He’s appeared on Broadway in “Pacific Overtures,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “M. “I can safely say you’ll never see anything quite like this show it’s a roller coaster,” says Jue, a native San Franciscan turned New Yorker. The playwright melds horror with a rock concert made up of music by the Los Angeles area band Dengue Fever, and sounds from the early 1970s Cambodian psychedelic pop scene that disappeared during the genocide. Set in 2008, “Cambodian Rock Band” follows a father and daughter who travel to Phnom Penh - he’s returning to his homeland for the first time after 30 years and she’s prosecuting a notorious war criminal who played a role in the dictatorship of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, who from 1976 to 1979 killed about 2 million people. Jue snagged rave reviews along with the 2020 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his chilling work in the show’s off-Broadway run, and now that same Chay Yew-directed production is opening at Arena Stage on Wednesday.
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