A new play about to hit Broadway is going to make history. “Straight White Men,” by Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee, is the first play by an Asian […]
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East West Players is out to promote diversity in theater across America
East West Players, the Los Angeles-based Asian American theater company billed as the nation’s longest-running of its kind, will put on a series of four Think Tanks with theater […]
Telly Leung joins Broadway’s ‘In Transit’
Telly Leung, the musical actor and “Glee” alum, will star in a new Broadway a cappella showing, “In Transit,” by the creators of “Frozen” and “Pitch Perfect.” The musical, […]
For Jenna Ushkowitz, Broadway’s ‘Waitress’ feels like home
Theater is home for Jenna Ushkowitz, who made her return to Broadway last week in “Waitress: The Musical.” “The stage is the one place in my life I don’t […]
Asian American theater group to premiere new LA play
Playwright Carla Ching’s “The Two Kids That Blow S–t Up” is set to premiere at the Lounge Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 18. A play “about not trying […]
Phillipa Soo takes her final ‘Hamilton’ bow, headed to ‘Amélie’
Phillipa Soo joined Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. Saturday for one last bow on the “Hamilton” stage. “Hamilton,” a hip-hop musical about America’s founding fathers, has proven itself […]
Ali Ewoldt changes the face of Broadway’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’
The Phantom has held his grip on Ali Ewoldt for years. In 1992, a 10-year-old Ewoldt stepped on the stage for the very first time, at the Westchester Broadway […]
East West Players’ new artistic director Snehal Desai looks to continue legacy
For the first time in 23 years, and for only the fourth time in 51 years, East West Players — the nation’s longest-running Asian American theater company — is […]
Kathleen Kim Plays Madame Mao in the Opera ‘Nixon in China’
Story by Shinyung Oh Photo by Taeuk Kang The unexpected diva is a force to be reckoned with in opera houses and stages the world over. “Diva” may […]
Lea Salonga Pledges ‘Allegiance’ On Broadway
Story by Teena Apeles Lea Salonga was just 20 when she graced the Broadway stage in 1991 with her Tony Award-winning debut as Kim in Miss Saigon. Of course, […]
Live From UCLA, It’s LCC!
by ADA TSENG, Audrey Magazine When college students Randall Park, David J. Lee and Derek Mateo founded a theater group at UCLA 20 years ago, little did they know […]
Reaching 50 Years, East West Players Soldiers On
Pictured above: Tim Dang, producing artistic director of East West Players. (Photo courtesy of M. Palma Photography) by ADA TSENG Tucked inside the Union Center for the Arts in […]
Korean ‘Death Note’ Musical Cast Revealed
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com After the wild success of its anime, light novels and live-action films, Death Note has found new life in its latest adaptation: a musical. […]
“Let it Go” Composers Are Writing a Song for Neil Patrick Harris to Sing at the Oscars
Recognize Robert Lopez? Well you certainly should. Lopez was the very first Filipino American to win an Oscar during the 86th Academy Awards. If you don’t yet recognize […]
Colorado Teen, A Self-Proclaimed ‘Bad English Student,’ Wins Playwriting Contest
by KYLE PARTAIN A girl, a boy, a high school love story. Laurain Park wasn’t exactly breaking new ground with her real life-inspired play, One-Sided Fish. And yet, the […]
