So Who Are the New York Theater Personalities in ‘Yellow Face’?

Reading the reviews of David Henry Hwang’s new play, Yellow Face, which opened last night at the Public, we got intrigued by reviewers’ mentioning that a number of New York theater personalities make appearances in the play. Yellow Face, a comic drama about race in America built around Hwang’s own experience protesting the casting of Jonathan Pryce in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon, leaves few of its real-life participants unscathed, especially Hwang himself. Ben Brantley writes in the Times: “There’s an insider’s glee in impersonations of real denizens of the New York theater (from the producer Stuart Ostrow to the actress Jane Krakowski) by a protean cast.�

So who else makes the cut? Is your favorite New York theater personality represented? Maybe you’re in the play, and you didn’t even know it! After the jump, a complete guide to the New York theater personalities who show up in Yellow Face.

David Henry Hwang: The playwright, called “DHH� in the show.
Carla Chang: Actress and Asian activist.
Frank Chin: Playwright who called Hwang “a white, racist asshole.�
Margaret Cho: Comedienne whose sitcom Hwang was hired to make “more Asian.�
William Craver: Hwang’s agent at Paradigm.
Bernard Jacobs: Longtime president of the Schubert Theater.
Jane Krakowski: Actress; once appeared in Hwang’s play Face Value.
Vinnie Liff: The casting director for Miss Saigon.
Mark Linn-Baker: Actor; appeared in Hwang’s play Face Value.
Cameron Mackintosh: Superstar producer of Miss Saigon.
Miles Newman: Casting director.
Stuart Ostrow: Broadway producer, with credits including Pippin, 1776, and Face Value.
Joe Papp: Legendary Public Theater founder.
Frank Rich: Onetime New York Times lead drama critic, now op-ed columnist.
Michael Riedel: New York Post theater columnist.
Lily Tomlin: Actress who presented Hwang with his Tony.
B.D. Wong: Actor; star of Hwang’s M. Butterfly.
Wayman Wong: Theater writer for the New York Daily News.