Cookbook author and television writer Sri Rao debuted his first theater showBollywood Kitchenas part of the Geffen Playhouse’s virtual Geffen Stayhouse series on Saturday night.The production is part storytelling in which he shares tales of his parent’s journeys from India to the United States and part cooking class.
Based on stories from his 2017 cookbook of the same name, the interactive show, which has just been extended to March 6, is filmed out of Rao’s New York apartment in Hell’s Kitchen.
Among the opening-night attendees, who were cooking Rao’s mother’s chicken curry dish recipe (or the vegan chana masala option) in their own homes, were director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay!) and Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri.
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