
M. Butterfly
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David Henry Hwang’s 'M. Butterfly' stands as a towering, undisputed champion of modern political tragic literature, running for an astonishing 777 performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and capturing the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play. Deconstructively pairing Giacomo Puccini’s *Madama Butterfly* with a real-life international Cold War espionage trial, the brilliant narrative charts a French diplomat’s total psychological blindness as his star-crossed romance with a beautiful Chinese diva unpeels a devastating web of state deceptions. Directed by John Dexter, the historic premiere starred John Lithgow and B.D. Wong.

