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Based on a true story.  It is a story that I have been working on for many years. 
It first started as a novel with the support of a literary grant from the Hong Kong Arts Council. 
Since moving to New York City, it has transformed into a play with music.

It is an adventure and a mysterious love story,  
a glimpse into the lavish, extravagant and deadly world of 1940s Shanghai.  

Based on real diaries and documented events, and interweaved with lush music and lyrical songs,
it recreates that sensuous and forgotten fabled city...the Paris of the East, the New York of the West.

It was a time of beautiful clothes, elevated emotions,
and a floating world where everything is transient...
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A time now lost to history. 

New York Historical Society
New York, New York

September 2017
Post-show panel discussion moderated by renowned playwright  David Henry Hwang

Theatre Row
New York, New York

​May 2017    
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
​Directed by Chongren Fan

Flushing Town Hall
Queens, New York

June 2017     
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
Directed by Chongren Fan

National Sawdust Theater
Brooklyn, New York

June 2017    Hosted by curator Robert Sirota

Steinway Hall
New York, New York

June 2016   A concert of songs from Lost in Shanghai

Museum of Chinese American (MOCA)
New York, New York

May 2016  
Hosted and sponsored by Bloomberg News and Credit Suisse

A captivating story that stands out from most other work due to the setting. The play effectively drew me into the ambience of the time period. The lead actor was charming, and the actor playing the government official was excellent. He completely embodied that role. The music is lovely, and the end was especially beautiful. 
                                               - Ana F., NY Theasy.com critic

Captured the essence of 1940s Shanghai...The juxtaposition of eastern and western influence is apparent in the imageries and soundscape, both of which were quite evocative. Loved the touch of magic...(and) the idea of this being a memory play.
                                             ​- Ran X., NY Theasy.com critic

The internal, external, interpersonal and societal conflicts are all present to make this a great tragedy."
                                             - Acting Studio New York
                                               Playwriting mentor Jeremy Kareken

The stylized writing and florid details keep us totally engaged."
 
- Barrow Group workshop lead by award-winning playwright Arlene Hutton (New York Drama League award winner)

Music and the sound world are affecting, immediate and uniquely hers."
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- Dr. Robert Sirota, prominent composer and former dean and director of Manhattan School of Music and Peabody Conservatory

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