Sometimes a work can take hold of you and never let you go. All you want to do is return to it. For Leigh Silverman, that work was David Henry Hwang’s play Yellow Face which she directed at the Public ...
Michael Hisamoto in "Yellow Face" at Lyric Stage. (Courtesy Mark S. Howard) Playwright David Henry Hwang’s impressive body of work includes several powerful plays exploring identity, often inspired by ...
I don’t remember feeling the weight of that insight, or for that matter, the levity of the jokes, when I saw the 2007 production. Part of the improvement in this revival is, no doubt, the result of ...
Back in 1990, the playwright David Henry Hwang protested a decision by the British theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh to bring Jonathan Pryce, the widely admired British star of his hit London ...
David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face” is a difficult play to review. The playwright has made himself the lead character, and he fills this semi-autobiographical story with lots of other real names, from ...
David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face debuted Off Broadway 17 years ago, spinning a farcical tale about a real-life Broadway controversy that had taken place some 17 years before that. How it manages to be ...
David Henry Hwang’s play Yellow Face exemplifies the diversity-inclusion-equity (DIE) games that no doubt will continue at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) even after federal funding is withdrawn ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick David Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary. By ...
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play Francis Jue 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival of a Play Yellow Face 2025 Tony Awards Best ...