On The Standard\u2019s podcast \u201cLife in Seven Songs,\u201d we ask some of the world\u2019s most fascinating people: What music tells the story of your life?<\/p>\n
BD Wong rose to fame with a Tony Award-winning performance as Song Liling in the 1988 Broadway musical \u201cM. Butterfly.\u201d He went on to star in films that included \u201cJurassic Park\u201d\u00a0and had a 14-year run portraying Dr. George Huang on the TV series \u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.\u201d Through all his successes and achievements, he faced personal obstacles, including the challenges of being a gay Asian American actor.<\/p>\n
In this episode of \u201cLife in Seven Songs,\u201d Wong details his journey from growing up in the Sunset, where he nurtured his love of musical theater, to New York City, where he lived in an apartment that he suspected was owned by the Mafia. He talks about how the loss of his child transformed him a more confident public speaker and advocate, and how, as an industry veteran, he\u2019s championing Asian representation in entertainment.<\/p>\n
The Supremes, \u201cStop! In the Name of Love\u201dCharlie Rich, \u201cBehind Closed Doors\u201dStephen Sondheim, \u201cThere Is No Other Way\u201d (from \u201cPacific Overtures\u201d)Al Jarreau, \u201cBoogie Down\u201dElton John, \u201cThe Greatest Discovery\u201dBeyonc\u00e9, \u201cLove on Top\u201dDr. John, \u201cAccentuate the Positive\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On The Standard\u2019s podcast \u201cLife in Seven Songs,\u201d we ask some of the world\u2019s most fascinating people: What…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[18367,1743,1813,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-131924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-asian-american","9":"tag-hollywood","10":"tag-podcasts","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}