May 30 to June 22, 2014
Theater for the New City, (Joyce and Seward Johnson Theater), 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th St.)
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 3:00 PM. Added performance Wed., 6/18 at 7:30 PM
Theater For The New City presents the Yangtze Repertory Theatre production of “The Story of Yu-Huan,” a drama in two acts, written and directed by Joanna Chan. Bilingual drama with dance on the celebrated beauty (708-746 A.D.) whose hanging death marked the decline of the mighty Tang Dynasty.
Yu-Huan, of the House of Yang, has been an undiminshed subject of literature and fine arts throughout thirteen centuries. Her death marked the end of 130 years of unprecedented prosperity in China’s Middle Kingdom and a golden age of artistic outpourings. Her life story is the subject of “The Story of Yu-Huan” by Joanna Chan, to be presented by Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America May 30 to June 22 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th St.), directed by the author and choreographed by Ashley Liang.
$25.00 general admission; $20 for seniors and students; Wed. and Thurs. pay-what-you-can.
Box office: Smarttix 212-868-4444, www.smarttix.com.
Reserve by email YangtzeRSVP@gmail.com or call (516) 515-0630.
Running time: 2 hours (incl. intermission).
For more information, please visit http://www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org/.