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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.
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: 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.
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.
Flower Drum Song Synopsis. 2002 Broadway Revival Version. Stills from the 1958 Original Broadway Production. ACT ONE. In a Prologue, Mei-Li begins a flower drum song she has learned from her father (“A Hundred Million Miracles”), which becomes the theme as she begins her own journey to the West.
In this adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Chinese immigrant Mei Li is betrothed to nightclub boss Sammy Fong, but he wants to ...
Sep 18, 2016 · Flower Drum Song - I Enjoy Being a Girl! 1.4K Likes. 106,642 Views. 2016 Sep 18. The fabulous Nancy Kwan in this great classic!
Oct 21, 2021 · Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupMain Title - Overture "Flower Drum Song" · Rodgers & HammersteinFlower Drum Song℗ 1961 Rodgers & Hammerstein Hold...
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The Flower Drum Song is a novel by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee, first published in 1957. The novel tells the story of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, and was a bestseller in its time. It is the basis of 1958 musical Flower Drum Song, and later a movie of the same title was released in 1961, starring Nancy Kwan and James ...
