Flower Drum Song
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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 1
C.Y. Lee
Oscar Hammerstein II
"Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.", c. 1960s.
Miyoshi Umeki played Mei Li
Flower Drum Song (film)
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Flower Drum Song is a 1961 American musical film directed by Henry Koster, adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song, premiered on Broadway in 1958, which in turn was based on
Flower Drum Song
…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. After their extraordinary early successes, beginning with Oklahoma! in 1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written two musicals in the…
Theatrical release poster
Sammy Fong (Jack Soo) and Linda Low (Nancy Kwan) in Flower Drum Song
Grant Avenue, Chinatown's "western street with eastern manners" (1945)
Nancy Kwan on set.