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PLAYS. A new opera explores the death of a young soldier from Manhattan's Chinatown. Kung Fu. Chinglish. Yellow Face. Golden Child. Bondage.
PLAYS SOURCE — David Henry Hwang. A new opera explores the death of a young soldier from Manhattan's Chinatown. The New York premiere of the opera "An American Soldier," based on the story of Pvt. Danny Chen, opens at the Perelman Performing Arts Center on Sunday. Chen was born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown and joined the Army in 2011.
David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face.
May 13, 2024 · David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, screenwriter, and librettist whose work, by his own account, concerns the fluidity of identity. He is probably best known for his Tony Award-winning play M. Butterfly (1988), based on the true story of a French diplomat who had a long affair with a.
Q&A with David Henry Hwang, ’79, Tony-winning playwright and 2024 Rathbun lecturer at Stanford
M. Butterfly is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera Madama Butterfly, is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera singer. The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play.
Yellow Face is a semi-autobiographical play by David Henry Hwang, featuring the author himself as the protagonist, DHH, mounting his 1993 play Face Value. The play's themes include questions of race and of the interaction between media and politics.
Chinglish, the uproarious play by Pulitzer winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) is on stage in San Francisco. Get tickets & reviews on the official site.
David Henry Hwang’s work includes the plays M. Butterfly, Chinglish, Yellow Face, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and FOB, as well as the Broadway musicals Aida (co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 revival) and Disney’s Tarzan.
3 days ago · David Henry Hwang’s stage works includes the plays M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, Chinglish, Kung Fu, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and FOB, as well as the Broadway musicals Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida (co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 revival) and Disney’s Tarzan.
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