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He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. His first play was produced at the Okada House dormitory at Stanford and he briefly studied playwriting with Sam Shepard and Maria Irene Fornes. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ... Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is a unique American artist whose talents have been expressed in many different areas. ... Maria Irene Fornes is an American playwright. ...

Isolationalist-Nationalist Phase/Trilogy of Chinese America

Many of his plays concern the role of the Chinese American and Asian American in the modern day world. His first play, the Obie Award-winning FOB, depicts the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "Fresh Off the Boat" newcomer immigrants. The play was developed by the O'Neill Playwrights Center and premiered in 1980 Off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. Papp went on to produce four more of Hwang's plays, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated drama The Dance and the Railroad, which tells the story of a former Chinese opera star working as a coolie laborer in the middle 1800s and Family Devotions, a darkly comic take on the effects of Western religion on a Chinese family. A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Artwork from MANJAs production of FOB FOB is a 1980 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Fresh off the boat (often abbreviated as F.O.B., FOB, F.O.T.B., FOTB, fobbish, freshie,boat, or fobbie) is a slang phrase applied to people of foreign nationality who have arrived in a host nation as tourists, immigrants, students, or, most commonly, as work permit applicants. ... Joseph Papp (1921 - 1991) was an American theatre producer and director. ... The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... The Dance and the Railroad is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Emperor Xuan-Zong of Tang (left) and his Consort Yang Yuhuan (right) portrayed in a Chinese Opera 19th century Chinese opera Chinese opera costumes Some athletic jump Chinese opera is a popular form of drama in China. ... Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ...

Branching Out/National Success

After this, Papp also produced the show Sound and Beauty, the omnibus title to two Hwang one-act plays set in Japan. His next play, Rich Relations, was his first to feature non-Asian characters. It premiered at the Second Stage Theatre in New York and, though not a success, did prepare him for his work on his most well-known play — some consider it his masterpiece — M. Butterfly, for which he won a Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the John Gassner Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play. It was also his second play to be a finalist for the Pulitzer. The play is a clever and brilliant deconstruction of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly. The play is also loosely based on news reports of the relationship between a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, and Shi Pei Pu, a male Chinese opera singer who purportedly convinced Boursicot that he was a woman throughout their twenty-year relationship. The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 and made Hwang the first Asian American to win the Tony Award for Best Play. This article is about the David Henry Hwang production. ... Poster and Photo from the premiere production of Rich Relations Rich Relations is a 1986 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Second Stage Theatre // Director Carole Rothman and actress Robyn Goodman founded Second Stage Theatre in 1979 to give second stagings to contemporary American plays that originally failed to find an audience due to scheduling problems, inappropriate venues or limited performance runs. ... M. Butterfly is a 1988 play by David Henry Hwang, which deals with themes about cultural stereotypes of East vs West (see Orientalism), and is loosely based on the real life relationship between Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... Begun during the 1949-1950 theater season, the Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway. ... Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. ... Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. ... Bernard Boursicot (born 1944) is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap, by Shi Pei-Pu, a male Peking opera singer, who Bouriscot believed to be a woman. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... A Tony Award for Best Play has been awarded since 1947. ...

Theatre Work Post-Butterfly

The success of M. Butterfly prompted Hwang's interests in many different directions, including work for opera, film, television, and the musical theatre. Throughout the 1990s, he continued to write for the stage, including short plays for the famed Actors Theatre of Louisville and Golden Child, which received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in 1996. Golden Child later became his second Broadway venture and won the 1997 Obie Award for its Off-Broadway production and gave Hwang his second Tony nomination. The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ... Actors Theatre of Louisville is a performing arts theater located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. ... Theatre-in-Chicagos Artwork for Golden Child Golden Child is a 1998 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. ... Theatre-in-Chicagos Artwork for Golden Child Golden Child is a 1998 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ...

Return to Broadway with Rodgers and Hammerstein

In the new millennium, he has continued to work solidly in all areas of dramatic writing. His third Broadway success was a radical revision of Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, II, and Joseph Fields' musical Flower Drum Song. Although extremely successful when introduced in the 1950s and early 1960s, it had become dated after the Civil Rights Movement redefined the viability of stereotypical portrayals of Asian American communities. Though it fell from favor relative to other Rodgers and Hammerstein productions such as South Pacific, it inspired another generation of Asians such as Hwang to re-imagine the musical. Adapted from the novel The Flower Drum Song by C. Y. Lee, it tells the story of a culture clash with a Chinese family living in San Francisco. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization allowed Hwang to significantly rework the plot, while retaining character names and songs. His version — both an homage to the original and a modern re-thinking — won him his third Tony nomination. Though Flower Drum Song is often called the first musical with an all-Asian cast, it was the 2002 revival of the play which was finally produced with an all-Asian cast of actors and singers. The original production had cast many non-Asians in leading roles, including caucasians and even an African-American (Juanita Hall) to play Chinese characters. Though some were disappointed it was not as big of a hit as the original, it went on to a national tour. An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. ... Joseph Fields (February 21, 1895 - March 3, 1966) was a Tony Award-winning American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Flower Drum Song was originally a novel by Chinese American author C.Y. Lee. ... Historically, the civil rights movement was a period of time around the world of approximately one generation (1954–1980) wherein there was much worldwide civil unrest and popular rebellion. ... For other other uses, see South Pacific South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by both Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. ... for C.Y. Lee, author of the Flower Drum Song see C.Y. Lee (author) C.Y. Lee (born 1938 in Guangdong, The Republic of China) is a Chinese architect based in Taiwan, Republic of China. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Juanita Hall (born November 6, 1901, died February 28, 1968, Bay Shore, New York) was the first African American to win a Tony Award, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific in 1950. ...

Recent Work

Hwang's new full-length play Yellow Face, which centers on his one failed Broadway experiment Face Value, premiered in Los Angeles in 2007 at the Mark Taper Forum, as a co-production with East West Players. It is a shrewd, biting comedy about the blurring of cultural identity. He also penned the English language libretto for an operatic adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland with music by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin, which received its world premiere at the Bavarian State Opera in 2007. Yellow Face (2007) is a play by David Henry Hwang, featuring the author himself as the protagonist. ... Face Value was a 1993 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... The Mark Taper Forum is a small (<1000 seats) theater-in-the-round (thrust stage) at the Los Angeles Music Center. ... Category: ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) – believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... For other uses, see Alice in Wonderland. ... Unsuk Chin (born July 14, 1961, Seoul) is a female Korean composer of classical music, based in Berlin, Germany. ... Munich, National Theatre The Bayerische Staatsoper or Bavarian State Opera is an opera company in Munich and is one of the leading opera companies in Germany and the world and has existed since 1653. ...

Works

Hwang's work for the stage includes FOB, The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions, The House of Sleeping Beauties (adapted from Yasunari Kawabata's novella House of the Sleeping Beauties), The Sound of a Voice, As the Crow Flies, Rich Relations, M. Butterfly, Bondage, Face Value, Trying to Find Chinatown, Bang Kok, Golden Child, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (co-written with Stephan Muller), Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet, and the children's play Tibet Through the Red Box (based upon Peter Sis' book). Artwork from MANJAs production of FOB FOB is a 1980 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... The Dance and the Railroad is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Yasunari Kawabatas House of Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories contains three stories, all of which follow a theme of alienation of various kinds, as well as aging and long-repressed desires. ... Yasunari Kawabata ); (14 June 1899 - 16 April 1972) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese to receive the award. ... The House of the Sleeping Beauties is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... The Sound of a Voice is a 1983 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... As the Crow Flies is a 1986 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Poster and Photo from the premiere production of Rich Relations Rich Relations is a 1986 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... M. Butterfly is a 1988 play by David Henry Hwang, which deals with themes about cultural stereotypes of East vs West (see Orientalism), and is loosely based on the real life relationship between Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu. ... Bondage is a 1991 play by David Henry Hwang which deals with issues of race and racial stereotypes. ... Face Value was a 1993 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Original Production at the Humana Festival Trying to Find Chinatown is a 1996 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Theatre-in-Chicagos Artwork for Golden Child Golden Child is a 1998 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Ibsen redirects here. ... Peer Gynt is a 1998 theatrical adaptation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsens classic play Peer Gynt by American playwright David Henry Hwang and Swiss director Stephan Muller. ... Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet is a 2001 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Seattle Childrens Theatre production of Tibet Through the Red Box Tibet Through the Red Box is a 2004 theatrical adaptation of author Peter Sis childrens book by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ...

His music-theatre work includes the texts for Philip Glass' 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, The Voyage, and The Sound of a Voice, the book for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (co-written by Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls), the Walt Disney Company's theatrical version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, the libretti for The Silver River with music by Bright Sheng and Ainadamar with composer Osvaldo Golijov, as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song. This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is an opera by Philip Glass which featured lyrics by David Henry Hwang and projections by Jerome Sirlin. ... The Voyage is an opera in three acts (plus a prologue and an epilogue) by the American composer Philip Glass (born 1937). ... The Sound of a Voice is a 2003 operatic adaptation of the play The Sound of a Voice by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist for musical theatre, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. ... Aida is a musical drama in two acts based on Giuseppe Verdis Italian-language opera by the same name, which is in turn based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... Tarzan is a musical based upon the Tarzan stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and more directly on the Disney film of the same name. ... The Silver River is a musical theatre piece in one act composed by Bright Sheng in 1997, with libretto by playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Bright Sheng (surname Sheng, born Sheng Liang, Shanghai, China, December 6, 1955) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. ... Ainadamar means Fountain of Tears in Arabic, and is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. ... Osvaldo Golijov (born in La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 1960) is a composer of classical music . ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... Flower Drum Song was originally a novel by Chinese American author C.Y. Lee. ...

He has also written a number of screenplays, including David Cronenberg's adaptation of M. Butterfly, John Madden's Golden Gate, and Neil LaBute's Possession (co-written with Laura Jones and LaBute, adapted from the novel by A. S. Byatt). He also wrote the teleplay for the NBC mini-series The Lost Empire, directed by Peter MacDonald. He served as a script advisor for the film Picture Bride. In 2003, Susan Hoffman directed a film adaptation of The Sound of a Voice entitled Sound of a Voice, written by and starring Lane Nishikawa and Natsuko Ohama. David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born May 15, 1943[2]) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. ... M. Butterfly is a 1993 film directed by David Cronenberg. ... John Philip Madden (born April 8, 1949) is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio. ... Golden Gate is a 1994 film produced by American Playhouse. ... Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. ... Possession is a 2002 motion picture. ... For A. Byatt, the director of French documentary films, see Andy Byatt. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... DVD of The Lost Empire The Lost Empire is a 2001 television mini-series produced by NBC. It is a contemporary take on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. ... Peter MacDonald co-developed early features of the Linux kernel, including shared libraries, pseudo-ttys and virtual consoles. ... Picture Bride is a 1994 independent film directed by Kayo Hatta from a script by Hatta, Mari Hatta and Diane Mei Lin Mark, co-produced by Diane Mei Lin Mark and Lisa Onodera. ... Sound of a Voice is a 2003 film based upon the play The Sound of a Voice by American playwright David Henry Hwang. ... Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker and performance artist. ...

As another extension of his interests, he penned the texts for three dance pieces: Ruby Shang's Yellow Punk Dolls and Dances in Exile as well as Maureen Fleming's After Eros (with music by Philip Glass). He also co-wrote the Prince song "Solo" for his album Come. “The Artist” redirects here. ... Come was an album Prince was obligated to make after he changed his name to O(+>. It is an interesting look inside of Princes mind and one of his most sensual and dark albums. ...

In 1999, Hwang starred in a short film by Greg Pak called Asian Pride Porn, which combined humor and serious social commentary to parody the Asian fetish and the prevalence of Asian fetish pornography. As himself, he has appeared in the documentary films Hollywood Chinese, Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde, and Literary Visions. Greg Pak is a New York-based film director / comic book writer. ... This article is not about love and/or interracial relationships. ...

Honors/Recognition

He has been awarded numerous grants, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. He has been honored with awards from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund , the Association for Asian Pacific American Artists, the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, the East West Players, the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, the Center for Migration Studies, the Asian American Resource Workshop, the China Institute, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 1998, the nation's oldest Asian American theatre company, the East West Players, christened its new mainstage The David Henry Hwang Theatre. The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ... The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. ... It has been suggested that Pew Research Center be merged into this article or section. ... The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund is a legal advocacy group which supports Asian-American rights. ... Founded in 1980, The Museum of Chinese in the Americas is located in Chinatown, New York City (USA), and is dedicated to reclaiming, preserving, and interpreting the history and culture of Chinese and their descendants in the Western Hemisphere. ... Category: ... Founded in 1973, Organization of Chinese Americans is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. ...

Mr. Hwang sits on the boards of the Dramatists Guild, Young Playwrights Inc., and the Museum of Chinese in the Americas. He conducts interviews on arts-related topics for the national PBS cable television show Asian America. From 1994-2001, he served by appointment of President Bill Clinton on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

David Henry Hwang holds honorary degrees from Columbia College in Chicago and The American Conservatory Theatre. He lives in New York City with his wife, actress Kathryn Layng, and their children, Noah David and Eva Veanne. Columbia College is the name of several institutions of higher education. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a prestigious theater company in San Francisco, USA that offers both contemporary and classical theater productions and a wide range of classes. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Selected Published Work

• Broken Promises, New York: Avon, 1983. (out-of-print; includes FOB, The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions, and The House of Sleeping Beauties)
• M. Butterfly, New York: Plume, 1988. (Acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.; audio version available from L. A. Theatre Works; film version available from Warner Bros. Home Video)
• 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof, Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1989. (Original Music Recording available from Virgin Records)
• Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays, New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1990. (includes Hwang's As the Crow Flies and The Sound of a Voice)
• FOB and Other Plays, New York: New American Library, 1990. (out-of-print; includes FOB, The Dance and the Railroad, The House of Sleeping Beauties, The Sound of a Voice, Rich Relations and 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof)
• Golden Child, New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1998. (Acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)
• Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays, New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1999. (includes FOB, The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions, The Sound of a Voice, The House of Sleeping Beauties, Bondage, The Voyage, and Trying to Find Chinatown)
• Rich Relations, New York: Playscripts, Inc., 2002.
• Flower Drum Song, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by David Henry Hwang; based upon the libretto by Oscar Hammerstein, II and Joseph Fields and the novel The Flower Drum Song by C. Y. Lee; New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2003. (Broadway Cast Recording available from DRG)
• 2004: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors, New Hampshire: Smith and Kraus, 2003. (includes Hwang's Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet)
• Peer Gynt (with Stephan Muller), based upon the play by Henrik Ibsen; New York: Playscripts, Inc., 2006.
• Tibet Through the Red Box, based upon the book by Peter Sis; New York: Playscripts, Inc., 2006.