Telly Leung & More Join World Premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness Off-Broadway

Glee and Godspell star/Broadway.com vlogger Telly Leung, along with James Saito and Sue Jin Song, will appear in the world premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s The World of Extreme Happiness. They join the previously announced Francis Jue, Jennifer Lim and Jo Mei. Performances will begin on February 3 at New York City Center—Stage I. Opening night is set for February 24.

In addition to Glee and Godspell, Leung has appeared in Wicked, Pacific Overtures, Flower Drum Song and Rent. Saito’s stage credits include The King and I and Golden Child on Broadway, as well as Durango at the Public Theater, for which he won an Obie Award. Song has appeared on the D.C. stage in The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. Marie Antoinette and Yellow Face.

Directed by Eric Ting, the play follows Sunny (Lim), a woman determined to escape her life in rural China and forge a new identity in the city. When fate casts her as a company spokeswoman at a sham PR event, Sunny’s bright outlook starts to unravel in a series of harrowing and darkly comic events.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production will feature set design by Mimi Lien, costumes by Jenny Mannis, lighting design by Tyler Micoleau and sound design by Mikhail Fiksel.