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The Big Brown Bag: Candid Career Conversations with Alec and Channing - Episode 4 - David Henry Hwang

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This episode of Candid Career Conversations features David Henry Hwang, who speaks about his experiences in the arts through his career in American theater, film, opera, and playwrighting. Hwang’s stage works includes the plays M. Butterfly, Chinglish, Yellow Face, Kung Fu, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and FOB, as well as the Broadway musicals Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida (co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 revival) and Disney’s Tarzan. Hwang is a Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, a three-time OBIE Award winner, and a three-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the most-produced living American opera librettist. He discussed how his work telling Asian American stories is relevant to the challenges the community faces in 2021 as well as how a career in the arts has afforded him the opportunity to change hearts and minds to foster collective unity over certain themes presented in his works.

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This episode of Candid Career Conversations features David Henry Hwang, who speaks about his experiences in the arts through his career in American theater, film, opera, and playwrighting. Hwang’s stage works includes the plays M. Butterfly, Chinglish, Yellow Face, Kung Fu, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and FOB, as well as the Broadway musicals Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida (co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 revival) and Disney’s Tarzan. Hwang is a Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, a three-time OBIE Award winner, and a three-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the most-produced living American opera librettist. He discussed how his work telling Asian American stories is relevant to the challenges the community faces in 2021 as well as how a career in the arts has afforded him the opportunity to change hearts and minds to foster collective unity over certain themes presented in his works.

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