Labelled by many as a book of sexual desires is just merely the alluring smoky veil that covers the heart-wrenching story of a very real struggle - Mystery. Murder. Desire. Desperation. There is no complete “good” nor complete 'evil”. The lightness and darkness within each of us is a constant balance and battle that drives our every motive. GOLDEN LOTUS is a production not to be missed. This modern musical adaptation is sure to grab everyones' attention. Legendary Steven Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Enchanted) praised GOLDEN LOTUS at New York's ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop - “The music is terrific”. Origins Golden Lotus is a musical adaptation of the most infamous classic Chinese novel of all time, Jin Ping Mei (The Golden Lotus). The novel, first published in 1610, was written by an unknown author who was too frightened to reveal his identity for fear of persecution. The novel, despite its literary merits, has become known as a work of pornography for its vivid depiction of erotic sexuality for which it has been officially banned in China since 1687. Despite this the novel survived surreptitiously and its story has been endeared by the Chinese for centuries. The nucleus of the plot from which Jin Ping Mei is derived comes from another classic Chinese novel Shui-hu Zhuan(Outlaws of the Marsh). The two versions of the story, however, differ in many ways in both plot and style. George Chiang’s musical, Golden Lotus, is adapted from the version of the story found in Jin Ping Mei.