Playing the character of "DHH," the actor Daniel Dae Kim begins "Yellow Face," the new production of David Henry Hwang's play, standing within a box, from which he promptly strides out. It's a crisp and clear visual metaphor in a production hardly short on them (the two onstage boxes rotate to conjure the various locations

David Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary.

David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face” on Broadway tackles tricky questions of representation, authenticity and who gets to tell whose story.