Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Song Liling (Edric Young, left) and Rene Gallimard (Dean Linnard) share a moment in San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly." ...

There’s a moment during the San Francisco Playhouse production of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” when the fetching Peking Opera performer Song Liling (a man dressed as a woman) half turns to the ...

One thing is for certain: David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” is a complex and disturbing play. We can look at it in two ways: as about gender and sexuality, and as about delusion and idolatry. At ...

Kangmin Justin Kim as Song Liling in "M. Butterfly." (Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Opera) When you see the title “M. Butterfly,” you might think it means Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly.” ...

David Henry Hwang has returned to his Tony-winning play with a libretto for Huang Ruo’s new work. But can its story change with the times? By David Allen SANTA FE, N.M. — “M. Butterfly” has been a ...

Though it bent (and blew) the minds of rapt audiences with its elusive opalescence nearly three decades ago, David Henry Hwang's 'M. Butterfly' returns to Broadway on heavier, drabber wings. True, the ...