“‘Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon’ is a caper story where both protagonists are Asian American and thus their every outlawish transgression is freighted with their desire not to fall into the ‘model minority’ stereotype,” writes critic ChrisJonesTrib.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Matthew C. Yee and the cast of Lookingglass Theatre Company's world premiere of"Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon."
Yee wrote both words and music to this new, country-style musical and he also plays one of the two lead roles in what felt Saturday night like a very promising work in progress. “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” is a Bonnie and Clyde, or maybe Thelma and Louise, caper story with the added theme that both protagonists are Asian American and thus their every outlawish transgression is freighted with their desire not to fall into the “model minority” stereotype.
Aurora Adachi-Winter in Lookingglass Theatre Company's world premiere of"Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon."
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