who won the Tony in 1988 for M. But…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:37PMMonday, June 20, 2016
The Chinglish actress will be featured in the premiere of Christopher Chen’s genre-bending new work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMWednesday, October 28, 2015
The Dramatists Guild Fund just welcomed a slew of stars for their 2015 Gala, GREAT WRITERS THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS, which was hosted by musician and Emmy-nominated composer, Darren Criss. Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMTheDramatists GuildFund just welcomeda slew of stars for their 2015 Gala,GREAT WRITERS THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS, which was hosted by musician and Emmy-nominated composer,Darren Criss.Directed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMFriday, September 25, 2015
Editor's note: This Perspective piece is in response to Hayley Huntley's latest Fixated column, "Misunderstanding Chinglish in the Best Way Possible". In it, she outlines a moment of "Theat…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:02PMTuesday, September 22, 2015
by HAYLEY HUNTLEY
once saw a production of Urinetown: The Musical at an amphitheater in Carson City, Nevada. It was summer in a desert, so when it began to rain in the second act, that w…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:28PMFriday, July 31, 2015
Dramatists Guild Fund President Andrew Lippa and Executive Director Rachel Routh announced today that the Fund will honor two patrons of the arts and philanthropists Lynne Greene, Group Pres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PM 
