Opening the Golden Gate

May 22, 2010

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This article offers a historic look at the challenges and opportunities Asian American artists have faced in the Bay Area. It covers Cabaret and Chop Suey; Art as Politics;  The New Millennium; and The New Generation.

"Opening the Golden Gate" was wrriten by Lily Tung Crystal and was published in the March 2010 issue of Theatre Communications Group's American Theatre.

Photo: Francis Jue in Kiss of the Spider Woman at TheatreWorks in 1997 (photo by David Allen).

Tags: theatre, theater, actor, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Broadway, Asian Exclusion Act, equality, playwright, color-blind casting, director, multicultural, funder, plays, film, filmmaker, African American, Latino, black, assumption, writer, performer, Thai, artistic director, glass ceiling, stereotypical, chorus, Jewish, population

Sub Categories

DIVERSITY: Artistic
DIVERSITY: Asian American
DIVERSITY: Education
DIVERSITY: Audience Development




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