Saturday, August 08 2PM
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
Opera and puppet spectacle spanning 2,000 years of Chinese history presents the lives of four legendary Chinese women warriors – Hua Mulan (made famous in ancient ballads and opera, and more recently by Disney), Hongxian (Tang Dynasty), She Saihua (Song Dynasty), and Qiu Jin (early 20th century).
CTW dramatizes the battles and exploits of these brave fighting women, which spans 2000 years of Chinese history, using a wide variety of puppetry styles (shadow, hand, rod, bunraku), blended seamlessly with classic Chinese opera, dance and music with contemporary Western theater craft.
For tickets and information visit: http://www.flushingtownhall.org