Inventive 'The Dance and the Railroad' Makes for Memorable Theater

David Henry Hwang’s 1981 play “The Dance and the Railroad” is an unlikely but fascinating mixture of Chinese opera staging techniques and a naturalistic drama about two Chinese immigrants who are workers on the building of America’s transcontinental railroad in 1867. Only his second produced script, it shows a talented writer who is already a secure craftsman. Signature Theatre’s elegant…

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