Please note: Monday night's performance is SOLD OUT.

Part of the Citi Series on Asia in America

Music by Leon Ko
Book and lyrics by Robert Lee

A staged concert to benefit Asia Society

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A small-time Chinese fortune hunter dreams of making it big as he bulldozes his way through a century-and-a-half of American history. Tony Award-winning actor BD Wong (Law and Order: SVU) leads a first-rate cast in a sparkling concert staging of this smart, funny, and relevant new musical.

Listen to a sample track from the Heading East demo recording:

"What Kind of Man" (6 min., 47 sec.)

Canton, China, 1848. As the impoverished peasants slave in the fields and an aged storyteller spins a tale about the beginning of the world, 17-year old Siu Yee Tong blusters through a marketplace, dreaming of bigger things.

Performed by Ming Lee (Storyteller), BD Wong (Siu Yee), Orville Mendoza (Vegetable Seller) and Cindy Cheung (Passing Peasant), with Leon Ko and Robert Lee (Ensemble).

Heading East website