A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of empires and seeded stereotypes of Asian women. By Aruna D’Souza The dragon lady, ...

Lloyd Sun’s sense of humor is never sharper than when he compares foot binding in China to America’s transatlantic slave trade. It is a wicked wit that is laced throughout his 2018 play, “The Chinese ...

Lloyd Suh’s “The Chinese Lady” is a drama about the first Chinese woman to come to the U.S., and the international relations surprises she reveals ...

On the bare stage of Long Wharf Theatre is one of those huge packing crates used for shipping props or sets. A man comes out of the shadows and pushes it further back, then opens its doors to reveal a ...

“The Chinese Lady,” a play about one of the first Chinese women to immigrate to the United States, will open at Capital Stage this coming weekend and will run through Feb. 26. The play touches on ...

Lloyd Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady,” now in its Chicago premiere from the TimeLine Theatre, is, in essence, a fervent and self-assured deconstruction of the long, Western objectification and ...

Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (pictured) shares the role of Afong Moy with Joann Wu in “The Chinese Lady” at the Pear Theatre. Photo by Sinjin Jones. In 1834, 14-year-old Afong Moy was brought from China to the ...

For all the Very Big Ideas that “The Chinese Lady” makes one ponder (racism, sexism, immigration, exploitation, xenophobia et al), it’s important to remember one crucial detail: It’s very funny. “I am ...

Lisa Tejero in the Bluebarn Theatre's production of “The Chinese Lady." Lisa Tejero in the Bluebarn Theatre’s production of “The Chinese Lady.” Lisa Tejero and Jimmy Nguyen in the Bluebarn Theatre’s ...