Soft Power Soft Power

June 20 - July 8

Soft Power

June 20 - July 8

Genre

Musical

Runtime

140 mins w/ 15 min. intermission

doors open 1 hr

before showtime

Genre

Musical

Runtime

140 mins w/ 15 min. intermission

doors open 1 hr

before showtime


soft pow • er (noun)

a persuasive approach to international relations, typically involving the use of cultural influence.

A contemporary comedy explodes into a musical fantasia in the first collaboration between two of America’s great theatre artists: Tony Award® winners David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Flower Drum Song) and Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home). SOFT POWER rewinds our recent political history and plays it back through a Chinese lens: a future, beloved East-meets-West musical.

A Chinese executive in 2016 America finds himself falling in love with a good-hearted U.S. leader, as the power balance between their two countries starts to shift and a new world order arrives. As original as it is topical, SOFT POWER overflows with the romance, laughter, and cultural confusions of the golden age of Broadway. Hwang and Tesori have created one of the most eagerly anticipated new works of the year.

SOFT POWER is produced by Center Theatre Group in association with the Curran. SOFT POWER comes to the Curran following its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

  • Raymond Lee is a "good guy with a gun" in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • Conrad Ricamora in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • Jon Hoche describes the electoral college in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • Conrad Ricamora and Alyse Alan Louis in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • Alyse Alan Louis as Hillary Clinton in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • A visit to McDonald's, a fine eatery, in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

  • Conrad Ricamora and the chorus in SOFT POWER. Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography.

“There is a rare kind of electricity that only happens around bonafide geniuses in close collaboration. You don’t want to miss it.” -Carole Shorenstein Hays

Special Performances:

ASL and Audio Described: 6/30 matinee

Post-show talkback with David Henry Hwang: 6/22

Open Caption: 7/1 matinee

Creatives

David Zinn

David Zinn

Scenic Design

Anite Yavich

Anite Yavich

Costume Design

Mark Barton

Mark Barton

Lighting Design

Kai Harada

Kai Harada

Sound Design