This new play at the Stratford Festival could become a landmark piece of Canadian theatre - The Toronto Star

Adrian Pang 彭耀順 as Ying Ruocheng with George Chiang 江重仁 as Zhu Xu in “Salesman in China.”

David Hou/Stratford Festival

STRATFORD, ONT.—In 2017, something extraordinary happened on Broadway. Dozens of diplomats gathered to watch the Canadian musical “Come From Away.” It was a rare moment of cultural diplomacy, orchestrated by Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government. 

We could use more of that, now more than ever in these bitterly divisive times. So, if Trudeau is looking to organize another gathering of world leaders, may I suggest that he take them to see “Salesman in China,” the impressive new play currently running at the Stratford Festival and travelling early next year to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Written by the married couple of Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy, this show may very well go down in the annals of Stratford as a landmark piece of Canadian theatre, a production that demonstrates the capacity for art to unite, challenge and, ultimately, heal us…

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