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July 1, 2004 at 02:06 AM ·I wonder why is it the Butterfly Lover appeal only to Asians. I feel that the Butterfly Lover is interesting and different enough to be played by all. It has all the grace of romance, comedy, drama & tragedy, something like an Asian's Romeo & Juliet. ...
It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The musical premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London on 20 September 1989, closing after over four thousand...
According to Hwang, the drama is a "deconstructed" version of Puccini's “Madama Butterfly”. "The Frenchman fantasizes that he is Pinkerton and his lover is Butterfly. By the end of the piece, he realizes that it is he who has been Butterfly, in that the Frenchman has been duped by...