The panelists from the new Broadway hit Chinglish include actor Jennifer Lim, playwright David Henry Hwang, and director Leigh Silverman.
The discussion will be moderated by Randy Gener, the George Jean Nathan Award winning editor/critic, and Leslie (Hoban) Blake, the Drama Desk’s Vice President.
On November 7th, Hwang won Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best New Work – Play for the Goodman Theatre production of Chinglish.
Other panelists include Douglas Carter Beane (book writer, Lysistrata Jones), Lewis Flinn (composer/lyricist,Lysistrata Jones), David Ives (playwright, Venus in Fur), Samuel L. Jackson (actor, The Mountaintop), Dan Knechtges (director/choreographer, Lysistrata Jones) and Kenny Leon (director, The Mountaintop and Stick Fly).
For more information, or to purchase tickets, e-mail DramaDeskRSVP@gmail.com.
Here’s what the critics had to say about Chinglish:
“A TRIUMPH IN ANY LANGUAGE.
Chinglish is sexy, fun and hilarious!”
-Scott Brown, New York Magazine
“A lethal comedy about business, sex and the failure to communicate that bristles with intelligence.”
-Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg
“Riveting, funny and highly entertaining!”
-Roma Torre, New York One
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Chinglish, the new comedy by Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang(M. Butterfly), officially opened at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) on Thursday, October 27th. It is the story of an American businessman desperate to launch a new enterprise in China. There are only three things standing in his way: He can't speak the language. He can't learn the customs. And he's falling in love with the one woman he absolutely can't have.
Other panelists include Douglas Carter Beane (book writer, Lysistrata Jones), Lewis Flinn (composer/lyricist,Lysistrata Jones), David Ives (playwright, Venus in Fur), Samuel L. Jackson (actor, The Mountaintop), Dan Knechtges (director/choreographer, Lysistrata Jones) and Kenny Leon (director, The Mountaintop and Stick Fly).
For more information, or to purchase tickets, e-mail DramaDeskRSVP@gmail.com.
Here’s what the critics had to say about Chinglish:
“A TRIUMPH IN ANY LANGUAGE.
Chinglish is sexy, fun and hilarious!”
-Scott Brown, New York Magazine
“A lethal comedy about business, sex and the failure to communicate that bristles with intelligence.”
-Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg
“Riveting, funny and highly entertaining!”
-Roma Torre, New York One
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Chinglish, the new comedy by Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang(M. Butterfly), officially opened at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) on Thursday, October 27th. It is the story of an American businessman desperate to launch a new enterprise in China. There are only three things standing in his way: He can't speak the language. He can't learn the customs. And he's falling in love with the one woman he absolutely can't have.
Chinglish is on Broadway following its acclaimed world premiere production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago this summer.
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