2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical David Henry Hwang 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Anita Yavich 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a ...

NEW YORK — Surely you know that telltale moment, at the start of many great Golden Age musicals, when the curtain rustles, the lights glow warmer and the violins start churning out the schmaltz.

Grace Yoo (Hillary Clinton) and Daniel May (Xue Xing) in "Soft Power" at Signature Theatre. (Courtesy of Signature Theatre, photo by Daniel Rader) A singing, tap-dancing Hillary Clinton. A bright-eyed ...

This podcast was originally posted on June 8, 2018. Playwright David Henry Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori discuss their latest project, an original musical titled “Soft Power,” which played at the ...