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Race and casting's recurring role by Jessica Goldstein

Can a white actor play an Asian character? Never. Sometimes. Maybe. It depends. "Yellow Face," by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, wrestles with this question under the direction of Natsu Onoda Power at Theater J. Inspired by the real-life controversy surrounding the casting of "Miss Saigon" on Broadway in 1990, "Yellow Face," in previews beginning Wednesday, aims to do something Hwang used to joke i…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM on January 24, 2014

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