{"product_id":"yellow-face-9781559363402","title":"Yellow Face","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Henry Hwang\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - Asian \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thesis of a play, unafraid of complexities and contradictions, pepped up with a light dramatic fizz. It asks whether race is skin-deep, actable or even fakeable, and it does so with huge wit and brio.\" -\u003ci\u003eTimeOut London\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A pungent play of ideas with a big heart. \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e brings to the national discussion about race a sense of humor a mile wide, an even-handed treatment and a hopeful, healing vision of a world that could be\" -\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's about our country, about public image, about face,\" says David Henry Hwang about his latest work, a mock documentary that puts Hwang himself center stage. An exploration of Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American, \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e \"is by turns acidly funny, insightful and provocative\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play begins with the 1990s controversy over color-blind casting for \u003ci\u003eMiss Saigon\u003c\/i\u003e before it spins into a comic fantasy, in which the character DHH pens a play in protest and then unwittingly casts a white actor as the Asian lead. \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e also explores 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 the light touch of comedy with weighty political and emotional issues, Hwang creates a \"lively and provocative cultural self-portrait [that] lets nobody off the hook\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Henry Hwang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Tony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYellow Face\u003c\/i\u003e (OBIE Award, 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e (1997 OBIE Award), \u003ci\u003eFOB\u003c\/i\u003e (1981 OBIE Award), \u003ci\u003eFamily Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e (Drama Desk nomination), and the books for musicals \u003ci\u003eAida\u003c\/i\u003e ( co-author), \u003ci\u003e Flower Drum Song\u003c\/i\u003e (2002 Broadway revival), and \u003ci\u003eTarzan\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. David Henry Hwang graduated from Stanford University, attended the Yale School of Drama, and holds honorary degrees from Columbia College in Chicago and The American Conservatory Theatre. He lives in New York City with his wife, actress Kathryn Layng, and their children, Noah David and Eva Veanne.","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088527843479,"sku":"9781559363402","price":1391.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781559363402.webp?v=1769203325","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/yellow-face-9781559363402","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}