Great Performances Records Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway Production of “Yellow Face” Starring Daniel Dae Kim to Premiere on PBS
Tony Award® winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) made his Roundabout 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. This Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer finalist play is a laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race.
Great Performances: Yellow Face was recorded live from Broadway during the final week of performances November 21-23. The Great Performances premiere on PBS will be announced at a later date.
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