In “Yellow Face,” Hwang (Kim) is writing “Face Value” in response to the yellow-face casting of Jonathan Pryce in the first Broadway production of “Miss Saigon,” in 1991.

Playwright David Henry Hwang’s impressive body of work includes several powerful plays exploring identity, often inspired by real events. Unfortunately, “Yellow Face,” now playing at the ...

Sure. We all know what yellow face does to our people. Tell them, sister. Erasure, imperialism, and the triumph of capitalist hegemony. Which is why I'm the one who led the “Miss Saigon” protest.

Playing the character of "DHH," the actor Daniel Dae Kim begins "Yellow Face," the new production of David Henry Hwang's play, standing within a box, from which he promptly strides out. It's a ...

Playing the character of “DHH,” the actor Daniel Dae Kim begins “Yellow Face,” the new production of David Henry Hwang’s play, standing within a box, from which he promptly strides out ...

That’s complicated, like much else in “Yellow Face.” At the Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St., New York; www.roundabouttheatre.org Chris Jones is a Tribune critic. [email protected] ...