The production was recorded last November during its limited Broadway run.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Great Performances filmed the recent Broadway production of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face to premiere on PBS. Now, PBS has confirmed that the live capture of the show will air on Friday, May 16, at 9 p.m. ET.
The Roundabout Theatre Company’s production stars Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests yellowface casting in the blockbuster musical “Miss Saigon,” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. The repercussions resonate in this farce about the complexities of race. Directed by Leigh Silverman, Yellow Face is an “is-he-or-isn’t-he” comedy of identity, show business and autobiography.