‘Far Country’ captures allure and heartbreak of Angel Island

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When Han Sang Gee lands at Angel Island in 1909 in Lloyd Suh’s haunting “The Far Country,” he knows he will have to sacrifice much of who he is as an immigrant. But he’s unprepared for just how identity must be lost, how much bravery must be mustered to forge a new life in a foreign land, then and now. Erika Chong Shuch captures the fluidity of identity in her mesmerizing movement choreography as this Pulitzer Prize-finalist play pivots through generations and cultures as the trade between China and the United States, in people and products, ebbs and flows over...