"Yellow Face" Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s Broadway comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim.
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
"Yellow Face" Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
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“Yellow face.” “In which the lead actor is a Caucasian playing an Asian.” Daniel Dae Kim stars in this comedic exploration of those very questions.
“I can tell an Asian when I see one!” In the Roundabout Theater Company's production of David Henry Hwang's “Yellow Face.” “A comedy of mistaken racia identity” on Great Performances.
The Awkward Talkback from Yellow Face
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Clip: S52 Ep16 | 5m 1s | DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback. (5m 1s)
DHH Calls His Father in "Yellow Face"
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Clip: S52 Ep16 | 3m 9s | DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) shares a phone call with his father. (3m 9s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...