Tickets $39 - Sen $35 - Stu $25 VIP Table Seats $45
Rush Price $25 - limited number subject to availability, 1 hour before show
Opening Night / Red Socks: Nov 16 - $75 Groups $35 call 212-868-4030
A new production of Pan Asian’s heartwarming musical that transports you to San Francisco’s nightclub circuit of the 1940’s, a world where the American musical embodies the optimism of boy-meets-girl romance and the American Dream, a cast of Asian American performers charm their audience with song, dance and comedy in spite of the looming specter of WWII and internment.
When first presented in 1997, The New York Times wrote “Shanghai Lil’s takes the old let’s-put-on-a-show idea with Carmen Miranda numbers and a Groucho-like master of ceremonies, then puts intelligence to work by exploring the American Dreams of Asian Americans. It’s a pleasure to report Shanghai Lil’s mingles brains, heart and romance in an admirable package of entertainment.”
Leanne Cabrera
Christine Toy Johnson
Whitney Kam Lee
Rebecca Lee Lerman
Jaygee Macapugay
Timothy Ng
Lisa Villamaria
Music Director: Sarah Brett England
Lights: Jiyoun Chang
Sets: Gian Marco Lo Forte
Costumes: Kate Mincer
Props: Jennifer McDuffee
Stage Manager: Elis C Arroyo
Assistant Stage Manager: A.J. Dobbs
November 11-27, 2011
SHANGHAI LIL’S
Production schedule as of 10.14.11
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7:30pm
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2:30pm
7:30pm
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2:30pm
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7:30pm
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11:00am
7:30pm
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7:00pm
Opening Night
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11:00am
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2:30pm
7:30pm
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2:30pm
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11:00am
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11:00am
7:30pm
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2:30pm
Pre-Turkey Matinee
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7:30pm
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2:30pm
7:30pm
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2:30pm
About the Creators
Photo from Shanghai Lil's World Premiere 1997
Lilah Kan (book and lyrics)
Lilah Kan acted with San Francisco's Inter Players in the 50's and made her New York acting debut in Frank Chin's YEAR OF THE DRAGON at American Place Theatre (televised for PBS's "Theatre in America") and had a longtime association with Pan Asian Rep as an actor- LEGEND OF WU CHANG, FLOWERS AND HOUSEHOLD GODS, SUNRISE, MONKEY MUSIC- and also acted in PAPER ANGELS directed by John Lone. Lilah was a professional cook in Israel and many New York restaurants in order to pursue a life in the theatre. She was the author of Chinese Casserole Cookery. Lilah was a hostess, mother, provider and nurturer to hundreds of artists who were making their way in the NY theater world. She touched and inspired so many with her generosity that in 2005 The Red Socks award was created to honor her memory. Named after Lilah's trademark gift of presenting a pair of red socks to an artist on opening night, it is given to an appreciative and deserving theatre artist annually.
Louis Stewart (composer)
Holds a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts from The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Specializing in New Music, he has conducted and played premieres in New York, Seattle, Boston and Baltimore, and has guest conducted in the US and Southeast Asia. One of his many acclaimed compositions is BALLET BEAT CAFE which was premiered by American Concert Ballet. His recordings include SLEEPWALKING IN SINGAPORE, in collaboration with the Baltimore Improvisation Ensemble, and scores for two documentary films aired on PBS. He is the recipient of a Meet the Composer grant for the dance work IMMUTABLE GROUNDS. SHANGHAI LIL’S renews a series of collaborations with Tisa Chang, which began in 1973 with the musical compostion for THE RETURN OF THE PHOENIX, and includes CAMBODIA AGONISTES. He currently teaches at Berkelee College.
Photo from Shanghai Lil's World Premiere 1997
TISA CHANG(Director) has a lifetime love for the musical theatre form, having danced at an early age and in Broadway musical classics in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, King and I, Flower Drum Song, Sweet Charity, Pacific Overtures, which has informed her directing career at Ellen Stewart’s La Mama Chinese Theatre Group with bilingual premieres of Return of the Phoenix, A Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Thunderstorm and highlights at Pan Asian Rep including: The Joy Luck Club, Cambodia Agonistes, Rashomon which was invited to the Havana Theatre Festival in September 2003. Tisa will celebrate 35 years at Pan Asian Rep with a Gala Benefit on March 19, 2012 at the glamorous Edison Ballroom.
