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“IRREVERENT HUMOR AND POINTED SWAGGER.”
THE DAILY BEAST
“RELEVANT, INSIGHTFUL, AND VERY FUNNY.”
DEADLINE
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.
Yellow Face Cast
- 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
Yellow Face Creative
- 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
IN THE PRESS
The New York Times: Daniel Dae Kim Isn’t Afraid to Fail*
Theatermania: David Henry Hwang on the Cultural Shifts That Led to Yellow Face to Broadway
Variety: How DDK Finds the Funny in Yellow Face
*Article may be behind a paywall
THE FACTS IN THE FICTION
Yellow Face features references to and direct quotes from several real articles about the show's events. View some of them below.
On David Henry Hwang's Face Value
- The New York Times: David Henry Hwang’s ‘M. Butterfly’ Followup: ‘M. Turkey’*
- Variety: Hwang play falls on ‘Face’
- The Christian Science Monitor: `Face Value' Takes On More Than It Can Deliver
On Far East National Bank, owned by David's father:
- The New York Times: Henry Y. Hwang Dies at 77; Founded Asian-American Bank*
- The New York Times: THE MONEY TRAIL: A special report*
*Article may be behind a paywall
CHECK OUT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES
Discover the artists and history behind Yellow Face in the Upstage Playgoer’s Guide.
THEATRE TALK
Learn more about the history of the production and its creators through a lively discussion with Roundabout Teaching Artists.
GALAPRO
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- Closed captioning is now available
- Audio description is now available
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.
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues
