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 fascinating piece of theater that sneaks up on you with unexpected surprises, twists and perspectives about human and international relations. And in the production ...

That sense of being invited in and then excluded—both for immigrant and spectator—is one of the more potent motifs in Lloyd Suh’s resonant and effective play. The 2018 two-hander (remounted by Ma-Yi ...

Being the first Chinese immigrant to arrive in the U.S., Afong Moy was immediately put to work as a living exhibition. Her stage name was, amazingly enough, "The Chinese Lady." Moy's experience was ...

ATLANTA - She’s believed to be the first Chinese woman to set foot in the United States — and once here, Afong Moy was exhibited to curious audiences as "The Chinese Lady." Now, Moy’s haunting story ...

In 1834, Afong Moy was brought from Beijing to America and put on display as the "Chinese Lady." Over the next 45 years, she performed in a side show for the American public that both defined and ...

The Chinese Lady: Barbie Wu as Afong Moy, Bern Tan as Atung (John Rudoff/Photo Credit: John Rudoff) The trajectory of Afong Moy’s life, both historically and as the protagonist of Lloyd Suh’s The ...

“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 ...

In 1834, 16-year-old Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America, sailed into New York Harbor to be featured in a museum. She sees herself as a representative of China, here to educate ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – “The Chinese Lady” is a fascinating 90-minutes of theater being offered at Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls through Sunday. It is a work that clearly demonstrates the ...