Soft Power - A Musical

via Nick Cull

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By David Henry Hwang

Music by Jeanine Tesori

Choreography by Sam Pinkleton

Directed by Leigh Silverman

World Premiere

Hilariously provocative, what begins as a contemporary play bursts into a musical set in the future in this seductive World premiere by Tony Award® winner David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly). A beloved East-meets-West musical, China’s 21st-century rise, and a theatre company gala collide to make mayhem—and some beautiful music. Inspired by the West's often ridiculously inauthentic portrayals of Asia, Soft Power is a Center Theatre Group commission and the first collaboration between two of America's great theatre artists: Hwang and Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home).

soft pow·er (noun)
a persuasive approach to international relations, typically involving the use of cultural influence.
Produced in association with East West Players.