- GBH has teamed up with the Huntington Theater Company.

And I have it on a high authority that you were the reason why this happened, to present an audio play called yes, "Tiger Style!"

Tell us about it.

What is it?

- Well, I brought the players together.

I brought the Huntington Theater Company, which I presented "Tiger Style" in 2016, this comedy which I found uproariously funny when I originally saw it.

I learned that the Huntington had created an audio play.

They were interested to see if it could be a radio play.

So I connected them here with GBH, and on Saturday at six o'clock, we will hear old school style, gather around the fireplace, get some food because there is a tune in and take out a element happening here with the Mass Restaurant Association, order up your food, sit by the fireplace and listen to this audio play on the radio, which I think is just fabulous.

- All right, I love it.

- Me too!

I'm so excited about this.

It's so old school.

We need to have adventure.

We need to do different things, and we are doing it.

I mean, I have to say, I'm very proud of GBH doing this.

But you might remember in 2011, there was a book that came out, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua.

And it fascinated people because she wrote about her Chinese style of parenting.

Very regimented, very strict, to raise super successful children.

People were fascinated, but there was also blowback because of this clash between perceived Western style and the Chinese style.

So playwright Mike Lew, who is third generation Chinese here in America, and also the son of two doctors, thought he might answer "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" with "Tiger Style!"

which is his comedy about two siblings, both have gone to Harvard.

Both were raised in this strict parenting.

Both not doing so well in the professional world, even though they have these Ivy league educations.

And I talked to him recently about his upbringing, how it informed this piece.

- [Mike] I grew up with a lot of pressure to succeed academically, and to put a lot of effort into college admissions.

And then I went through a kind of deprogramming, or sort of adjustment of expectations, like, in adult life, all of that pressure doesn't necessarily result in the same kind of success that you can find in academics, that you could find in the real world.

- He basically takes all of the stereotypes, racism to some degree, puts it all together, has obviously cracked this piece open again.

It was written in 2016.

He now sets it just before the pandemic.

You brings back much of the original cast, the original director and we'll hear it all here on Saturday night.

It's also starting as a podcast in four parts launching today.

- Oh, cool, great.

Well, I mean, look, radio dramas, like, one of the coolest things ever on the radio.

I say we make this a regular thing.

Can we do this every Saturday night?

You can let me know next week.

- (laughs) Alright, I'll try.