Corner Of Bitter And Sweet, Musical

05/26/2026

Thank you to the award winning author and theater professional for your kind support!
Book/Direction/Choreography
Music/Lyrics/Orchestrations
Music Direction/Supervision
Producer
Venue

05/18/2026

Sunday Seattle Times!

05/13/2026

Wonderful Seattle Times article just came out.
In other news, tickets for both shows are sold out 1 week before we start rehearsal! Let’s go!

04/30/2026

FIRST band rehearsal in the historic Panama Hotel in Seattle! Don’t miss the performance May 23 and 24!

04/28/2026

Coming to Seattle May 23 and 24th benefit performances! Tickets going fast. Don’t miss our sneak peek of Act I

SNEAK PREVIEW PERFORMANCE--EXTRA SONGS! A NIGHT OF MUSIC!

04/02/2024

▪️What is your favorite storytelling element in our new poster artwork?

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▪️Poster illustration by
▪️Musical of The New York Times Bestseller, ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweetie by
▪️Book by
▪️Music & Lyrics
▪️Cantonese Consultant

02/29/2024

Look who met up in Chinatown! ‘Hotel on The Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ author reunited with making plans for year of the dragon. Stay tuned!

12/08/2023

CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET
The long awaited musical adaptation of The New York Times Bestseller ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ by

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⭐️Music & Lyrics
⭐️Cantonese Consultant

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01/13/2023

Today we are inspired by this clip of ‘Make It Right’ when Henry’s younger self (Spencer Jones) urges Henry (Jason Ma) to look for his lost love Keiko. Don’t give up.

CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET October 23, 2019 Industry Reading, Theatre 71, NYC
Book and Direction by Lainie Sakakura
Music & Lyrics by Paul Fujimoto

Corner Of Bitter And Sweet tells a stunning multigenerational story about a boy's coming of age during WWII Seattle and the depths and longing of deep-heart love based on the New York Times bestseller, ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ by Jamie Ford.

Presented by 5th Avenue Theatre, Abingdon Theatre Co, Ann Ramsay-Jenkins
Fenton Li, Cantonese Consultant; Kory Grossman, Drums; Sam Davis, Music Supervisor; Garth Kravitz, videographer

Thank you Jason and Spencer for allowing us to share a small peek of our developmental process.