{"product_id":"yellow-face-broadway-edition-paperback","title":"Yellow Face (Broadway Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Henry Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A chewy, challenging work that draws its comedy from racial misunderstandings and from shrewd dissection of ways in which we are all, at times, blind.\"-Daniel D'Addario, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart biography, part comic fantasy, \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e is David Henry Hwang's sendup of anti-Asian stereotypes and the traps he falls into searching for acceptance in a not-so-colorblind world. The play starts in the 1990s as the fictional DHH is casting \u003ci\u003eMiss Saigon\u003c\/i\u003e and unwittingly casts a white actor in the role of the engineer. This happens alongside the real-life investigation of Hwang's father, the first Asian American to own a federally chartered bank, and the espionage charges against physicist Wen Ho Lee. Adroitly combining a light touch with weighty political and emotional issues, Hwang creates a \"a docu-style comedy recounting [a] controversy from his point of view\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Broadway version of Hwang's incisive play is leaner and more adept at balancing the comedy and seriousness of the stories portrayed. The play also \"blurs the notions of racial 'authenticity' or 'racial-subversive' casting, with each actor playing various spectrums of characters not aligned with their race\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Theatre Guide\u003c\/i\u003e). Having originally debuted Off-Broadway nearly two decades ago, the core takeaway is this: \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e remains as poignant as ever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Henry Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e's stage works include the plays \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChinglish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e (2007 Off-Broadway, 2024 Broadway revival), \u003ci\u003eKung Fu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dance and the Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFOB\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Broadway musicals \u003ci\u003eAida\u003c\/i\u003e (libretto co-written with Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls, with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice), \u003ci\u003eFlower Drum Song\u003c\/i\u003e (2002 revival), and \u003ci\u003eDisney's Tarzan\u003c\/i\u003e. Hwang is a Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, a three-time OBIE Award winner, and a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the most produced living American opera librettist, whose works have been honored with two Grammy Awards. He co-wrote the Gold Record \u003ci\u003eSolo\u003c\/i\u003e with the late pop icon Prince, and he worked from 2015-2019 as a writer\/consulting producer for the Golden Globe-winning television series \u003ci\u003eThe Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. His newest work, \u003ci\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with composer Jeanine Tesori (\u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e), premiered at Los Angeles's Ahmanson Theatre, where it won six Ovation Awards. Its subsequent run at The Public Theatre in NYC received four Outer Critics Honors, eleven Drama Desk Nominations, a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album, and was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893177839718,"sku":"9781636702506","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/v00bfLI_0j9781636702506.webp?v=1772949921","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/yellow-face-broadway-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}