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Stephin Merritt wrote music and lyrics to this 1699 play, set in the last days of the Ming Dynasty, for a 2004 production by LA's REDCAT, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. The Los Angeles Times said, “Merritt’s facile and often funny rhymes and breezy Broadway melodic style have an easy, natural flow that Chen then makes complex through his use of florid operatic movements.”
Description
Stephin Merritt wrote music and lyrics to this 1699 play, set in the last days of the Ming Dynasty, for a 2004 production by LA's REDCAT, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. The Los Angeles Times said, “Merritt’s facile and often funny rhymes and breezy Broadway melodic style have an easy, natural flow that Chen then makes complex through his use of florid operatic movements.”