LOS ANGELES – “Flower Drum Song,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s golden age musical with an updated book by David Henry Hwang and presented by East West Players (EWP), blooms and sings. Freshened up by ...

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Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at a new makeover for a classic Broadway musical. "Flower Drum Song" began life as a novel, became a musical and a film, and is now back here on Broadway in a ...

2002-12-31 04:00:00 PDT New York-- In the 1961 film musical "Flower Drum Song," the Chinese picture bride Mei Li and her father get their first dazzling glimpse of San Francisco from the portal of a ...

Three cast members of “Flower Drum Song” were born in Hawaii: Harriet Yamasaki, James Shigeta and Ed Kenney Jr. Kauai-born and raised singer and actress Harriet Yamasaki (b.1933), whose stage name was ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s groundbreaking musical Flower Drum Song premiered on Broadway on December 1, 1958, and was based on the 1957 novel by Chin Yang Lee. It was hailed for its vibrant portrayal ...

“Flower Drum Song” is generally regarded as one of musical-theater masters Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lesser efforts. And the 1958 original is seen by many as hopelessly outdated, corny at best and ...