"The King and I" Meets "Soft Power" at Asia Society
Dates: 2/5/2019
|
📍 Theatre: |
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tickets: $22 students/seniors; $25 nonmembers
Is This Your Show?
Submit Updates & Sell More Tickets
Tony Award-winning theater artists director Bartlett Sher and playwright David Henry Hwang engage in a conversation on the current state of American musical theater, as it wrestles with becoming more sensitive and inclusive, with focus on Asian-themed musicals. The inspiration of Hwang's new musical Soft Power by Sher's revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I will serve as the basis for discussion of Asian representation in musical theater history, as it informs our present. Segueing into how to improve upon the status quo, the panel will examine Sher and Hwang's distinctive approaches, illuminate points of contrast and overlap, and consider their artistic work and goals as complementary. The conversation will be moderated by Karen Shimakawa, NYU Tisch Associate Professor of Performance Studies.This program is part of the series Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism co-presented with the Barnard College Department of Theatre, Stages of Inquiry.
News About "The King and I" Meets "Soft Power" at Asia Society
We have no news on this show at the current time.
About the Theatre
More Central New York Coverage
Videos