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A Deal
Like many new upper-middle-class Chinese families, Mr. and Mrs. Li are proud to give their only daughter a life they could only dream of (an Ivy League degree in art and an apartment in Manhattan), until they realize she’s turning into a dangerous stranger.
When:
November 27, 2017 8:00pm to December 10, 2017 8:00pm
A DEAL is a dark comedy that features a Chinese family’s home buying journey in New York in winter 2015, a time of increased real estate property ownership by overseas Chinese and a sharp decline in the value of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar. It reveals the ideological conflicts between the East and the West in contemporary society by tracking a little stream of the global cash flow.
This is the first Off-Broadway production for international known playwright Zhu Yi and A DEAL will simultaneously tour China in Mandarin.
Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri: 7:30pm | Sat: 8pm Matinees Sat & Sun: 3pm
Show run is November 15th-December 10th.
Cost:
$30 per ticket; discounts available for previews and students
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