Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Francis Jue on His Full-Circle Return to Yellow Face and the Right Way to Do Broadway's Controversial Classics by Kathy Henderson

Francis Jue’s stage career has been happily entwined with the works of David Henry Hwang for 35 years, since Jue understudied the title role in M. Butterfly. Although they look nothing ali…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

SOFT POWER – ASL Interpreted Performance by Signature Theatre

SOFT POWER ASL Interpreted Performance on September 6 For tickets visit SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and J…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:37PM
Friday, August 16, 2024

"Election Night" from SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre by Signature Theatre

"Election Night" from SOFT POWER Featuring Andrew Cristi and the cast of SOFT POWER SOFT POWER August 6 – September 15, 2024 For tickets visit SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia …

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51AM
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Laugh Your Faces Off | YELLOW FACE on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company

Tony Award® winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) will make his Roundabout debut with the Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, his hilarious is-he-or-isn’t…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:25PM

SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre by Signature Theatre

SOFT POWER August 6 – September 15, 2024 For tickets visit SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Teso…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:11PM
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

"Democracy" from SOFT POWER by Signature Theatre

SOFT POWER August 6 – September 15, 2024 For tickets visit SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Teso…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:53AM
Monday, August 5, 2024

Can the Higgs Boson Become a Broadway Star? by Dennis Overbye

A musical about particle physics is under development, with David Henry Hwang, the playwright behind “M. Butterfly.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:14AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

"I'm With Her" from SOFT POWER by Signature Theatre

SOFT POWER August 6 – September 15, 2024 For tickets visit SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Teso…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:37AM

Exclusive: 'I'm With Her' from Signature Theatre's Revised SOFT POWER

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power in rehearsal. Soft Power is a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly A…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM
Monday, June 24, 2024

Video: Guess the Answers to These 'Broadway's Opening Night Casts' JEOPARDY! Questions

This weekend, Jeopardy! contestants answered questions from the 'Broadway's Opening Night Casts' category. Questions included trivia about Wicked, Ragtime, M. Butterfly, and more! Watch the …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Search | Playbill

Flower Drum Song, in its new, heavily-revised form crafted by David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Golden Child), will arrive on Broadway in ...

SOURCE: Google at 07:02PM
Friday, June 14, 2024

"Democracy (Reprise)" from SOFT POWER by Signature Theatre

SOFT POWER August 6 – September 15, 2024 Subscribe Today at SigTheatre.org A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Tes…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PM
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Inside M. BUTTERFLY's High-Flying Opening Night! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, M BUTTERFLY, directed by Julie Taymor, opened just last night at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th street). Learn m…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:18PM
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Highlights from M. BUTTERFLY on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang's Tony Award -winning play, M. BUTTERFLY, officially opened last night at Broadway's Cort Theatre (138 W 48th St…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:02AM
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Highlights of Court Theatre's M. BUTTERFLY by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Court Theatre closes its 2013-2014 season with the Chicago premiere of M. Butterfly written by David Henry Hwang and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newel…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:36PM
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

BD Wong and Tony Shalhoub to Lead Dual Casts of What Became of Us Off-Broadway by Hayley Levitt

The world premiere of Shayan Lotfi's What Became of Us, coming to Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2 this spring, has announced two pairs of performers to lead the production's two separat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM
Thursday, February 9, 2023

TBT: Poetry Vs. Hollywood by Rob Weinert-Kendt

One of the privileges of my theatergoing in L.A. back in the day was seeing talented actors like David Dukes do some of the best work of their careers in venues both big and small. I also go…

SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 11:22AM
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Get a Look at M. Butterfly at Santa Fe Opera by Logan Culwell-Block

The operatic adaptation of the David Henry Hwang play features a libretto by Hwang and music by Huang Ruo.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM
Monday, July 4, 2022

1776: DANIELS, DA SILVA & PETER HUNT by Ron Fassler

Howard Da Silva (Ben Franklin) and William Daniels (John Adams) in “1776” (1969). Photo by Martha Swope.Can’t let July 4th go by without my annual tribute to the musical 1776, a brill…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:01AM
Monday, March 28, 2022

Broadway Show Art: GOAT Tournament: Round 1 by JK

Thank you, show art lovers, theater fans and all of you fantastic readers! After more than two years, more than 500 logos, and thousands of your votes, we have reached the end of our search …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM
Monday, November 22, 2021

15+ Stage Performances to Watch Online This Thanksgiving Weekend November 25-28 - See New York City Ballet's 'The Nutcracker,' Macy's Thanksgiving Day by Raven Snook

In-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. But there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this Thanksgiving weekend, T…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Thursday, November 18, 2021

15+ Stage Performances to Watch Online This Weekend November 19-21 - See Domhnall Gleeson in 'Medicine,' 'Tick, Tick... Boom!,' 54 Sings Broadway’s by Raven Snook

In-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. But there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, Novemb…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Friday, November 12, 2021

15+ Stage Performances to Watch Online This Weekend November 12-14 - See Broadway's Kathryn Gallagher in concert, 'Bandstand,' 20 Years of Asian Ameri by Raven Snook

In-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. But there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, Novemb…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

New Federal Theatre, Woodie King, Jr. | Tony Honors Acceptance Speech by The Tony Awards

In recognition of a groundbreaking theatre company that has been training artists and producing plays by people of color and women, as well as developing multicultural audiences, for more th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:37PM
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Miguel Cervantes Returns to Hamilton on Broadway; Jin Ha Joins Cast as Aaron Burr by Broadway Staff

Hamilton star Miguel Cervantes, who closed out the Chicago production and played the title role on Broadway prior to the shutdown will return to the Richard Rodgers Theatre this September.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

This Week in Broadway History: June 15 - 21 by JK

This Week in Broadway History: June 15 - 21 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭  June 15, 1995: One of the 90s most interesting and underrated musicals, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, opened at th…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:18PM
Monday, May 17, 2021

The Subtext: David Henry Hwang, High and Low by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian talks to the writer of 'M. Butterfly,' 'Yellow Face,' 'Chinglish,' and 'Soft Power' about Joe Papp, hate crimes, and the ironic uplift of surviving a flop.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:42PM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

This Week in Broadway History: March 16 - 22 by JK

This Week in Broadway History: March 16 - 22 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭   March 17, 2005: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2005, Spamalot, opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it would cl…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:42AM
Thursday, January 7, 2021

CAA Signs David Henry Hwang, Tony Award-Winning ‘M. Butterfly’ Playwright by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: David Henry Hwang, the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly playwright currently writing the script for a live-action musical film adaptation of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame,…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:34PM
Sunday, November 1, 2020

David Henry Hwang’s ‘M. Butterfly’ Followup: ‘M. Turkey’ by Alexis Soloski

The goal: a comedy about mistaken racial identity inspired by protests over “Miss Saigon.” The result: a backstage farce that never got to opening night.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AM
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Podcast: BD Wongs Talks M. BUTTERFLY & More on AND THE AWARD GOES TO...

When BD Wong asked his parents to lend him money to fly to New York for an audition for M. Butterfly he told them he was certain he would not get the job but he could not pass up the opportu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM

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