David Henry Hwang renders America's racial tensions as a musical fever dream / by David Hwang

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Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (FOB, M. Butterfly, Yellow Face) has been confronting the racial tensions at the heart of America throughout his career. His new show Soft Power, 'a musical within a play' with music by Jeanine Tesori, tackles America's waning international influence during the Trump era. He joins us from his New York home under curfew following the unrest triggered by the murder of George Floyd.

Watch the interview at The Stage Show