Articles about Chinglish
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Longacre Theatre, Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: An appealing new comedy about cultural confusion.
I am not familiar with the Chinese language or Chinese business practices. …
Stage Rush TV, Episode 83: Davind Henry Hwang speaks Chinglish
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Seeing Chinglish
Inside the meet-and-greet with Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang and director L…
If you are surprised to see Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Elton John and Stephen Sondheim guzzling beer and gobbling chicken wings at the local Hooters, then you probably did not wa…
David Korins' gliding and swiveling sets that include a hotel lobby with elevator and revolving door come close to stealing this comedy about mis-communication in global relationships
Chinglish, at Broadway's Longacre TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****During the year I lived in Israel, my halting attempts to speak Hebrew resulted in lots of linguistic misad…
On 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 perfor…
If you are surprised to see Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Elton John and Stephen Sondheim guzzling beer and gobbling chicken wings at the local Hooters, then you probably did not wa…
What would you think if you saw a sign saying "Fuck the certain price of goods"? You probably wouldn't guess that it's a translation of a Chinese sign reading "Dry Goods Pricing Department."…
Let's be honest: what gets lost in translation is often funny. This is the case in David Henry Hwang's new comedy, which is full of misunderstandings when an American businessman travels to …
First-generation American writers often have two stories to tell. There’s the story of their inspiration and the quest for a discipline to give form to their imaginings. Then thereR…
Readers had mixed to positive reactions to David Henry Hwang's comedy about Chinese-American relations (and relationships) that opened on Broadway last week.
No matter what language you speak, the excitement of a Broadway opening night always translates. On October 27, David Henry Hwang’s bilingual comedy Chinglish officially bowed on the G…
Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of David Henry Hwang's new comedy Chinglish.
Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang — whose most recent Broadway credits include curious musical items like Tarzan and Flower Drum Song, for which he wrote, or rewrote…
Acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang ("M. Butterfly") is back on Broadway with another East-meets-West tale. This time, his work takes a comedic turn in "Chinglish," which opened October 2…
Are critics speaking "Chinglish"?
Buckle up!  The Fall rush of openings kicked off last night with the New York premiere of David Henry Hwang’s comedy of miscommunication Chinglish (check the New York Times revie…
The miscommunications that come when cultures collide are a recipe for comedy—and at the heart of bilingual Broadway play Chinglish. This fish-out-of-water story tells the tale of Amer…
On Thursday, October 27, the Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's Chinglish opened at the Longacre Theatre starring Jennifer Lim, Angela Lin, Christine Lin, Stephen Pucci, Gary Wi…
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 beg…
Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, a comedy about an Ohio businessman selling his goods in China — where there is mutual misunderstanding of language and busines…
Miscommunication—of the linguistic, cultural and relationship kind—is the subject of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish. Receiving its Broadway premiere after an acclaimed run e…
In the boardroom or the bedroom, if you get mixed messages or don't translate everything just right, you're sunk. And when you turn that into a cross-cultural bilingual scenario, you amplify…
NY1's Roma Torre reviews "Chinglish," a new play from writer David Henry Hwang.
