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David Henry Hwang has received the $200,000 Steinberg Award for playwriting, the largest monetary prize in American theater.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust cited Hwang’s 32-year career writing satires and dramas that brought Asian and Asian American characters to Broadway and other stages, including his breakout hit, “M. Butterfly.”<\/p>\n

Hwang, 55, told the New York Times that the award affords him the luxury to focus on stage work rather than pursuing (perhaps more lucrative) film and TV credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This award literally buys me time to focus mostly on my theater work,” he said. “Even if you’re lucky to have a play on Broadway, like ‘Chinglish,’ you don’t necessarily earn enough off it to support the years it takes to get there.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hwang said he earned about $66,000 for his work on “Chinglish,” which had a three-month Broadway run last fall, and “Yellow Face,” a 2008 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hwang’s current projects include a possible revival of “M. Butterfly” in London and on Broadway, and “Kung Fu,”<\/strong> an upcoming off-Broadway production inspired by the life of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.<\/p>\n

Off stage, Hwang is penning an screen adaption of “Chinglish,” his comedy about the lost-in-translation business ventures between China and the U.S. The stage version will have its Southern California debut at South Coast Repertory Theater Jan. 25\u2013Feb 24.<\/p>\n

The Steinberg Award is presented biennially to emerging and established playwrights;<\/strong> prior winners include Tony Kushner (“Angels in America”) and Lynn Nottage (“Ruined”).<\/p>\n

via www.latimes.com<\/a><\/em>
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