Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Song Liling (Edric Young, left) and Rene Gallimard (Dean Linnard) share a moment in San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly." ...

When it premiered back in 1988 its blurring the lines of male and female roles seemed shocking and even implausible. Based on the real-life story of Bernard Bouriscot, a low-level French foreign ...

Though it bent (and blew) the minds of rapt audiences with its elusive opalescence nearly three decades ago, David Henry Hwang's 'M. Butterfly' returns to Broadway on heavier, drabber wings. True, the ...

WEST BLOOMFIELD – When a fantasy is strong enough, our minds can convince us of just about anything. In "M. Butterfly," a play opening this week at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre that is based on a real ...

Joshua Smith, left, plays the Chinese spy Song Liling, seducing the French diplomat, played by Michael Cahill, in 'M. Butterfly,' the Tony Award-winning drama now playing at the Shadowbox Theatre.

David Henry Hwang has returned to his Tony-winning play with a libretto for Huang Ruo’s new work. But can its story change with the times? By David Allen SANTA FE, N.M. — “M. Butterfly” has been a ...