Welly
Yang is the Founder and Producing/Artistic Director
of Second Generation. He conceived and co-wrote
both of 2g’s originally commissioned musicals -- Making
Tracks and the new musical The Wedding
Banquet and is the creative force behind the Concert
of Excellence.
As an actor/singer, he has received international acclaim in
over fourteen countries, including lead roles in Miss
Saigon (Broadway), Peter Sellars/John Adams’
Ceiling/Sky (Lincoln Center, Berkeley,
Edinburgh, Paris, Hamburg), the title role of Cole
Porter's Aladdin (Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok),
Making Tracks (Taiwan, New York),
The Wedding Banquet: The Musical
(Taiwan, Singapore, Seattle) and Falsettoland
(New York). Television credits include: host of MetroChannel’s
Studio Y, 2000 Obie Awards
and appearances on PBS’s Ghostwriter,
NBC’s Law and Order:SVU, and
numerous television commercials. Film credits include: The
Cut Runs Deep, Popcorn Shrimp
(directed by Christopher Walken, with Ralph Macchio).
Welly has recorded with Nonesuch Records and
Sony Music Taiwan, and been a guest soloist
of the New York Philharmonic. He performs regularly
as a soloist in Taiwan -- his parents’ homeland-- including
performances with the National Symphony and Taipei City Symphony
Orchestra in Taiwanese, Mandarin, and English. Welly is a frequent
speaker at colleges throughout the U.S. and is a graduate of
Columbia University with honors in political science.
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