Theater to Stream: Stars Gather for âMiscastâ and More
Other highlights include a new show by Kristina Wong, Joshua Harmonâs âBad Jewsâ and âBroadway by the Year.â
Gavin Creel, left, and Aaron Tveit singing âTake Me or Leave Me,â from âRent,â during the 2016 âMiscastâ gala. Credit.Jenny Anderson
May 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET
âIt is about access.â That, put plainly, is the main reason the Young Vic in London will continue to livestream shows even after in-person theater resumes. âAccess is our driver,â Kwame Kwei-Armah, the theaterâs artistic director, said in a recent interview. âAnd this is a way that we make that access just a little more here and now.â
‘From Number to Name’: Stories from the Inside
Director Kristina Wong shares API incarcerees’ experiences.
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By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer
Kristina Wong is coming to East West Players, but not in the way that you might think.
The artist and activist will not be doing one of her one-woman shows, such as “Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “The Wong Street Journal.” Instead, she’ll be directing “From Number to Name,” a co-production of EWP and API Rise about Asian Pacific Islanders who have been incarcerated through the criminal justice system.
Kristina Wong
Part of EWP’s virtual 55
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