A critic weighs San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly" against Pocket Opera's "Madame Butterfly," probing racism, desire and why Puccini still seduces.

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The immediate question raised by turning David Henry Hwang’s superb play M. Butterfly into an opera is whether ...

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 ...

This season’s Santa Fe Opera world premiere, “M. Butterfly” by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, is an absorbing new incarnation of Mr. Hwang’s 1988 hit play, which was drawn from the true story of a ...

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"M. Butterfly," playwright David Henry Hwang's 1988 Tony Award winner onstage at San Francisco Playhouse, is chockful of enough themes and references to make a theatergoer's head spin, especially 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.” ...