Laowang was developed as part of the Liff Lab, an innovative new play development program at Primary Stages. Laowang was originally developed by Two River Theater (Justin Waldman, Artistic Director; Nora DeVeau-Rosen, Managing Director), and received support from the New York Theatre Workshop annual summer residency at Dartmouth College. Lead support for Laowang is provided by the Garfield.. Don't mess with a Chinese grandma. When a high-rise developer threatens to tear down or 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.
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A riff on Shakespeare about a Chinatown restaurant owner? Sign us up. An imaginative spin on King Lear that examines the evolving face of America's Chinatowns and the fight to preserve fading cultural memories. When a high-rise developer threatens A-Poh's successful Chinatown eatery, the matriarch gathers her three grandchildren from across the country to plan […]. Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear is a play written by Alex Lin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. Part of 59E59 Theaters ' winter 2025-2026 season, it reinterprets King Lear in Chinatown, Manhattan.