Last night, October 27, CHINGLISH opened at the Longacre Theatre, making its Broadway premiere following its world premiere production at Goodman Theatre in Chicago this summer. The show began performances on October 11. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the celebratory opening and brings you photo coverage below!
CHINGLISH is a new comedy about an American businessman arrives in a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contact 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 basic assumptions of human conduct.
"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," said playwright David Henry Hwang. "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 center where everything was first-rate-except for the ridiculously translatEd English signs. It was at that moment that I thought of writing this play."
Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski
Andre De Shields
Joan Jedell
Zeljko Ivanek
Deborah Rush
J. Elaine Marcos
Ang Lee
Michael Feinstein
Donna McKechnie
Richard Thomas
David Henry Hwang with family
David Henry Hwang and Lee Silverman
BD Wong
Julia Schafler and Jim Dale
David Hyde Pierce
Austin Pendelton
Raul Esparza
Angela Lin, Johnny Wu, and Christine Lin
Stephen Pucci and Larry Lei Zhang
Jennifer Lim
Gary Wilmes
Jennifer Lim, Gary Wilmes, and Larry Lei Zhang
Jennifer Lim, Gary Wilmes, and Larry Lei Zhang
Christine Lin
Angela Lin, Johnny Wu, and Stephen Pucci
Gary Wilmes
David Henry Hwang and Lee Silverman
Stephen Pucci, Angela Lin, Larry Lei Zhang, Jennifer Lin, Gary Wilmes, Christine Lin and Johnny Wu
Jennifer Lim and Gary Wilmes
Larry Lei Zhang, Stephen Pucci, Gary Wilmes and Johnny Wu
Stephen Pucci and Gary Wilmes
Claire Simon and Jess Jones
Christine Lin and Angela Lin
Jennifer Lim
Christine Lin and Jess Jones
Johnny Wu, Stephen Pucci, Angela Lin, Christine Lin, Jennifer Lim, Gary Wilmes, and Larry Lei Zhang
