EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Playwright David Henry HwangDATE: 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m., Jan. 13, 2012.

EVENT: David Henry Hwang, winner of the Tony Award in 1988 for “M. Butterfly,” will discuss his new Broadway hit, “Chinglish,” a cross-cultural comedy about a U.S. businessman trying to secure a lucrative deal in China. Last month, “Chinglish” received the Jeff Award–Chicago’s highest theater honor–for outstanding new play. Hwang’s talk will be free and open to the public. All are invited to a reception after the talk.

PLACE: Michigan League, Vandenberg Room, 911 N. University, Ann Arbor. Map: http://uunions.umich.edu/league/maps/

SPONSORS: Confucius Institute and the Department of Comparative Literature.