Guitars tuned. Mic checked. Get ready to rock. Backed by a live band playing contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, this darkly funny, electric new play tells the story of a ...

Cambodia of the 1960s and ‘70s boasted a thriving music scene. With artists combining traditional Cambodian music forms with global rock and pop influences from the United States, Europe and Latin ...

Guitars tuned. Mic checked. Get ready to rock. This electric new play with music tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor returning to Cambodia for the first time in thirty years, as his daughter ...

About 10 years ago, Lauren Yee watched an LA Band called Dengue Fever at an outdoor music festival. That singular event inspired her to write a play called “Cambodian Rock Band” and it debuted in 2018 ...

A father who escaped a murderous regime returns home after 30 years in search of his wayward daughter in "Cambodian Rock Band" by Lauren Yee, which opens Wednesday in the West Theatre at ...

This story of "Cambodian Rock Band" masterfully unfolds in a tale that features comedic beats, an epic soundtrack, and tender moments of love and understanding between a parent and child. The play, ...

Lily Tung Crystal, artistic director of East West Players, photographed at the David Henry Hwang Theater. (Emanuel Hahn / For The Times) East West Players artistic director Lily Tung Crystal has ...

It’s symptomatic of our postmodern world that 1960s Cambodian acid-rock could produce feelings of nostalgia in twentysomething Americans. But Dengue Fever has spent the last seven years banking on ...

Cambodian dance is as American as apple pie. The important thing that differentiates the Virginia reel from the Cambodian classical and folk dances performed Saturday at Arlington's Washington-Lee ...

Kong Nay, a blind lute player who endured the horrors of a totalitarian regime, exposed a new generation of Cambodians to their country’s traditional music. By Mike Ives Mike Ives reported from Tuol ...

Had you been traveling in Cambodia in 2005, you could have witnessed a remarkable homecoming. Chhom Nimol — who had fled with her family from the horrors of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge and lived in a Thai ...