The Nanjing Race
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 7, 2010
Closed Nov 21, 2010
Opened Nov 7, 2010
Closed Nov 21, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
In Reggie Cheong-Leen'sThe Nanjing Race, Philip, a gay Japanese-American businessman, visits Nanjing China in 1988. Yu Ahn, a hotel "floor-boy" befriends Philip in the hope of being sponsored to go to America. But it is Bao, another floor-boy, who intrigues Philip.
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Best show of the season. The cast is amazing. Catch it before it goes to Broadway.
Reviewed by imtravelynn
on Monday, Nov 1st, 2010
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Named Best Regional Play by the American Theatre Critics' Association when it debuted in 1994, Reggie Cheong-Leen's The Nanjing Race is only now making its New York premiere, courtesy of Abingdon Theatre Company. Brian Tom O'Connor stages the smart, funny, and engaging show (seen here in a slightly updated version) in the Abingdon's tiny Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, with the close proximity of the actors adding to the intimate feel of the work.
Set in 1988, the play unfolds primarily in a cheap hotel in Nanjing, China. Philip (Marcus Ho), a Japanese-American businessman, is representing his firm and trying to negotiate good rates at an industrial fair in the city. His boss believes that his [...]