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- Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour. It was adapted for a 1961 musical film.
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Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour. It was adapted for a 1961 musical film.
- Chin Yang Lee
- 1957
Flower Drum Song: Directed by Henry Koster. With Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo. A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Henry Koster
- 1962-03-28
Flower Drum Song is a 1961 American musical film directed by Henry Koster, adapted from the 1958 Broadway musical Flower Drum Song, written by the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, in turn based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author Chin Yang Lee.
FLOWER DRUM SONG CONDENSED SYNOPSIS. At the Golden Pearl Theater in San Francisco, Wang Chi-Yang presents traditional Chinese opera, often with his son Ta playing the female roles. Ta prefers more contemporary Western fare, particularly when it stars provocative nightclub sensation Linda Low.
Flower Drum Song (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
On November 9, 1961, the musical event of the season took place at New York’s historic Radio City Musical Hall: the highly anticipated big-screen premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song starring Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta.
The original Broadway production of "Flower Drum Song" opened at the Saint James Theater on December 1, 1958, ran for 600 performances and was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical.
