M. Butterfly, 2017 Broadway Revival Version
by David Henry Hwang

Name: M. Butterfly, 2017 Broadway Revival Version
Brand: David Henry Hwang
SKU: 9780822240082
Rating: 3.93 (2 reviews)

Broadway West End

M. Butterfly, 2017 Broadway Revival Version Cover

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Highlights

Female

Male

120 mins 1980s Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Expandable Casting Flexible Cast Size Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Pulitzer Prize Tony Award

Finalist: 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! Three 1988 Tony Awards, including Best Play Winner! Three 1988 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding New Play Winner! Three 1988 Outer Critics Circle Award, including Outstanding New Broadway Play

Synopsis

When M. Butterfly premiered in 1988, its remarkable story of international espionage and personal betrayal solidified its status as a modern classic.

Based on the real-life affair between a French diplomat and a mysterious Chinese opera singer, it blurred the boundaries between male and female, East and West.

For the 2017 Broadway Revival Version , Hwang has incorporated new material inspired by details of the relationship that have emerged since the play first seduced audiences.

This intoxicating re-imagining of M. Butterfly examines the nature of love and the devastating cost of deceit.

Press Reviews

"Commands fascination… M. Butterfly remains provocative and timely, with a great deal to unpack – in part because Hwang… has stuffed it with new information… M. Butterfly depicts the Western male gaze as an all-but-willful refusal to see."
— TimeOut NY

"The play subjects you to [a]… complicated question: What are the deceptions we inflict upon ourselves when we doggedly want to believe something of another person?… It’s a testament to this revival that a play set in the ’60s, and first staged in the ’80s, can still offer compelling questions about where we’re going."
— Vogue

"This M. Butterfly is every bit as memorable as the original… The intertwining of the intimate with the political gives M. Butterfly its extra-sexual charge… a heated, intensely provocative show."
— Deadline

"Gripping M. Butterfly soars anew… this revised M. Butterfly has room to expand its political parable, and more deeply explore Song’s backstory… new updates… are seamlessly integrated into the original… a thought-provoking fable."
— Entertainment Weekly

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
RENÉ GALLIMARD	—	—	—
SONG LILING	—	—	—
MARC , also	—	—	, also
PINKERTON	—	—	—
TOULON , also	—	—	, also
SHARPLESS and	—	—	and
JUDGE AGNES	—	—	—
COMRADE CHIN	—	—	—
RENÉE , also	—	—	, also
PINUP GIRLWOMAN #1 ,	—	—	,
#2 and	—	—	and
#3	—	—	—
MAN #1 and	—	—	and
#2	—	—	—
DTS AGENTS #1 and	—	—	and
#2	—	—	—