Asian-American rockabilly musical podcast review

An entertaining Asian-American rockabilly musical at the Lookingglass Theatre, Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon by Matthew C. Yee is a light romp with a dark twist followed by a hasty, muddled ending wrapped up in a cloud of very good music all of which is performed by a remarkable cast of actor musicians.

There’s a lot to like about Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon but also a few things that troubled me. Listen to the entire podcast review to hear the details.

This adventure revolves around Asian identity, Asian stereotypes and the experience of being Asian in America. The following characters are all presented in the production as Asian or Asian-American: Charlie (Matthew C. Yee) and Lucy (Aurora Adachi-Winter), Grandma (Wai Ching Ho), Peter (Rammel Chan), Jeff (Daniel Lee Smith) and Bao (Harmony Zhang).

Characters presented as non-Asian are senior security professional agent Feinberg (Mary Williamson), and the bad guys Gabriel (Matt Bittner) and Martin (Doug Pawlik).