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Laowang

First Preview: Nov 1, 2025
Opening Date: Nov 16, 2025
Closing Date: Dec 14, 2025
Running Time: 01:30
Laowang

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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.
Off BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No intermission

Performance Schedule

Visit 59e59.org for full schedule.


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

  • 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

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