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About the Play
The winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, based on real events.
Story:
Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat, is easy prey for the subtle, delicate charms of Song Liling, a Chinese opera star who personifies Gallimard's fantasy vision of submissive, exotic oriental sexuality. He begins an affair with "her" that lasts for twenty years, during which time he passes along diplomatic secrets, an act that, eventually, brings on his downfall and imprisonment.
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Eugene O’Neill Theatre
- Opening Night
- Mar 20, 1988
- Total Performances
- 777
- Original Cast
- John Lithgow, John Getz, Rose Gregorio, George N. Martin, B.D. Wong, Lori Tan Chinn, Lindsay Frost, Jamie H. J. Guan, Alec Mapa, Chris Odo
- Director
- John Dexter
- Producer
- Stuart Ostrow and David Geffen
- Scenic Design
- Eiko Ishioka
- Costume Design
- Eiko Ishioka
- Lighting Design
- Andy Phillips
- Sound Design
- Peter J. Fitzgerald
2017 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Cort Theatre
- Opening Night
- Oct 26, 2017
- Total Performances
- 61
- Original Cast
- Clive Owen, Jin Ha, Clea Alsip, Murray Bartlett, Michael Countryman, Jess Fry, Enid Graham, Jason Garcia Ignacio, Kristen Faith Oei, Scott Weber
- Director
- Julie Taymor
- Producer
- Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman, Doug Morris, Gilad-Rogowsky, Jim Kierstead, Hunter Arnold, Spencer Ross and Jam Theatricals
- Scenic Design
- Paul Steinberg
- Costume Design
- Constance Hoffman
- Lighting Design
- Donald Holder
- Sound Design
- Will Pickens
1993 Film Version
- Movie Name
- M. Butterfly
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Screenplay
- David Henry Hwang
- Starring
- Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa
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1988 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play – B.D. Wong
Best Direction of a Play – John Dexter
Best Actor in Play – John Lithgow
Best Scenic Design – Eiko Ishioka
Best Costume Design – Eiko Ishioka
Best Lighting Design – Andy Phillips
1988 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding New Play
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – B.D. Wong
Outstanding Director of a Play – John Dexter
Outstanding Actor in a Play – John Lithgow
Outstanding Costume Design – Eiko Ishioka
Outstanding Set Design – Eiko Ishioka
1988 Theatre World Award Nominations
B.D. Wong
1989 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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