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Lana Gordon to return as Persephone in 'Hadestown' on Broadway

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The actress was previously the first actress to replace Tony-nominated original cast member Amber Gray in the role in 2022, returning again in 2024.

All the songs in 'Dead Outlaw' on Broadway

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Saddle up and learn all about the seven-time Tony Award-nominated musical's folk rock score, which blends fact and fiction to tell the story of a touring mummy.

‘Ragtime’ to open on Broadway this fall

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The acclaimed production previously had a limited run at New York City Center in fall 2024 and will now return to Broadway for the first time in 15 years.

Amanda Reid to star in 'Hell's Kitchen' on Broadway

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The actress, who is currently an understudy in Alicia Keys's Tony Award-winning musical, will take over the leading role of Ali at the Shubert Theatre.

The 2025 Tony Awards by the numbers

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Discover fun facts and stats about the nominees up for top honors at the 78th annual theatre awards ceremony, hosted on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall.


Your guide to the Pulitzer Prizes: Fun facts and Pulitzer-winning shows to see right now

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This is your guide to the Pulitzer Prizes, including fun facts and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway shows in New York. See why these shows won the coveted award.

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The coveted prize has been given to one play or musical nearly every year since 1917.

'Purpose' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; 'Oh, Mary!' named a finalist

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Both critically acclaimed shows are currently running on Broadway and are also contenders for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play.

Tituss Burgess to return to 'Oh, Mary!' Broadway cast; Cole Escola sets departure

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The Emmy-nominated actor previously played another limited run in the title role of the five-time Tony-nominated historical comedy play written by Escola.

'Death Becomes Her' tickets now on sale through April 2026

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The musical adaptation of the cult-favorite film is one of three shows that received the most 2025 Tony Award nominations with 10, including Best Musical.

‘Redwood’ to close on Broadway

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Tony Award winner Idina Menzel co-created and stars in this original musical, which began performances at the Nederlander Theatre in January.

Atlantic Theater Company has set the full cast for [*The Far Country*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/26789-the-far-country-tickets), a world-premiere play by Lloyd Suh. Performances run at the [Linda Gross Theater](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/linda-gross-theater) from November 15 to January 1, with opening night on December 5.

The cast includes Shannon Tyo, who starred in Suh's last Off-Broadway play, *The Chinese Lady*, alongside Ben Chase, Jinn S. Kim, Whit K. Lee , Christopher Liam Moore, Amy Kim Waschke, and Eric Yang.

The creative team has also been set, with scenic design by Clint Ramos; costume design by Junghyun Georgia Lee; lighting design by Jiyoun Chang; sound design by Fan Zhang; and wig, hair, and makeup design by Tommy Kurzman.

*The Far Country* is set just after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, when a family from Taishan, China defies the law and makes a treacherous journey to California.

Check back for information on *The Far Country* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

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Lloyd Suh brings his newest play,&nbsp;The Far Country, off Broadway. Get&nbsp;The Far Country&nbsp;tickets on New York Theatre Guide.The Far Country&nbsp;is a play set in the immediate aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prevented all Chinese people from immigrating to the U.S. in 1882. What was originally written as a 10-year ban extended longer with the 1892 Geary Act, which made extremely limited exceptions for certain occupations, and the 1943 Magnuson Act, which re-allowed only 105 Chinese immigrats per year. Chinese immigration restrictions weren't fully lifted until 1952.Suh's show is set in those early years, shortly after the initial&nbsp;Chinese Exclusion Act's creation. It tells the story of one family who, like so many others in history, dared to defy the law. This family begins their journey in a rural part of Taishan, China and endeavors to make it out to the American West, to California.&nbsp;The Far Country&nbsp;tells one story of bravery and perseverance amid discrimination.Directing&nbsp;The Far Country&nbsp;in New York is Eric Ting, who won a 2013 Obie Award for helming Jackie Sibblies Drury's&nbsp;We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884 - 1915&nbsp;at Soho Rep. He recently directed another play of Suh's, the children's play&nbsp;Bina's Six Apples,&nbsp;in Atlanta, Georgia.The Far Country&nbsp;is a follow-up to Suh's last Off-Broadway play,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-chinese-lady" target="_blank">The Chinese Lady</a>,&nbsp;which also tells a historical story of a Chinese person's journey to America. That show went up at <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/public-theater" target="_blank">The Public Theater</a> in winter 2022, and presented the story of Afong Moy, widely believed to be the first Chinese person to come to America. Unlike the family in&nbsp;The Far Country&nbsp;off Broadway, she was welcomed (that is, purchased by American importers), but paraded around for decades as the centerpiece of a living museum exhibit of "Chinese culture" for the American public to gawk at.That show was one of the most produced plays across the U.S. in the 2021-22 season, and the Off-Broadway production was met with acclaim. The <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/the-chinese-lady-off-broadway-review" target="_blank">New York Theatre Guide review</a> calls it "an evocative and eye-opening excavation of difference and a seductive appeal for greater understanding."Tickets to The Far Country off Broadway are on sale now.Photo credit: Karin Shook

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Lloyd Suh, the acclaimed playwright of The Chinese Lady, returns off Broadway with a new tale of a cross-continental journey. Just after the Chinese Exclusion Act is passed, a family in rural Taishan, China, braves danger to make a trip to California against all odds. Find out more about The Far Country tickets.

Less than a year after Lloyd Suh's last New York play, *The Chinese Lady*, ran to acclaim, he returns off Broadway with the world premiere of *The Far Country*. Get *The Far Country* tickets on TodayTix.

*The Far Country* is a play set just after the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, banning all Chinese immigration into the U.S. The show follows one fictional family who, like many real-life ones, dared to make the journey to America anyway in search of a better life. They travel from Taishan, a rural region of China, to California, braving danger at every turn.

Suh's *The Chinese Lady* was one of the most produced plays nationally in the 2021-22 theatre season. One of those productions was at The Public Theater this past spring, which received critical acclaim and multiple Off-Broadway awards nominations. Prior to *The Chinese Lady* and *The Far Country* off Broadway, Suh had two previous plays in New York: *The Wong Kids in The Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!* and *Jesus in India*.

Eric Ting directs *The Far Country* in New York. He is an Obie Award winner for directing Jackie Sibblies Drury's *We Are Proud to Present...* in 2013. He also directed *The World of Extreme Happiness* in 2015 for Manhattan Theatre Club.

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## What to Watch For

- Themes of journeying and Chinese Americans recur in Suh's plays. *The Chinese Lady* was about the first Chinese woman to come to America in the 1800s.
- Shannon Tyo, who starred in *The Chinese Lady* off Broadway, also appears in *The Far Country* off Broadway.
- Suh also has another play, *Exclusion*, that deals with the Chinese Exclusion Act specifically. That show follows Chinese migrants detained on Angel Island, off the California coast.
- Restrictions on Chinese immigration to the U.S. were in place for 70 years, from 1882 to 1952.
- Director Eric Ting previously directed another of Suh's shows: *Bina's Six Apples*, a play for children, in Atlanta.

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As you settle in at Lloyd Suh’s [*The Far Country*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/26789-the-far-country-tickets), you’ll see a figure seated on stage. Facing away from the audience and still as a statue, he’s been perched there since the audience was allowed in. He sits. And sits. And sits.

This staging suggests detention and waiting figure prominently in this intriguing yet sometimes elusive drama about people from Taishan, China, whose lives intertwine to form a family. 

In 1909 San Francisco, stone-faced officials grill Gee (Jinn S. Kim, the pre-show sitter). They’re questioning his status as a native-born American. Gregarious and a bit goofy, Gee must convince them of his citizenship to briefly return to Taishan to visit his wife. He says they wed in 1893 and have three kids. He hopes to bring his son back to California to work with him at his laundry. 

That won’t be easy. In the spring of 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese people from coming to America. Gee’s interview ends and the scene shifts forward in time to Taishan. Gee’s demeanor has done a 180-degree turn. No longer meek and mild, he’s calculating and in control. Was everything he told officials a lie? Seems so.

He’s making a deal with no-nonsense Low (Amy Kim Waschke) in order to bring her teenage son, Moon Gyet, (Eric Yang) to San Francisco as his own son. Defying the law carries high risk and a steep price. That includes Moon Gyet giving up his name and identity.

The scene shifts to the Angel Island Detention Center in San Francisco Bay, where Moon Gyet, who now goes by Gee Lip Lun, is 63 days into what ends up being a 17-month stay. Interrogators question him relentlessly, looking for a tiny inconsistency that will get him shipped back to China. 

Compliant and self-contained, the teen responds to each query. An inspector concludes that detainees answer every question because “they are always lying.” 

The scene flashes forward once more to Taishan, where Moon Gyet has a wrenching reunion with Low. He’s there, he tells her, to “sell my name” to someone who’ll pay to accompany him to San Francisco. He needs money to pay off Gee, who helped pull strings enabling him to stay in the U.S. 

Yuen (Shannon Tyo), pragmatic but optimistic, agrees to come to America and be his wife and bear his children. Despite discrimination, detainments, and deceptions, an unlikely but true family emerges.

One of Suh’s strengths is his ability to mix realism and poetic elements. He uses that here as he shines a light on a dark slice of American history and builds a play around it. The timeline could be clearer, along with an indication of why these Chinese men and women risked so much to be in the U.S. They faced so many hardships there.

In this [Atlantic Theater Company](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/linda-gross-theater) presentation, director Eric Ting guides a uniformly excellent cast. Tyo, seen previously in Suh's [*The Chinese Lady*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/the-chinese-lady-off-broadway-review), about a different fraught journey from Asia to America, arrives well into the play and shifts the story into high gear.

There’s fine work by the design team, including Clint Ramos, whose spare but striking set reveals some surprise elements the director employs. So why were actors suddenly standing up to their ankles in water? I have no idea, and that’s no lie.

[*The Far Country* is at the Linda Gross Theater until January 1. Get The Far Country tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/26789-the-far-country-tickets)

*Photo credit: Eric Yang and Amy Kim Waschke in The Far Country. (Photo by Ahron R. Foster)*

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The Atlantic Theater Company - Linda Gross Theater is a one of New York's illustrious off-Broadway theaters, that dissects the art form of theater, producing exceptional works by contemporary American and international playwrights. Located in Chelsea, Manhattan it's a contemporary and cozy theater with seating capacity for nearly 200 attendees. It's a part of Atlantic Theater Company, an award-winning troupe that fosters a rich collaboration in the professionalism and creativity of its artists. The Linda Gross Theater ensures to provide audiences with a homely comfort, illustrious history, and a local feel that sets it apart from many of its counterparts.

**How to Get There:** The venue is easily accessible by subway, very close to the 18th Street Station that is serviced by 1 and 2 trains. Also nearby to many public bus routes that serve the area, providing another convenient means of transport. Alternatively, it is also reachable by car or taxi with metered parking available close to the venue. For more info you can check the Theater's online resources about travel routes and nearby parking facilities.

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Atlantic Theater Company’s main venue is the Linda Gross Theater. The venue is a 199-seat theatre housed within the Parish House for St. Peter’s Church in the Chelsea district of Manhattan. 

The building was constructed in 1871 and has a storied history as a space for amateur performances. It also housed art exhibitions, community classes and even functioned as a practice court for the historic New York Knickerbockers baseball team. 

Atlantic permanently moved into the venue in 1991. In 2012, the company completed an $8.6 million interior renovation to modernize the space. The three-year project received $2.4 million in city funding, with the rest being supplied by Atlantic’s Board of Directors and individual and foundation donors.

Atlantic's smaller venue is [Atlantic Stage 2](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/atlantic-stage-2), located four blocks south of the Linda Gross. 

## How to get to the Linda Gross Theater off Broadway

The Linda Gross Theater is closest to the 23rd Street subway stop on the C and E lines. The nearest bus stop is 9 Av/W 20 St. on the M11 line.

## Restaurants near the Linda Gross Theater

Popular restaurants near the Linda Gross Theater include Worthwild (American), Seamore's (seafood), Loulou (French), Bocca di Bacco (Italian), and Willow (vegan).

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The Atlantic Theater Company is based in the Linda Gross Theater, a 199-seat venue in Manhattan's Chelsea district, renovated in 2012 with modern interiors.

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The Linda Gross Theater of Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan attracts with its contemporary off-Broadway productions and easy accessibility.

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