Chinglish
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 27, 2011
Closed Jan 29, 2012
Opened Oct 27, 2011
Closed Jan 29, 2012
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
David Henry Hwang's Chinglish is about an American businessman who 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.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Longacre Theatre
220 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036
This charming Broadway theater has a wonderful quality of being huge, but without a barnlike atmosphere. Built in 1913, the theater was used as a radio and television playhouse. Regular theatrical performances started in 1953. The sightlines are e [...] Read More
220 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036
This charming Broadway theater has a wonderful quality of being huge, but without a barnlike atmosphere. Built in 1913, the theater was used as a radio and television playhouse. Regular theatrical performances started in 1953. The sightlines are e [...] Read More
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Surprisingly good!
I am skeptical seeing any show with subtitles. Im glad I went to see Chinglish. I laughed so hard my throat still hurts. Great acting, topnotch set design and the writing is simply brilliant! Do yourself a favor and see this show. You wont regret it.
Reviewed by capridragon
on Tuesday, Oct 11th, 2011
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In David Henry Hwang's clever and entertaining comedy Chinglish, now at Broadway's Longacre Theatre after an earlier run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, a white American businessman named Daniel Cavanaugh (Gary Wilmes) attempts to win over a prospective new client in China. However, he finds the task more difficult than he initially imagined, and that language is only the most obvious barrier to effective communication.
To assist him in his endeavor, Cavanaugh -- who runs a small family business in Ohio -- engages the services of Peter Timms (Stephen Pucci) a British man living in China, to serve as business consultant and translator.
Peter sets up a meeting with Minister Cai Guoliang (Lar[...]