At World Stages: 'Green Snake,' from China

"Green Snake" March 27-30, Eisenhower Theater Country: China Description: An interpretation of a timeless Chinese myth about two sister snakes becoming human and attempting love, adapted from the novel by Lillian Lee (Li Bihua). Traditional versions focus on the upright White Snake; this National Theatre of China production, led by women, including adapter-director Tian Qinxin, takes a keen interest in the defiant Green Snake. In Mandarin, with projected English titles.