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Yellow Face.

Hwang Goes in Many Directions.



By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).Published 7 minutes ago • 3 min read



Robert M. Massimi.

"Yellow Face" at the Todd Haimes Theatre is a difficult play to review in many ways. David Henry Hwang has made himself the lead actor, and he fills the story this semi-autobiographical story with lots of real life people that were involved in the "Miss Saigon" musical ruckus. Even though Hwang is detailed about the occurrences that shrouded the 1991 Tony Award Musical, the play's bad guy is made up and the writer doesn't reveal this until the show's end. First produced in 2007 at The Public Theater, the play focuses more on the laughs than it did back at The Public.

In "Yellow Face", Hwang (Daniel Dae Kim) is writing "Face Value" in response to the yellow-face casting of Johnathan Pryce in his first Broadway debut of "Miss Saigon". Being the first Asian American to have a play produced on Broadway, Hwang had some clout in getting Cameron Mackintosh to cancel the production. Hwang was an important voice, until he wasn't any longer. The show opened and proceeded to win multiple Tony's.

In the audition for "Face Value", Hwang wants to cast Marcus. G. Dahlman (Ryan Eggold), but others think that he does not look Asian. To Hwang's dismay, he calls racist to "Stereotype" Asians as having a certain look and build. Where this scene was more serious at The Public, it plays here for pure laughs.

The play's best- written scenes take place between Hwang and his father (Francis Jue). Jue is delightful in his role as a successful banker in Los Angeles who prizes his success and the American dream above all else. As the founder of Far East National Bank, he came to America and worked pressing laundry. To himself, he is the quintessential American dream; he quotes both American actors as well as American singers (Sinatra and Jimmy Stewart are two of his favorites).

Director Leigh Silverman works well with the talented cast; the actors for the most part keep us entertained for the one hour forty five minutes. Silverman did a better job here than when she directed this show at The Public.Where The Public had an intermission, this show does not. Anita Yavich are very plain and uninspiring. Lap Chi Chu's lighting design ran from glam to edgy. Arnulfo Maldonado's sets were creative and the blending of the sets with the scene's melded well. For the most part, "Yellow Face" was a good play for the most part. (at the 55 minute mark till the hour-five minute point the show slowed up quite a bit).

Taken on its face value, Hwang makes some resonate points about typecasting and how things are done in the theater world. Hwang, however, omits many factual points in his body of work: while he quotes yahoo Republican Congressman verbatim, he leaves out that Mr. Hwang hired Tom Bradley, then the mayor of Los Angeles, as a consultant. Mr. Bradley had also received a loan from the bank and at the same time secured $2 million in city funds. Hwang tells the audience that America killed his fathers dream and virtually killed him; that he ended up cursing the country that made him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.

When reporter Greg Keller asks Hwang pointed questions, he comes off like a villain... he portrays the reporter as having a distorted idea of Asian Americans. Like so many liberal-minded writers, Hwang turned the reporter in a antagonist. He paints the white male reporter as a hater, as does so many plays that lean into the PC today on Broadway.

Hwang borders on hypocrisy when dealing with the "Miss Saigon" issue. In M.Butterfly he casted a cis gender to play the spy and not a transgender. He also never credited the real writer of "M.Butterfly", NY Times writer Joyce Wadler who reported the actual affair. The 1993 nonfiction book "Liaison" was used a source material for M.Butterfly and Wadler was never credited in the show's Playbill.

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Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).

I have been writing on theater since 1982. A graduate from Manhattan College B.S. A member of Alpha Sigma Lambda, which recognizes excellence in both English and Science. I have produced 14 shows on and off Broadway. I've seen over700 shows

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[ophthalmotropy]

💌 hi dae if yr inbox is still open for this hehe

Hello! I'm very glad we became mutuals. You really Get Pryce and Cutter and Rachel in a way that is unfortunately very rare. I love reading your posts on characters and narratives and your outlook on life—it scratches an itch few others do. Here's to a long-lasting mutualship <3

[easthavenhq]

The following wanted connections have been added:

Makayla Hoffmann's Older Brothers (0/2)

Noah Sinclair's Ex-Girlfriend

Andrew Jackson's Lifetime Best Friend

Julian Heywood's Manager

Gale Peterson-Ruiz's Musician Friend

Liliana Santos-Blake's Ex-Girlfriend

Penelope Ruiz's Physical Recovery Buddy

Cael Montgomery's Landlord

Quentin Levitt's Babysitter

Amayah Fontenelle's Friend from Cairo

Joshua Pryce's Engineering Friend

Dae-Hyun Kwon's Neighbor Across the Hall

Santiago Pierce's Sibling

Miranda Wagner's Sibling-in-Law

Elodie Morgan's Ex-Husband

Aurora Jackson's Love Interest

[hereforthecake]

Announcement: I simp for Wesley Wydam Pryce. Thank you that is all.

[on-theedge]

On The Edge Members favorite groups

Dae-son:

Boy Group - Stray Kids

Girl Group - (G) Idle

Pryce:

Boy Group - Monsta X

Girl Group - Red Velvet

Seon-ho:

Boy Group - Got7

Girl Group - Twice

Chul-san:

Boy Group: Seventeen

Girl Group: WJSN

[forever-yng]

Dae-Son  a member of the South Korean boy group On The Edge.

Stage Name: Dae-son Real Name: Lee Dae-son Birthday: June 8th Zodiac Sign: Gemini Nationality: Chinese Height: 184 cm (6’0″) Weight: 63 kg (139 lbs) Blood Type: AB Instagram: @sonny_dae

Dae-son Facts: – His hometown is ShenZhen, China. – He is the middle child of his family; having an older sister and younger brother. -- His position in OTE is Leader, Lead Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Main Dancer, Center – He can speak Mandarin, and Korean -- He likes to think he speaks English – Being closed off is a bad habit of his -He is under Starship Entertainment. – Working out, baseball, and baking are his hobbies ---He has a degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University.  – He wasn’t a cat person til they adopted Nunu -He is one of the only two non-Korean members of OTE. – Green and Purple are his favorite colors. – He’s closest with Pryce, due to being closer in age  -- The Maknae line has mentioned being scared of Dae-son due to his stern nature.  -- He’s not much of a gamer, but enjoys playing Dead by Daylight with the guys.  -- When they play, Dae-son prefers to use The Huntress, though he isn’t very good. 

[starsmaligned]

Dae-son: Hey Elio! Remember that time that you, Pryce, and I had a bit too much soju and things got a bit heated then the clothing started to come off?

[on-theedge]

"Oh some fan you are. You clearly didn't see our world tour concert. " Pryce teased a bit. "But yeah, I did. I was just overwhelmed with emotions. I'd just performed my solo, which I did What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner and they handed me a mic to talk while the guys got ready for the next set. I looked out into the crowd and saw all theses signs from a fan group that said Happy Birthday Pryce Hyung. And I started to tear up. Then I saw my family and just kind of lost it. Its the first time I'd ever talked about losing my parents and being adopted since I became an idol. Dae-Son had to come out and change the mood by having the entire crowd sing happy birthday to me."

Pryce cleared his throat, feeling a bit of color touch his cheeks. "Sa-ha is terrifying. Shes very stern and is the definition of if looks can kill, but she means well. Plus in her defense she's in charge of a bunch of idiots who also happen to be stupid popular."

Pryce leaned in, ghosting his lips Yunho's. "I guess that's true. Good thing I like the occasional bad boy.." He whispered before closing the gap.

coldsnp​:

A smile spread along Pryce’s lips at the kiss. He turned his head to place his lips against Yunho’s head. “It’ll be okay. Once you get that debut all the nerves will go away. Then it’s all about awards shows, and comebacks. Then you’ll get your first tour. Then your first world tour. Piece of advice, don’t ugly cry if you do a concert in your home town.” A soft laugh left Pryce’s lips. 

“I love Sa-Ha, and she’s fantastic at managing our group but taking flattering photos isn’t exactly in her wheelhouse. We have a few staff who take the photos on set and such but all the candids are done by me. That’s the only reason the world has pictures of On The Edge in crazy pajamas. Plus who do you think takes all of the cat pictures?” 

Pryce added the rest of the ingredients to the pot; joining Yunho on his side of the stove. “It means. This is beautiful and innocent.” He booped the other on the nose. “But this,” He ran his thumb over his boyfriend’s bottom lip. “Is a bit filthy.”

“Did you ugly cry in you home town?” Yunho asked with a smile.  “That is adorable”  he said as he looked over the pot to see what Pryce was doing.  “Hmm I wish I could cook.  I can do instant ramen and that is about it.  Oh i do do a mean omelet”  He nodded as he sat back agian to let Pryce work. 

“So Sa-ha Is your manager what is she like?  Mine is nice a bit of a push over tho when I told him we I was coming here he just said be careful.  I was expecting a lecture about dating scandal’s or something.  Not that he knows im dating you just my members do”  he said quicky.  “Sorry if that causes problems. 

Yunho laughed when he was booped on the nose and shook his head.  “It is rather filthy at times”  He nodded.  “Cant be innocent all my life”

[larryland]

(Pittsfield, MA– August 2019) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, presents by popular demand, an encore engagement of Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata.

Hold These Truths stars Joel de la Fuente (Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle) reprising his Drama Desk-nominated role in this solo play inspired by the life of Gordon Hirabayashi.

  Directed by Lisa Rothe (Irish Repertory Theatre’s Wild Abandon), Hold These Truths will have eight performances September 20-26 at the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden Street).

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Unsung American hero Gordon Hirabayashi fights passionately for the Constitution against an unexpected adversary: his own country. During World War II, he defies the US government’s orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry, launching a 50-year journey from college to courtroom and eventually to a Presidential Medal of Freedom. A story filled with hope, this play will leave you cheering for a man who stood up for the true meaning of patriotism.

  Hold These Truths has scenic design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, costume design by Margaret E. Weedon, lighting design by Cat Tate Starmer, sound design by Daniel Kluger. Production Stage Manager: Mary K. Botosan.

  Joel de la Fuente (Gordon Hirabayashi) makes his debut for Barrington Stage Company in Hold These Truths. Most recently, the play was awarded three Theatre Bay Area Awards for its run in San Francisco, including Outstanding Principal Performance, as well as garnering a Drama Desk Nomination in New York City for Outstanding Solo Performance when it debuted in 2012. On television, Joel plays Chief Inspector Kido on The Man in the High Castle, one of Amazon Studios’ most watched original series. He also portrays Dr. Johann Pryce on Netflix’s second original series, Hemlock Grove, and can be seen in perpetual reruns on Law & Order: SVU, where he played TARU Tech Ruben Morales for 10 seasons. Currently, he appears as President Datu Andrada on Madam Secretary for CBS. Joel has performed in theaters all over the world, as both an avid classical theater actor and as a developer of new work. He is an alumnus of Brown University and the Graduate Acting Program at NYU.

  Hold These Truths is sponsored in part by Carol and Alfred Maynard & Dick Ziter and Eric Reimer.

  Performances: Friday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, September 21 at 3:00 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m.; Tuesday, September 24  and Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, September 26 at 3:00 and 7:30 p.m. at the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden Street). Tickets: $53 matinees and $58 evenings. Barrington Stage Box Office: 413-236-8888 or online at www.barringtonstageco.org.

Actress and playwright Jeanne Sakata, whose talents span across TV, film, voiceover and stage, is currently delighting New York audiences as struggling but spunky “Mom” in the Off Broadway premiere of the brilliant new comedy Do You Feel Anger? at the Vineyard Theatre, as well as TV audiences in the recurring roles of genius scientist Lenore Shimamoto/Mayor Saito on the animated TV series Big Hero 6, based on the Disney smash hit movie, and three national commercials. Jeanne’s nationally acclaimed solo play Hold These Truths (2013 Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance; 2019 Theatre Bay Awards, Outstanding Production, Principal Performance and Direction) has had over twenty productions across the country, and will be produced in the 2019-20 season at Barrington Stage, San Diego Rep, and People’s Light and Theatre, after sold-out and extended runs last year at Arena Stage and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. In April 2019, Hold These Truths will also be available internationally as a special audio recording, produced by L.A. Theatre Works. The play has also been produced in recent years at Pasadena Playhouse, ACT Seattle, Portland Center Stage, Guthrie Theater, PlayMakers’ Rep, Perseverance Theatre, Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Daniel Dae Kim, co-producer), Terra Nova Collective, Silk Road Rising, Coachella Valley Rep, Plays and Players, and New Century Theatre. Premiering with the East West Players in Los Angeles, and then Off Broadway with the Epic Theatre Ensemble, the play was workshopped by the Lark Play Development Center and the New York Theatre Workshop. Hold These Truths is now published by Ageloff Books and available on Amazon, and it is on display at the Library of Congress Playwrights Archive in the Asian American Pacific Islander Collection in Washington DC, where the Jeanne Sakata Collection was established in July 2011.

  ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

  Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is an award-winning regional theatre located in Pittsfield, MA, in the heart of the Berkshires. Co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, BSC has a three-fold mission: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people.

Barrington Stage commissioned and produced the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown’s American Son, which also won the Laurents/Hatcher Award as Best New Play by an Emerging Playwright in 2016 and recently concluded a Broadway run, starring Kerry Washington. Barrington Stage first garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which later transferred to Broadway where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009, BSC premiered Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session, which later moved Off Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way) played Off Broadway at the Westside Theatre. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical On the Town was originally produced at BSC in 2013 before transferring to Broadway, where it was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. In 2016, Barrington Stage swept the first annual Berkshire Theatre Awards by winning 20 out of the 25 awards. In 2017, BSC produced the much-lauded revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company, starring Aaron Tveit. In 2018, BSC produced the critically-acclaimed production of West Side Story in honor of Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthdays. BSC has won the Best of the Berkshires Readers’ Choice for Best Live Theatre for the past three years. 2019 marks BSC’s 25th Season Anniversary.

Barrington Stage Brings Back “Hold These Truths” By Popular Demand (Pittsfield, MA– August 2019) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, presents by popular demand, an encore engagement of…

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Teagan rolled his eyes. “I’m not self harming again,” he said. “I promised you guys it was over. See?” He bared his forearms, which were smooth aside from the scar on his ledt wrist he’d acquired at the end of their eighth grade year. However, Aria also noticed the bones of his wrist sticking out, and how thin his arms seemed compared to last month. She looked up at Pryce, who was shaking with rage. “There are other forms of self harm, Teague,” he spat. “You’re not eating. You’re not sleeping. Also you do is sit out here and train and you’re going to die because of it.” Teagan cast his eyes down, their color hidden begind his lashes. “I’m fine guys. Really, you don’t have to worry about me.” Aria stepped forward and embraced him. He stiffened. “You’re not fine,” she whispered. “And that’s ok. It’s ok to be not fine every once in a while. But please, let us worry about you? If we don’t who will?”

[on-theedge]

hikayat​:

“All of us were binging on the energy drink before getting on the stage, really did some nerve wrecks on us” So he understood completely why Pryce would decline such drink and he went ahead to grab two bottles of Asahi for them. “Thanks by the way, Yuna is losing her mind after our performance saying that she did a mediocre job so I will pass your compliment to her” The perks of having a vocalist who is hypochondriac really does see perks of them taking any compliments or criticism from their friends who attend the show. Hand extended out to hand the alcohol to Pryce while he himself taking a swig on it. 

“Do you come alone or your members are here with you two?” He looked around the vicinity just in case he might have missed familiar faces. “But thanks again, you came in since the first performer or mid-way?”

“No, it’s just me tonight.” Pryce said accepting the beer with thanks. “Dae-son is locked at the studio with Seon-ho. He’s been struggling with the latest choreography. Seon-ho refuses to let him out of the room til he gets it down.” Pryce place the bottle against his mouth, taking a sip. “Which may mean OTE will be a duo by the end of the night.” He couldn’t help but let out a light chcukle. “Chul-san refused to come out of his room. I believe his exact words were, ‘Prycehyung! I require beauty sleep. I am too young to  be working this hard. Leave me be til the sun comes up again.” 

He couldn’t make this up. “You can tell Yuna that a member of Starship's top boy band says you all were fantastic." Pryce playfully threw a thumbs out to the other. "From the beginning. I have this thing about being punctual and on-time."

[on-theedge]

On The Edge Representative Colors:

Dae-son: Burgundy

Pryce: Heather Gray

Seon-ho: Canary Yellow

Chul-san: Spring Green

[on-theedge]

Let's be real Pryce is the true leader in On The Edge he may be 2nd (3rd in OT5) oldest but he cares for, and leads, the guys the most. Dae-Son is a bit too cold and stoic and mostly uses intimidation to get everyone in line. (This is in NO WAY a diss to Junseo in OT5)

Pryce wakes everyone up in the morning. He makes 90% of their meals. He can usually get Chul-san in line easier than Dae-Son. Pryce makes sure that they are all in the car on time for their schedules. He is also the one who imposed the fee for being late.

[on-theedge]

Hi OTE members! Please tell us your song of the week!

"I can answer this one." Dae-Son said slightly annoyed. "Pryce has been listening to Waiting for Us by Stray Kids since it came out. Seon-ho has been listening to BOP! BOP! by Viviz non-stop. I've been relaxing to ,(comma) by kiyuhn"

[forever-yng]

In the Canon established with @starsmaligned /@furubazdc Seon-ho is the first member of On The Edge to get married. He and Han Gyeol do not have an engagement period. Han Gyeol and the guys plan a secret wedding behind Seon-ho's back. Seon-ho is tricked into thinking that they are getting ready for a final OTE event, since the band has already announced their disbanding. He quickly finds out that it's actually a wedding with all the guys families attending, various other idols and people in the industry and a few leaders of Edgeneration fan clubs.

Hua Xian is the second member of their friend group to get married. He marries llyr shortly after Pryce, Dae-Son and Seon-ho get back from their military assignments. They have a very short engagement since llyr won't let Hua xian propose this the hyungs return.

Pryce and Elio get engaged a few weeks after Seon-ho and Han Gyeol's wedding, at the ote going away party. They get married after Hua Xian and Llyr.

Dae-soj more than likely gets married last. Not including Chul-san (npc, muse not featured here) who gets married in secret, after finding dome girl who thinks he's actually charming. Dae-Son more than likely marries another idol since he's the only member of ote to continue in the business