Photo Coverage: CHINGLISH Opens on Broadway!

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

Joan Jedell

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

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

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As an Equity actor, Peter is photographing the industry from the inside out. He has performed in numerous shows regionally, sung a duet with Richard Chamberlain in the National Tour of "Scrooge," and starred in "The Zoo Project" which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. When not on stage, he can be found photographing headshots and live theatre in NYC, Chicago and LA. As an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, he also acts as a retouching artist for photographers city-wide. For more information, please visit: http://www.pjzstudios.com

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