Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear (Off-Broadway, 59E59 Theater A, 2025) | Playbill

Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear

Off-Broadway
Play
One Act
Original

Presented by Primary Stages



SYNOPSIS:

Don't mess with a Chinese grandma.

When a high-rise developer threatens to buy out A-Poh’s successful Chinatown restaurant, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her three precious grandchildren from all corners of the country to plan their next mode of attack. There’s just one problem – A-Poh's memory is rapidly fading. What follows is a chaotic journey through reality, myth, and magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy, and sanity.



Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody

Cast includes Cindy Cheung, Wai Ching Ho, Amy Keum, Jon Norman Schneider, Daisuke Tsuji

  • Running Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
  • playwright: Alex Lin