The play's development began about four years ago and marks Mei's first attempt to present a Western story entirely through traditional Chinese theatrical language. Despite many new challenges in ...

A Peking opera troupe performs at the 49th International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theatre of Carthage in Tunis July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Anis Mili By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - With ...

BEIJING — When “The Legend of the White Snake” opens Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, an American audience will get its first glimpse of Zhang Huoding, one of China’s biggest ...

BEIJING — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and ...