An American college basketball team travels to Beijing for a “friendship” game in the post-Cultural Revolution 1980s. Both countries try to tease out the politics behind this newly popular sport. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. Please join us in this mission by making a donation to our publisher, Theatre Communications Group. When you support American Theatre magazine and TCG, you support a long legacy of quality nonprofit arts journalism. Click here to make your fully tax-deductible donation today!