Hwang said he and Golijov were "moved by the fact that Lorca had to some extent predicted his own murder through his work." His early play, "Mariana Pineda" tells of a Spanish heroine of the 19th ...

Director Marcela Lorca, who has loved the play for years, calls it “an American classic. It is one of those timeless plays that you can really dive into and build it from the ground up in such ...