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Yellow face

Title
Yellow face [videorecording] / The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, artistic director, Mara Manus, executive director, and Center Theatre Group, present ; [written] by David Henry Hwang ; directed by Leigh Silverman ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication
New York, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Eustis, Oskar, 1958-
  • Manus, Mara
  • Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
  • Silverman, Leigh
  • Korins, David
  • Cho, Myung Hee
  • Holder, Donald
  • West, Darron L
  • Showalter, Steven
  • Bonenberger, Cole
  • Bean, Noah
  • Jue, Francis
  • Kim, Julienne Hanzelka
  • Layng, Kathryn
  • Lee, Hoon
  • Rooney, Lucas Caleb
  • Torn, Tony
  • Hoffman, Patrick
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer
  • Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles, producer
  • Parker/Hodges Productions
  • Ford Foundation
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
2 videodiscs (DVD) (134 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Autobiographical work in which playwright David Henry Hwang examines the dilemma of Asian Americans in the performing arts. The play makes reference to his own earlier works M. Butterfly and Face value, and to the controversy surrounding the casting of Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce as a Eurasian character in the 1990 Broadway musical Miss Saigon.
Alternative Title
Yellowface
Subject
  • Hwang, David Henry, 1957- > Drama
  • Pryce, Jonathan > Drama
  • Schönberg, Claude-Michel. > Drama
  • Actors > Drama
  • Actresses > Drama
  • Asians > Race identity > Drama
  • Asian Americans > Race identity > Drama
  • Asian American actors > Drama
  • Authorship > Psychological aspects > Drama
  • Dramatists > Drama
  • Dramatists, American > Drama
  • Race discrimination > Drama
  • Race relations > Drama
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Drama
  • Theater > Drama
  • Theater > Casting > Drama
  • Asian American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 2001-2010
Genre/Form
Drama.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Scenic design, David Korins ; costume design, Myung Hee Cho ; lighting design, Donald Holder ; soundscape, Darron L. West ; company manager, Steven Showalter ; prod. stage manager, Cole P. Bonenberger.
Performer (note)
  • Noah Bean, Frances Jue, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Kathryn A. Layng, Hoon Lee, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Anthony Torn.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2007.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Call Number
NCOV 3387
OCLC
228861852
Title
Yellow face [videorecording] / The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, artistic director, Mara Manus, executive director, and Center Theatre Group, present ; [written] by David Henry Hwang ; directed by Leigh Silverman ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Imprint
New York, c2007.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Scenic design, David Korins ; costume design, Myung Hee Cho ; lighting design, Donald Holder ; soundscape, Darron L. West ; company manager, Steven Showalter ; prod. stage manager, Cole P. Bonenberger.
Cast
Noah Bean, Frances Jue, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Kathryn A. Layng, Hoon Lee, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Anthony Torn.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2007.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Added Author
Eustis, Oskar, 1958- producer.
Manus, Mara, producer.
Hwang, David Henry, 1957- Yellow face.
Silverman, Leigh, director.
Korins, David, set designer.
Cho, Myung Hee, costume designer.
Holder, Donald, lighting designer.
West, Darron L, sound designer.
Showalter, Steven, company manager.
Bonenberger, Cole, production stage manager.
Bean, Noah, actor.
Jue, Francis, actor.
Kim, Julienne Hanzelka, actor.
Layng, Kathryn, actor.
Lee, Hoon, actor.
Rooney, Lucas Caleb, actor.
Torn, Tony, actor.
Hoffman, Patrick.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles, producer.
Parker/Hodges Productions.
Ford Foundation.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOV 3387
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