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The Monkey King, a rebellious 16th-century Chinese superhero, is finally breaking into the U.S. through Netflix films, blockbuster video games, and a sold-out San Francisco Opera production.

Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage. By Joshua Barone Reviewing from San Francisco Underestimate the Monkey ...

Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King” at San Francisco Opera transforms a classic Chinese tale into a reflection on identity, enlightenment and the creativity sparked when cultures entwine. Huang Ruo and a ...

The Monkey King — known as Sun Wukong in Chinese — first burst fully-formed out of a rock in the classic 1592 novel Journey to the West, widely attributed to the poet Wu Cheng'en. Sponsor Message ...