Tiananmen

TiananmenProtest

Book by Scott Elmegreen
Music and Lyrics by Drew Fornarola
Conceiver and Creative Consultant Wu’er Kaixi

Director and Choreographer Darren Lee

Produced by Quixote Productions

TIANANMEN is an original rock musical that follows the story of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in  Beijing.

Conceived by Tiananmen Square protest leader Wu’er Kaixi, Tiananmen: A New Musical is a vital reminder of the fragility of human rights and the importance of love and bravery in the face of authoritarianism.

As featured in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/theater/tiananmen-musical-china-zachary-piser.html

World Premiere at the Phoenix Theatre Company, October 2023

Photos credit:  Billy Hardiman

TiananmenPrologue

TiananmenIWantToKnow

TiananmenChangetheWorld

TiananmenWills

TiananmenDengXiaoping

TiananmenCrackdown

TiananmenEmbrace

TiananmenTank

TiananmenEpilogue