Video: Meet the Cast of CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at Arena Stage
by Meet the Cast - Aug 7, 2023
BroadwayWorld met up with the cast of Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage to chat with them about bringing the production to Washington, DC. Get a glimpse of the cast in action and learn more about the production this exclusive video featuring Francis Jue, Joe Ngo, Brooke Ichibachi, and Tim Liu.
Cast Announced for CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 4, 2023
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band, a Signature Theatre production, performing at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre beginning Saturday, February 25 and continuing through Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents THE PESTS As Part Of 'KC MOlière: 400 In 2022'
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2022
Starting January 12, 2022 Kansas City Actors Theatre will present “The Pests” in a new adaptation and translation of Molière's “Les Fâcheux” by Dr. Felicia Londré. “The Pests” is presented as part of “KC MOlière: 400 in 2022,” a multi-year celebration of the seminal French playwright in honor of what would be his 400th birthday on opening night, January 15, 2022.
BWW Review: FOUR CHILDREN at Kansas City Actors' Theatre
by Alan Portner - Oct 11, 2021
The World Premiere production of “Four Children” has been brought to life by the Kansas City Actors Theatre on the City Stage inside Union Station as a minimalist, sadly shocking view of war against children and on a number of levels. It is not to be missed during its several week run.
The playwright has taken snippets from the diaries of four childhood victims of successful or attempted genocides. Their testimony is woven together paragraph by paragraph into a seamless, searing whole despite each being separated by decades and thousands of miles.
THE MEDICINE MAN Airs This Friday On KKFI 90.1 FM and Online
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2021
In Vietnam in 1946, the 4th generation medicine man of the Le family receives a visit from the spirit of his father, the previous medicine man, who warns of the danger and the endless war to come. The spirit insists that the medicine man find a successor soon, but with only a daughter left in the family, who could he possibly teach to be the next “medicine man?”
BWW Previews: THE 21ST CENTURY VOICES: NEW PLAY VIRTUAL FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHTS MENTAL HEALTH at American Stage
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Jan 7, 2021
For two weekends, January 15-17 and January 22-24, theatre patrons will be treated to four staged readings of new and original plays curated from over 200 submissions on American Stage's Virtual Stage.
The 21st Century Voices: New Play Festival, now in its fifth year, features virtual live-streamed productions coupled with post-show discussions with the playwrights, and mental health clinicians, panel discussions, wellness workshops, and community conversations about mental health.
BWW Review: American Stage's Regional Premiere of Qui Nguyen's Quirky, Brilliantly Original VIETGONE
by Peter Nason - Oct 7, 2019
'With VIETGONE, I wanted to address the huge lack of sexually powerful, driven, and complex Asian-American male and female characters on our stages. I wanted to see a sexy Asian male and a sexy Asian female be sexy for something other than being 'exotic.' And I wanted to make something that a young 'yello' kid could see and feel proud of themselves after see it.' --playwright Qui Nguyen
Photo Flash: American Stage Theatre Company Presents VIETGONE
by Julie Musbach - Sep 26, 2019
An all-American love story about two very new Americans. It's 1975. Saigon has fallen. He lost his wife. She lost her fiancé. But now in a new land, they just might find each other. Using his uniquely infectious style and skipping back and forth from the dramatic evacuation of Saigon to the here and now a?" playwright Qui Nguyen gets up-close-and-personal to tell the story that led to the creation ofa??Qui Nguyen.
AIRMW Announces Second Reading In 2019 And Playwright Workshop
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2019
The AA Arts Incubator Program of Asian Improv Arts Midwest (AIRMW) is pleased to announce that its historic series, 'Our Perspective: Asian American Play Readings,' continues with its second reading in 2019. The next reading is the comedic full length play Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon by Matthew C. Yee, Monday, May 13, at the Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre, 1700 N Halsted St, at 6:30 p.m. The running time is 90 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $8 for general admission seating and may be reserved online at steppenwolf.org. Seating is limited. For any additional information about the event, go to Our-Perspective.com or call 773.972.6745.