Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters Musical

Synopsis

The children of a Polish immigrant and Chinese “Paper Son,” the Kim Loo Sisters, raised in Minneapolis, attended the same dance classes as the Andrews Sisters. Alice, Maggie, Jenée, and Bubbles’ singing and dancing vaudeville routines took them to Broadway, Hollywood, and the world on the USO circuit during World War II; they shared billing with Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason and Ann Miller. These extraordinary women could have been famous, inspiring generations of hapa (mixed-race Asian) girls. Today, their names are forgotten. The Kim Loo Sisters Musical tells the true story of the Sisters and juxtapose the Hollywood glamour of the 1930s and 40s with darker realities for artists of color during the era of Chinese Exclusion, Internment Camps and anti-miscegenation laws. 

PRODUCTION HISTORY

History Theatre & Theater Mu (2024)

Developmental HISTORY

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Ground Floor Summer Lab (2019)
New York Stage and Film (2021)
Commission, History Theatre & Theater Mu