 The production was scheduled to open at the Cort Theatre.It was directed by Jerry Zaks, with B. D. Wong, Jane Krakowski, Mark Linn-Baker, Mia Korf, and Gina Torres in the cast.Its critical failure provided the inspiration for David Henry Hwang's Obie Award-winning play "Yellow Face", which premiered in 2007 at the Mark Taper Forum and moved Off-Broadway to the Joseph Papp Public Theater.