CHESTNUT HILL, MA (10-8-09) - Christina Klein, an associate professor of English at Boston College, recently joined Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang ('M. Butterfly,' 'Yellow Face') at 'Getting to Know You: Rodgers in Asia,' a symposium exploring the successes and controversies surrounding the popular Richard Rodgers musicals 'The King and I,' 'Flower Drum Song,' and 'South Pacific.' The Los Angeles event was hosted by East West Players, the nation's premier Asian American theater group. More | Shown below, left-right, are: C.Y. Lee, author of the novel Flower Drum Song; Lucy Burns of UCLA; Christina Klein; David Henry Hwang; Nobuko Miyamoto of Great Leap Performing Arts; singers Jennifer Paz and Jose Llana, and pianist Marc Marcalintal. (Contributed photo)
