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Category Archives: Theatre
Maybe Happy Ending and Yellow Face win Tony Awards
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CBS (@cbstv) The 2025 Tony Award show saw Maybe Happy Ending and Yellow Face win 2025 Tony Awards! Maybe Happy Ending won 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and … Continue reading
Posted in Theatre
Tagged Daniel Dae Kim, Francis Jue, Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending, Nicole Scherzinger, Tony Awards, yellow face
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“Maybe Happy Ending” nominated for 10 Tony Awards
A musical originally from South Korea, “Maybe Happy Ending” has been nominated for 10 Tony Awards. The show features Darren Criss and Helen J Shen as the leads. The musical by Hue Park and Will Aronson first debuted in South … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Theatre
Tagged broadway, Darren Criss, Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending, musical, Tony Awards
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CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night with the Cast of Yellow Face
CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night screened a filming of the play, Yellow Face. It was a special evening with the cast of Yellow Face in attendance after the play’s recent nomination for three Tony’s, including: Best Revival of a Play Best … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Theatre, TV
Tagged Daniel Dae Kim, David Henry Hwang, Francis Jue, PBS, Shannon Tyo, yellow face
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NYC Theater Review: Wolf Play by Hansol Jung
Wolf Play by Hansol Jung is an enthralling play about an off-the-record adoption, about children and parents and family, about a wolf and his pack. Presented by MCC Theater in collaboration with Ma-Yi Theater Company, Wolf Play just opened and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Family, LGBT, Lifestyles, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Esco Jouley, Hanson Jung, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, Mitchell Winter, Wolf Play
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NYC Theater Review: peerless at Primary Stages
Jiehae Park’s dark comedy peerless about the high pressure stakes of elite college admissions is now playing at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters in New York City. This twist on Macbeth features twin Asian American sisters, M and L, who … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Comedy, Education, Entertainment, Family, New York, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged college admissions, College Admissions Game, Jiehae Park, peerless, Sasha Diamond, Shannon Tyo
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Actor James Hong *FINALLY* Receives Star Hollywood Walk of Fame
Last week, actor James Hong, at age 93, *finally* received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: “Hong, 93, who was joined by celebrity guest speakers Daniel Dae Kim and Jamie Lee Curtis, unveiled his star in a ceremony, becoming … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, The Arts, Theatre, TV
Tagged Apl.de.ap, Everything Everywhere all at Once, James Hong, Ming-Na Wen
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SF Theater Review: Asian American LGBTQ Themes in a New Production of “Fun Home”
If you get the chance, catch “Fun Home” at the Gateway Theater on Jackson Street in San Francisco, between now and May 8, 2022. Many of the storylines around being closeted (her dad), difficulty coming out to parents and parents who won’t talk about your LGBTQ status all resonate deeply in the Asian American community. Continue reading
Posted in Community, Entertainment, Family, LGBT, Local, Reviews, San Francisco Bay Area, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Alison Bechdel, asian amercan, fun home, gateway theater, musical, Rinabeth Apostol, San Francisco, Teresa Attridge, theater
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8Books Review: Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now is a monster of a book — both in that it is chock full of excellent content and that it literally weighs a ton (okay not a literal … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, Books, Entertainment, Food & Drink, History, Lifestyles, Movies, Music, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre, TV
Tagged Angry Asian Man, Jeff Yang, Phil Wang, Phil Yu, Rise
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NYC Theater Review: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
“Please, no plays about the pandemic.” I remember as early on as April of 2020 theatre-twitter was begging playwrights and creators to take heed – we did not and do not want to see art about the pandemic; especially while … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Comedy, Current Events, Entertainment, New York, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overload
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NYC Theater Review: Border People
Border People is a journalistic one-man theater piece by Dan Hoyle that dwells on the broad theme of “borders.” It’s now being performed at A.R.T. / New York Theatres in New York City. Based on in-depth conversations and interviews at … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Border People, Dan Hoyle, immigration
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Mamma Mia – Finding Representation in the Theater Community
Theater is another one of the mainstream entertainment arenas where finding Asian (or even minority) representation remains difficult. With the exception of dedicated Asian companies (like East West Players), it’s rare to find an Asian American in the cast of … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, The Arts, Theatre
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NYC Theater Review: “Fruiting Bodies” by Sam Chanse
By Timmy Pham Ma-Yi Theater Company presents Fruiting Bodies, a new play by Sam Chanse at Theatre Row in New York City until May 19. When an elderly sansei father heads off on a mushroom foraging trip alone, his two … Continue reading
Posted in New York, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
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