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Playwright and faculty member David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman discuss Yellow Face, Hwang’s acclaimed and “laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race.” Moderated by playwright and director James Ijames. Introduced by Sarah Cole, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature.
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About Yellow Face:
Running through November 24 at Todd Haimes Theatre in New York City, Tony Award® winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) makes his Roundabout Theatre Company debut with the Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, his hilarious is-he-or-isn’t-he comedy of identity, show business, and (perhaps) autobiography. Starring Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet).
“Inspired by real events, the playwright’s fictionalized doppelgänger protests yellowface casting in Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.”
Speak Now is a new speaker series at Columbia University School of the Arts. Speak Now features artists whose work reaches a broad public and embodies the spirit of adventurous creativity that is the hallmark of the School of the Arts.
Co-presented by the Asian American Initiative; Columbia University School of the Arts; and University Life.
David Henry Hwang Discusses His Play Yellow Face, Now on Broadway
October 17, 2024
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