Wellington "Welly" Yang (Chinese: 楊呈偉; pinyin: Yáng Chéngwěi, born February 13, 1973) is a Taiwanese-American producer, actor, singer, and writer.
His father was a resident physician in UW Health University Hospital in 1967, and afterward President of "North American Taiwanese Medical Association in New York" in 1986.
That same year, Yang was cast by the American opera director Peter Sellars' to play one of the leading roles in John Adams (composer) world premiere of I Was Looking At the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky.
The production was lauded for its universal appeal and The New York Times added that "it's Mr. Yang as the cocky, athletic Whizzer who delivers the most smashing performance.
His angry anthem You Gotta Die Sometime is equal parts fire and frustration and further confirmation that Mr. Finn's ethnically specific work can in fact be a moving,[5] multicultural experience.
"[6] Yang has also appeared in numerous television shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, As the World Turns, National Geographic Explorer and Ghostwriter.
In 2001, Yang also co-hosted the talk show Studio Y on MSG Metro Channels, where he interviewed celebrities that included Tina Fey, Ed McMahon, Leslie Bibb, and many others.
Stars and performances included Chow Fun-Fat, Steven Segal, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Dae Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Russell Peters, Cirque du Soleil's Ka, Mike Shinoda, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bobby Lee, Tia Carrere, Kelly Hu, Margaret Cho, Rob Schneider, and B.D.
[17] In the summer of 2023, they mounted a concert version of the revised musical with a local Taiwan ensemble and orchestra, and reuniting the original three principal performers: Yang, Dina Morishita, and Tyley Ross.