The Dance and the Railroad
- The Dance and the Railroad
"The Dance and the Railroad" is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's second play, it depicts a strike in a coolie railroad labor camp in the mid-nineteenth century. The play premiered as part of a commission by the New Federal Theatre in 1981. It had its professional debut on July 16, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by John Lone, with Lone and Tzi Ma in the cast. The play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
The play was produced on television by the ABC Arts channel under the direction of Emile Ardolino. This production won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.
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