Gene Ching

An early rehearsal for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang's "The Monkey King" with Kang Wang as the title role.Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera By Gene Ching The Monkey King is a new opera by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, premiering at War Memorial Opera House and commissioned by the San Francisco Opera in partnership with the Chinese Heritage Foundation of Minnesota.

By Gene Ching Photos by Kevin Ho and Gene Ching It's been a long road, getting from there to hereIt's been a long time, but my time is finally near It is foretold that the Year of the Snake is twisty. It’s mutable, like a snake shedding its skin. Last November, back in the Year of the Dragon, I got premonitory twist when I was tasked to write a “The Tiger Claw Elite Championship is going on hiatus” email. Our preliminary planning for TCEC begins around that time.

By Gene Ching Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is the best Kung Fu movie we’ve seen in years, a faithful homage to the ballistic Hong Kong triad films of eighties, full of loyalty, brotherhood, and high impact fights. Far above the average Kung Fu movie fare, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In earned its spot as second highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time.