Join AABANY on December 11 at 7pm for Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear at the 59E59 Theaters.  The play will be followed by a cast talkback.   

This event is co-sponsored by White & Case.  

Limited seats available! Deadline to register is November 25.

$25 per person for AABANY members: Must be signed in to receive this member rate

$55 per person for non-members

Show Info
By Alex Lin
Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody

With Cindy Cheung, Wai Ching Ho, Amy Keum, Jon Norman Schneider, and Daisuke Tsuji

Don't mess with a Chinese grandma.

When a high-rise developer threatens to buy out A-Poh’s successful Chinatown restaurant, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her three precious grandchildren from all corners of the country to plan their next mode of attack.

There’s just one problem – A-Poh's memory is rapidly fading. What follows is a chaotic journey through reality, myth, and magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy, and sanity.

A caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear that explores the changing face of America's Chinatowns and the fight to preserve a fading cultural memory.