Although diversity has improved on Broadway, Asian Americans saw a drop in representation on stage.
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The first ever play by an Asian American woman to feature on Broadway will be performed next year.
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A collection of writings by British East Asian Artists titled Foreign Goods will be published on 19 January 2018.
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Hackney Empire has withdrawn from Music Theatre Wales’s The Golden Dragon production following whitewashing backlash.
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The Golden Dragon, a production by Music Theatre Wales is being condemned for yellowface casting.
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Theatre director Andrew Keates discusses his latest play, Chinglish, the British East Asian community, discrimination and marginalisation.
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The Broadway production of Cameron Mackintosh's epic musical drama Miss Saigon is set to open this evening (Thursday 23rd March) at the Broadway Theater in New ... Read More...
It is an adaptation of the 13th-century Chinese classic, by Guan Hanqing, often referred to as The Injustice to Dou E.
Flashes of déjà vu momentarily loom, taking me back to the autumn of 2012 and the RSC’s controversial production of The Orphan of Zhao.
Lessons have been learnt and learnt well, from that episode. Kudos to the RSC, as a famous countryman is quoted as saying:
Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them.
Bruce Lee
Fast-forwarding to 2017 and Snow In Midsummer, cast using only British East Asian actors. As a fellow actor, activist and untiring advocate (amongst many other things) Daniel York said as we gathered for our first preview.
"Who’d have thought eh?"