The Manhattan Theatre Club production features direction by May Adrales, and performances by Cindy Cheung, Fang Du, and Kristen Hung.
Golden Shield
The American premiere of Golden Shieldopens May 17, following previews which began April 26. The play is written by Anchuli Felicia King (White Pearl) with direction by May Adrales (Vietgone). It is slated to run through June 12.
The legal drama follows an American lawyer Julie Chen and her class-action lawsuit involving a technology corporation and the Chinese government. She hires her sister Eva as her translator and the two find themselves having to set aside their past differences. The work previously ran in Melbourne Theatre Company’s Southbank Theatre.
The cast includes Cindy Cheung, Fang Du, Kristen Hung, Daniel Jenkins, Michael C. Liu, Max Gordon Moore, Ruibo Qian, Gillian Saker, Sheffield Chastain, Esther Chen, Ka-Ling Cheung, and Carl W. Hsu.
The show’s creative team includes scenic design by dots; costume design by Sara Ryung Clement; lighting design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew; original music and sound design by Charles Coes and Nathan A. Roberts; hair and wig design by Tom Watson; casting by Andrea Zee; and voice coaching by Ka-Ling Cheung. Michael Medina is the stage manager and Alyssa K. Howard is the production stage manager.
The theatre’s current season also includes Prayers for the French Republic and the recently-extendedHow I Learned To Drive.
Broadway NewsAnthony Edwards Saves the Weekend With Surprise Appearance in Broadway’s Girl From the North Country
Watch the behind-the-scenes video with the ER star and wife Mare Winningham, sharing how he prevented the show from cancelling performances.
Mare Winningham and Anthony Edwards
“Is there a doctor in the house,” lead producer Tristan Baker asked during a pre-show announcement at the May 13 performance of Broadway’s Girl From the North Country. He then answered his own question, telling the audience that ER star Anthony Edwards would be stepping into the role of Dr. Walker for the evening.
Due to several company members out of the show with COVID-19, Girl From the North Country was faced with canceling performances, but playwright-director Conor McPherson wondered if Edwards might be able to step in, script in hand. It wasn’t a completely out-of-left-field suggestion, as Edwards is not only an award-winning actor, but is also a fan of the show—and its Tony-nominated lead actress, his wife Mare Winningham.
The couple recorded a backstage video after the performance, explaining how everything fell into place. Check it out below.
Edwards was an original cast member on the long-running NBC medical drama ER, and made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of Children of a Lesser God. His other screen credits include Top Gun, Revenge of the Nerds, and the recent Netflix hit series Inventing Anna. He first worked with Winningham in the 1988 thriller film Miracle Mile, beginning the 35-year friendship that would lead to their 2021 elopement.
Featuring music from the Bob Dylan catalogue, Girl From the North Country, playing through June 19 at the Belasco Theatre, offers a slice-of-life look at a small community in Duluth, Minnesota, where the Laine family operates a rundown guesthouse.
On May 7th, the World Premiere of the Spanish version of On Your Feet en Espanol has opened to rave reviews in DC at GALA Hispanic Theatre. Directed and choreographed byoriginal Broadway cast member Luis Salgado, music direction by Walter ‘Bobby’ McCoy.
Readings and WorkshopsLauren Ambrose Stars in Reading of David Adjmi Comedy Marie Antoinette May 14
Michael Kevin Baldwin directs the evening at Connecticut’s Sharon Playhouse.
Lauren Ambrose
Stage and screen star Lauren Ambrose, a Tony nominee for her performance in the recent Broadway revival of My Fair Lady, heads the cast of a May 14 staged reading of David Adjmi’s brassy comedy Marie Antoinette at the Sharon Playhouse.
Directed by Sharon Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Michael Kevin Baldwin, the 7 PM reading at the Connecticut venue also features Emma Simon, Pun Bandhu, Spencer Scott Barros, James Rose, Danny Tieger, Lou Hagen, and Ryan Palmer.
In this contemporary take on the young queen of France, Marie is a confection created by a society that values extravagance and artifice. But France’s love affair with the royals sours as revolution brews, and for Marie, the political suddenly becomes very personal.
Baldwin says, “Marie Antoinette is both outrageously funny and devastatingly poignant. Adjmi uses the tale of the ill-fated French monarch to explore our modern day culture of building up celebrities and then tearing them down.”
Artistic Director Justin Boccitto produces the one-night-only benefit.
