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Laowang
First Preview: Nov 1, 2025
Opening Date: Nov 16, 2025
Closing Date: Dec 14, 2025
Running Time: 01:30
Playing @
59E59 Theaters
59 East 59th Street, New York City, NY 10022
Don't mess with a Chinese grandma.
When a high-rise developer threatens to 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 magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy and sanity.
A caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear in response to the gentrification of America’s Chinatowns.
Produced by Primary Stages.
When a high-rise developer threatens to 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 magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy and sanity.
A caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear in response to the gentrification of America’s Chinatowns.
Produced by Primary Stages.
Show Notes: No intermission
Performance Schedule
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Cast
- Cindy Cheung
- Wai Ching Ho
- Amy Keum
- Jon Norman Schneider
- Daisuke Tsuji
Written By
- Alex Lin
Director
- Joshua Kahan Brody
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Full-price tickets:
$27.00 - $66.00
Accessibility
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Box Office
Box Office windows are wheelchair accessible -
Parking
60th St (Park & Lexington Ave); 58th St (Park and Lexington Ave) -
Curb Ramps
Yes -
Restroom
One floor down from lobby, available via elevator. Wheelchair-accessible stall, sink, and paper towel dispenser -
Seating
Theater A (200 seats); Theater B (100 seats); Theater C (50 seats) -
Elevator\Escalator
Elevator. -
Telephone
None on premises -
Entrance
The entrance is street level. No steps -
Visual Assistance
Low vision seating available upon request -
Folding Armrests
Chairs with no armrests (free standing) available -
Assisted Listening System
Audio Listening Devices with an included headset. Pick up at the front desk by the box office, -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating available. -
Water Fountain
Lower level accessible via elevator








