Chinglish

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 2:00p

Lyric Stage Boston, MA

With standout performances by Celeste Oliva and Barlow Adamson, Larry Coen's first-rate production of David Henry Hwang's poignant comedy generates sparks from the cultural collisions that result when a Midwesterner tries to pull off a big business deal in China. - Don Aucoin, Globe Staff

Life can get a little wild and crazy when you don't speak the language. American entrepreneur Daniel Cavanaugh learns this the funny way when he travels to China looking to close a lucrative business deal. His… Show more fictional adventures are the subject of Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's "Chinglish." Despite the English consultant Cavanaugh hires to navigate unfamiliar terrain, linguistic and cultural misunderstandings abound in the comedy, which Time Magazine named one of the 10 best plays of 2011. - Milva DiDomizio, Globe Staff

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Lyric Stage
140 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 585-5678

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Don Aucoin, Globe Staff

(no rating) December 4, 2012 - Boston.com - Clash of cultures, ambitions in Lyric Stage’s ‘Chinglish’

There’s a wryly telling observation, often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, that America and England are two nations “divided by a common language.’’

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