Trivia
Author Young Jean Lee is the first Asian American playwright to be produced on Broadway.
Past Tony Award®-winner Anna D. Shapiro directed this production.
Stephen Payne, Josh Charles, Armie Hammer, and Paul Schneider (l. to r.) in Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men.
Photo by Joan Marcus
Straight White Men
WATCH VIDEO
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ed has gathered his three adult sons to celebrate with matching pajamas, trash-talking, and Chinese takeout. But when a question they can’t answer interrupts their holiday cheer, they are forced to confront their own identities. Young Jean Lee’s play featured Kate Bornstein, Josh Charles, Ty Defoe, Armie Hammer, and Paul Schneider in their Broadway debuts, and Stephen Payne as Ed.
THEATRE:
Hayes Theater
OPENING NIGHT:
July 23, 2018
FINAL PERFORMANCE:
Sept. 9, 2018
Author:
Young Jean Lee
History
The play premiered at Off Broadway at the Public Theater in 2014. A revised version was produced in Chicago by Steppenwolf Theatre in 2017.