Face Value was a 1993 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at the Yale School of Drama and Stanford University...

. It was to be the second Broadway

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 production of the playwright's work, but it closed in previews on March 14, 1993. The production was scheduled to open at the Cort Theatre

Cort Theatre

The Cort Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 138 West 48th Street in the Theatre District of midtown Manhattan in New York City...

. It was directed by Jerry Zaks

Jerry Zaks

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, with B. D. Wong, Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski

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, Mark Linn-Baker

Mark Linn-Baker

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, Mia Korf

Mia Korf

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, and Gina Torres

Gina Torres

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 in the cast.

Its critical failure provided the inspiration for David Henry Hwang's Obie Award

Obie Award

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-winning play Yellow Face

Yellow Face

Yellow Face is a play by David Henry Hwang, featuring the author himself as the protagonist. It premiered in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum in association with East West Players and had its Off-Broadway premiere at the Joseph Papp Public Theater...

, which premiered in 2007 at the Mark Taper Forum

Mark Taper Forum

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 and moved Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

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 to the Joseph Papp Public Theater.

The play has never been published.