Lia Chang David Henry Hwang
As a Chinese American baby boomer, born and raised in Los Angeles, I’m amazed that the image of China has turned 180 degrees, just during my lifetime. When I was a kid during the 1960’s, Chinese were considered poor and uneducated: cooks, waiters, and laundrymen. Today, the stereotype is that we have too much money, too much power, and we raise the curve in math class. In the past, China was regarded as an impoverished...
As a Chinese American baby boomer, born and raised in Los Angeles, I’m amazed that the image of China has turned 180 degrees, just during my lifetime. When I was a kid during the 1960’s, Chinese were considered poor and uneducated: cooks, waiters, and laundrymen. Today, the stereotype is that we have too much money, too much power, and we raise the curve in math class. In the past, China was regarded as an impoverished...
- 10/20/2011
- by David Henry Hwang
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Lia Chang David Henry Hwang, author of ‘Chinglish.’
David Henry Hwang, who won a Tony Award in 1988 for “M. Butterfly,” has had six shows on Broadway, but he hasn’t had a play on the Great White Way since “Golden Child” in 1998. According to Hwang, plays are his most personal form, so he is more excited than usual to have his newest one, “Chinglish,” come to Broadway.
The comedy, which begins performances at the Longacre Theatre tomorrow and officially opens Oct.
David Henry Hwang, who won a Tony Award in 1988 for “M. Butterfly,” has had six shows on Broadway, but he hasn’t had a play on the Great White Way since “Golden Child” in 1998. According to Hwang, plays are his most personal form, so he is more excited than usual to have his newest one, “Chinglish,” come to Broadway.
The comedy, which begins performances at the Longacre Theatre tomorrow and officially opens Oct.
- 10/10/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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