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Chinglish (Broadway)

  • Acting
    4 stars
  • Direction
    4 stars
  • Music
    5 stars
  • Overall
    4 stars
  • Production
    4 stars
  • Story
    4 stars
  • Writing
    4 stars
Previews
October 11th, 2011
Opening
October 27th, 2011
Closing
January 29th, 2012
Status
Closed
Overall Rating
4.33 / 5, based on 3 reviews
Categories
Comedy Play
Running Time
2 hours with one intermission

Synopsis

Tony Award® winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) returns to Broadway with CHINGLISH, a new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication.
Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Leigh Silverman (From Up Here, Well), CHINGLISH is the story of an American businessman desperate to launch a new enterprise in China.
There are only three thrings 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.

Cast

Gary Wilmes, Jennifer Lim, Angela Lin, Christine Lin, Stephen Pucci, Johnny Wu, Larry Zhang

Creative

  • Author: David Henry Hwang
  • Director: Leigh Silverman