“IRREVERENT HUMOR AND POINTED SWAGGER.”

THE DAILY BEAST

“RELEVANT, INSIGHTFUL, AND VERY FUNNY.”

DEADLINE

Four stars! Time Out New York and New York Stage Review

Broadway’s new triumph is the New York Times Critic’s Pick, the “relevant, insightful, and very funny” (Greg Evans, Deadline) Broadway premiere of Yellow Face. Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-O) heads the cast of Tony Award^® winner David Henry Hwang’s hilarious is-he-or-isn’t-he comedy of identity, show business, and (perhaps) autobiography, directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet, Suffs).

Kim stars as an Asian American playwright who protests yellowface casting in the blockbuster musical Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. The repercussions resonate wildly in this laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race that “builds to a climax of startling power” (Daniel D’addario, Variety).

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes. No intermission.

DHH: Daniel Dae Kim
Actor A: Kevin Del Aguila
Marcus: Ryan Eggold
HYH & Others: Francis Jue
Actor B: Marinda Anderson
Reporter: Greg Keller
Leah & Others: Shannon Tyo
u/s DHH, HYH & Others: Paul Juhn
u/s Leah & Others: Olivia Oguma
u/s Marcus, Reporter: Zach Shaffer
u/s Actor A, Actor B: David Ryan Smith

A man holding a script auditions in front of two people leaning on a desk and one leaning against a wall. — Ryan Eggold, Marinda Anderson, Daniel Dae Kim, and Kevin Del Aguila.
Joan Marcus

A bald man in a dressing robe and glasses speaks out to the audience with his hands on his hips, while another man crouches down on a platform and speaks out to the audience in response. — Francis Jue and Daniel Dae Kim.
Joan Marcus

A group of actors all smile towards one man holding a microphone. — The cast of YELLOW FACE.
Joan Marcus

Two men and a woman sit on a bench, with the woman's legs draped over the man next to her. Off to the left, a silhouetted figure appears behind the glow of a wall. — Daniel Dae Kim, Ryan Eggold, and Shannon Tyo
Joan Marcus

Two men sit across from each other at a small table with a tape recorder on top. — Daniel Dae Kim and Greg Keller.
Joan Marcus

Playwright: David Henry Hwang
Director: Leigh Silverman
Set Design: Arnulfo Maldonado
Costume Design: Anita Yavich
Lighting Design: Lap Chi Chu
Sound Design & Original Music: Caroline Eng and Kate Marvin
Projection Design: Yee Eun Nam
Hair and Make-up Design: Will Vicari
Voice Coach: Patrick Mulryan
Production Stage Manager: Charles Means

A white man hugs a smiling Asian man wearing glasses and holding a script in the rehearsal studio — Ryan Eggold and Daniel Dae Kim.
Photo by Marcus Middleton

An Asian man wearing glasses sits on a rehearsal bench and clasps his hands while smiling. An Asian woman next to him crosses her arms and glares at him. — Daniel Dae Kim and Shannon Tyo.
Photo by Marcus Middleton

In a rehearsal stuido, a white man holds a script entitled "YELLOW FACE" and stands between an Asian man in glasses and a Black woman holding a tape recorder out to him. — Daniel Dae Kim, Ryan Eggold, and Marinda Anderson.
Photo by Marcus Middleton

A white woman with wavy black hair and bangs, wearing glasses and a red jumpsuit, sits behind a music stand in a rehearsal room and speaks to the room. — Leigh Silverman
Photo by Marcus Middleton

An Asian man with messy dark gray hair and facial hair smiles and leans on a rehearsal table with a script in front of him. — David Henry Hwang
Photo by Marcus Middleton

Four actors stand and sit around a rehearsal studio with scripts in hand. — Kevin Del Aguila, Ryan Eggold, Shannon Tyo, and Daniel Dae Kim.
Photo by Marcus Middleton

THEATRE TALK

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Art photography by Marcelo Krasilcic.

Major support for Yellow Face is generously provided by Liz and Ken Whitney.

Yellow Face is made possible by the Champions for Inclusive Theatre and Roundabout’s Forward Fund. We acknowledge the generous friends who support our many efforts to increase representation and inclusion in all aspects of theatre: Elizabeth Armstrong, Bank of America, Eugene and Joann Bissell and the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, Kevin Brown, Barbara and Peter Bye, Ginger McKnight Chavers, Ford Foundation, Jill and Barry Lafer, Gina Maria Leonetti, Iva Mills, Beryl Snyder, and Denise Littlefield Sobel.