Kung Fu extends its run by two weeks

Signature Theatre's World premiere production of of David Henry Hwang's new play Kung Fu, currently in previews, directed by Leigh Silverman with choreography by Sonya Tayeh, has extended its run by two weeks and will now play through 30 Mar 2014.

Kung Fu opens at the Irene Diamond Stage on 24 Feb 2014, following previews from 04 Feb 2014. The show was originally scheduled to close on 16 Mar 2014.

The cast features Cole Horibe (Bruce Lee), Phoebe Strole (Linda Lee), Emmanuel Brown, Clifton Duncan, Bradley Fong, Francis Jue, Peter Kim, Ari Loeb, Reed Luplau, Kristen Faith Oei, Jon Rua and Christopher Vo.

Kung Fu presents a portrait of international icon Bruce Lee's journey from troubled Hong Kong youth to martial arts legend, which blends dance, Chinese opera, martial arts and drama.

Bruce Lee, a young martial artist, comes to America from Hong Kong in the 1960's, with a dream as audacious as his talent: to become the biggest movie star in the world. To do so, he must struggle to overcome the West's view of China as weak and backwards, and of Asian men as less than truly masculine.

The creative team includes Dou Dou Huang (Specialty Choreography), David Zinn (Scenic Design), Anita Yavich(Costume Design), Ben Stanton (Lighting Design), Darron L West (Sound Design) and Darrel Maloney (Projection Design).