Golden Lotus

Golden Lotus (2022)

Live recording of the musical theater adaptation of the Chinese novel with the same name.

Date of release
2022-04-29
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Director
Emily Chan

Casting

Interesting facts

Golden Lotus is a musical written and composed by George Chiang. The musical is based on the classic 17th-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Set amidst the dying, war-torn years of Song dynasty China, the musical tells the story of the Golden Lotus, whose desire for true love leads her into a web of deception and desperation with the valiant tiger slayer Wu Sung, the rich and powerful Xi Men, and the humble peddler Wu Da.

Development

Golden Lotus participated in the ASCAP Foundation/Disney Theatrical Productions Musical Theatre Workshop in New York City during March and April 2003 with artistic direction by Stephen Schwartz. The three-week workshop included two live performances by a cast of sixteen performers which included Harriet Chung as Golden Lotus, and Scott Watanabe (who also served as the music director) as the District Intendant.

The musical was presented to a series of focus groups, which led to further revisions. This was followed by a year-long workshop led by Jim Betts with Script Lab's workshop in Toronto, modeled after BMI's Lehman Engels Musical Theater workshop in New York. Following the workshop, Betts worked directly with Chiang for several months on the musical as its dramaturge.

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