Yellow Face on Broadway Show Recently Closed
Yellow Face Summary
- Show Status: Recently Closed
- Genre: Play
- Yellow Face is 1 and 45 minutes long, and does not have an intermission.
- 8 Shows per week
- Popularity Index: 31
- Previews Began: September 13, 2024
- Show Opened : October 1, 2024
- Show Closed: November 24, 2024
Semi-autobiographical play about an Asian playwright who protests the casting of non-Asian actor Jonathan Pryce as a Vietnamese character in the 1990's Miss Saigon Broadway show transfer from London to New York.
What's Yellow Face Like?
An Asian playwright protests the casting of non-Asian actor Jonathan Pryce as a Vietnamese character in “Miss Saigon.”
As the playwrights protests largely go unanswered, he finally writes a play called “Face Value” about the “Miss Saigon” controversy and casts an actor who he believes is part Asian to be in one of the lead Asian roles — only then to find out that the actor is actually fully white.
Is Yellow Face Good for Kids?
The subject matter of race relations may not be suitable for all age groups, 16 years and above are recommended.
Yellow Face Box Office Data
Ticket Sales for the Week Ending 11/24/24
This Week's Gross | $507,361.00 |
Last Week's Gross | $414,163.00 |
Gross Difference $ | $93,198.00 |
Gross Difference % | +20.23% |
Average Ticket Price | $85.59 |
Seats Sold | 5,928 |
Total Seating Capacity | 5,824 |
Top Ticket Price | $327.00 |
No. of Performances | 8 |
Capacity This Week | 101.79% |
Yellow Face on Broadway Background
Show Original Premiere In May 2007
The show was first mounted in May 2007 by Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum.
Off-Broadway Run December 2007
The play opened Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in NYC in December 2007 and closed son afterwards in January 2008.
YouTube Movie 2013
In 2013, the play was reworked into a two-part YouTube video directed and adapted by Jeff Liu
UK Play Premiere 2013
The show made its UK premiere at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, London in May 2013. A year later the play transferred to the Royal National Theatre.
North Carolina Run 2022
After a ten year gap, the play finally appeared at Theatre Raleigh in 2022 and was directed by Telly Leung.
Theatre Information
Todd Haimes Theatre
New York, NY 10019
Cast Members
- David Henry Hwang
- Daniel Dae Kim
Producers
Roundabout Theatre Company
Production Credits
- Director
- Leigh Silverman
Creative Team
- Playwright
- David Henry Hwang