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Chinglish (play)

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An American businessman arrives in a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contract for his family's sign-making firm. He soon finds that the complexities of such a venture far outstrip the expected differences in language, customs and manners – and calls into questions even the most
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The U.S. and China are at a critical moment in history—each nation is deeply interested in, but knows very little about the other. Chinglish was born from the many visits I’ve made to China over the past five or six years to witness the exciting changes there. During one visit, I toured a new arts
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a Critic's Choice and said: "This production surpasses the South Coast Repertory-Berkeley Repertory production – itself no slouch...It’s taken a long time for this 2011 play to reach L.A., but thank goodness it got here in such excellent shape. (The Chinese-screen set, the costumes and lights are
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The New York staging was called: "Fresh, energetic and unlike anything else on Broadway. Chinglish is a thoughtful, funny and poignant piece in which, miraculously, nothing gets lost in translation."
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judged the piece "One of the funniest plays in memory. ... Chinglish has characters not clichés - the Chinese aren't worker bees, the American isn't an arrogant idiot.
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in Chicago, Illinois, where it ran from June 18, 2011, until July 31, 2011. This was Hwang's second collaboration with director Leigh Silverman, following
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wonderful too, and East West has taken particular care with the Mandarin; each of its speakers was either born in China or immersed in the language.)."
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center where everything was first-rate—except for the ridiculously translated English signs. It was at that moment I thought of writing this play."
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on October 11, 2011 (previews), officially on October 27, 2011. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the cast featured Gary Wilmes,
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termed it "A lethal comedy about business, sex and the failure to communicate that bristles with intelligence."
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Minister Cai Guoliang - Larry Lei Zhang (Berkeley) / Raymond Ma (South Coast Repertory)
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Berkeley Repertory Theater, South Coast Repertory and Hong Kong Arts Festival cast
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magazine ranked the play as its #3 choice among all theatre productions in 2011.
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This article is about the play. For the term itself, see
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Few plays in recent years have delighted me as much as
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"The Best of 2011: Theater", 548:The Chicago production was nominated for five 491:The production earned glowing praise from the 1071: 8: 1078: 1064: 1056: 597:2012 Outstanding Set Design (David Korins) 565:Actress in a Principal Role - Jennifer Lim 408:Portland Center Stage, Syracuse stage cast 31: 22: 893:magazine, December 19, 2011 issue, p. 77 1004: 607: 391:Miss Qian / Prosecutor Li - Celeste Den 182:The play premiered on Broadway at the 462:Miss Qian / Prosecutor Li - Leann Lei 7: 903:Miller, Daryl (September 30, 2015). 714:. September 19, 2011. Archived from 207:basic assumptions of human conduct. 929:"Jeff 2011 Equity Awards Announced" 774:. p. 11. Retrieved on May 17, 2013. 738:ibdb.com, accessed October 10, 2015 465:Bing / Judge Xu Geming - Ewan Chung 228:Source: Internet Broadway Database 868:. October 29, 2011. Archived from 839:Kennedy, Mark (October 27, 2011). 431:Bing / Judge Xu Geming - Yuekun Wu 400:Bing / Judge Xu Geming - Austin Ku 14: 935:. August 31, 2011. Archived from 814:Steinberg, Neil (June 28, 2011). 447:Daniel Cavanaugh - Matthew Jaeger 428:Miss Qian / Miss Zhao - Rachel Lu 413:Daniel Cavanaugh - Peter O'Connor 382:Daniel Cavanaugh - Alex Moggridge 1043: 1031: 1019: 1007: 575:Scenic Design - David Korins - ( 568:New Work - David Henry Hwang - ( 459:Minister Cai Guoliang - Ben Wang 434:Minister Cai Guoliang - Jian Xin 155:at the Center Theater Group and 1329:The Lost Empire/The Monkey King 682:Itzkoff, Dave (June 28, 2011). 1503:Plays about race and ethnicity 1264:Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet 1208:The House of Sleeping Beauties 784:Jones, Chris (June 27, 2011). 635:. May 31, 2011. 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Chinglish

David Henry Hwang
Leigh Silverman
Goodman Theatre
Chicago
Illinois
Official site
Tony Award
David Henry Hwang
Broadway
Leigh Silverman
Goodman Theatre
Yellow Face
The Public Theater
Robert Falls
Goodman Theatre
Longacre Theatre
Jennifer Lim
Chinglish on Broadway
David Henry Hwang
Jennifer Lim
Michelle Krusiec
Jeff Locker
East West Players
Jeff Locker
Jeff Liu

Chicago Tribune
M. Butterfly

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