Saturday evening, Jonathan Pryce was among the cast drinking in fans’ adulation at the Disneyland bow of the third “Pirates of the Caribbean.” He played a far bigger role in “Yellow Face,” yet the British thesp was nowhere to be seen at Sunday afternoon’s opening perf at the Taper.
Pryce inadvertently set David Henry Hwang’s play into motion when he was cast as a Eurasian for the Broadway version of “Miss Saigon.” Hwang uses his own protests as a jumping off point for a highly personal meditation on race and the arts, quoting a series of press accounts (including one from Daily Variety) to propel the narrative. The cast channels a series of media and arts figures, including B.D. Wong, Jane Krakowksi and Sony homevid’s Fritz Friedman; they too were absent.
Afterward, the crowd mingled at a Dorothy Chandler pavilion fete, where “Lost” co-star Daniel Dae Kim and “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star Tsai Chin were among the revelers. The chow? Distinctly American: mini-roast beef sandwiches piled high with fried onions, chicken fingers and crudités. (D. Garrett)
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