Face Value (play)
| Face Value | |
|---|---|
| Written by | David Henry Hwang |
| Characters | Andrew Simpson Linda Ann Wong Marci Williams Bernard Sugarman Pastor Glenn Ebens Randall Lee |
| Date premiered | March 9, 1993 |
| Place premiered | Cort Theatre New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | East/West cultural stereotypes |
| Genre | Farce |
| Setting | The Imperialist Theatre; New York City, New York |
Face Value was a 1993 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It was to be the second Broadway production of the playwright's work, but it closed in previews on March 14, 1993.[1] The production was scheduled to open at the Cort Theatre. It was directed by Jerry Zaks, with B. D. Wong, Jane Krakowski, Mark Linn-Baker, Mia Korf, and Gina Torres in the cast. The play cost $2 million and was one of the biggest lossmakers on Broadway for a play at the time.[2]
Its critical failure provided the inspiration for David Henry Hwang's Obie Award-winning play Yellow Face, which premiered in 2007 at the Mark Taper Forum and moved Off-Broadway to the Joseph Papp Public Theater.[3] The play has never been published, although sections of the text are briefly presented in Yellow Face.
References[]
- ^ http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1062[dead link]
- ^ "Broadway's Bombs". Variety. May 8, 1995. p. 8.
- ^ http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/novdec/features/hwang.html
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