Stars Collective Film Entertainment Group is mounting an ambitious animated film trilogy based on “Journey to the West,” one of China’s four great classical novels, the company revealed on the first ...

The Monkey King, a mythical Chinese character created by Wu Cheng'en in his 16th-century novel "Journey to the West," has been portrayed in films, manga and video games. But the mischievous hero has ...

From a visual and theatrical standpoint alone, composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang's superb new opera "The Monkey King," drawn from a 16th-century Chinese novel, immediately ranks ...

On November 20, 2025, join Asia Society Northern California for a performance of The Monkey King at the San Francisco Opera, based on the Chinese classical novel, Journey to the West. Combining ...

There’s a new hero in the world of opera, one with amazing superpowers, an unstoppable mission — and a tail. “The Monkey King,” created by composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang, hearkens ...

Huang Ruo watched his kids on Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic his son dressed as Spider-Man and Batman, his daughter as Elsa from “Frozen.” “I was just thinking, wouldn’t it be nice to have ...

A 100 minute performance of songs, dances, Chinese opera, ballet and martial arts, based on The Journey to the West, a classical legendary novel in the Chinese literature. Inspired by the timeless ...