Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Eustis, Oskar, 1958-
2. Manus, Mara
3. Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
4. Silverman, Leigh
5. Korins, David
6. Cho, Myung Hee
7. Holder, Donald
8. West, Darron L
9. Showalter, Steven
10. Bonenberger, Cole
11. Bean, Noah
12. Jue, Francis
13. Kim, Julienne Hanzelka
14. Layng, Kathryn
15. Lee, Hoon
16. Rooney, Lucas Caleb
17. Torn, Tony
18. Hoffman, Patrick
19. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer
20. Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles, producer
21. Parker/Hodges Productions
22. Ford Foundation
23. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (DVD) (134 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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

1. Yellowface

Subject

1. Asian American actors > Drama
2. Asians > Race identity > Drama
3. Dramatists > Drama
4. Race relations > Drama
5. Actors > Drama
6. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 2001-2010
7. Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Drama
8. Drama
9. Race discrimination > Drama
10. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- > M. Butterfly > Drama
11. Asian American theater > New York (State) > New York
12. Schönberg, Claude-Michel > Miss Saigon > Drama
13. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- > Face value > Drama
14. Asian Americans > Race identity > Drama
15. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- > Drama
16. Dramatists, American > Drama
17. Actresses > Drama
18. Pryce, Jonathan > Drama
19. Authorship > Psychological aspects > Drama
20. Theater > Casting > Drama
21. Theater > New York (State) > New York
22. Theater > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 3387

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. 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)

1. Noah Bean, Frances Jue, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Kathryn A. Layng, Hoon Lee, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Anthony Torn.

Event (note)

1. 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)

1. 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.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. 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

1. New York, c2007.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. 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

1. Noah Bean, Frances Jue, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Kathryn A. Layng, Hoon Lee, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Anthony Torn.

Event

1. 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

1. 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.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Eustis, Oskar, 1958- producer.
2. Manus, Mara, producer.
3. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- Yellow face.
4. Silverman, Leigh, director.
5. Korins, David, set designer.
6. Cho, Myung Hee, costume designer.
7. Holder, Donald, lighting designer.
8. West, Darron L, sound designer.
9. Showalter, Steven, company manager.
10. Bonenberger, Cole, production stage manager.
11. Bean, Noah, actor.
12. Jue, Francis, actor.
13. Kim, Julienne Hanzelka, actor.
14. Layng, Kathryn, actor.
15. Lee, Hoon, actor.
16. Rooney, Lucas Caleb, actor.
17. Torn, Tony, actor.
18. Hoffman, Patrick.
19. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
20. Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles, producer.
21. Parker/Hodges Productions.
22. Ford Foundation.
23. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 3387