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Flower Drum Song
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 17, 2002
Closed Mar 16, 2003
Running Time:
2hr. 35min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

David Henry Hwang has re-written the book for the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, Flower Drum Song. Lea Salonga stars in this new production, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom.

In this newly revised version, Mei-Li (Salonga), the daughter of a Chinese opera master, travels to San Francisco as the dying wish of her father. In
Chinatown, she meets Master Wang, a colleague of her father's, and Wang's American-born son, Ta, at their struggling opera house, which over his father's
objections, Ta transforms into a swinging nightclub, Club Chop Suey. As Mei-Li's own identity is in transition, she witnesses the delicate balancing act in her new community between the older generation's struggle to hold on to
traditional beliefs and the younger generation's desire to assimilate. She also finds herself falling in love.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Virginia Theatre
245 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

From 1925 to 1943, this playhouse was the Theatre Guild's flagship home. Virginia and James Binger, founders of Jujamcyn company (which is named from their children), took over the theater in 1981. The theater was then renamed for the owner's wife. [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

The original, 1958 production of Flower Drum Song was concerned thematically with respect for tradition. Yet, someone watching the new, improved (?) version now on Broadway might wonder what manner of respect for tradition was in the minds of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization administrators when they took the Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II-Joseph Fields show and turned it over to David Henry Hwang for a libretto overhaul.

Since the firm is in business to perpetuate the formidable R&H legacy, they must have had Dick and Oscar's interests at heart. Also, Flower Drum Song, which was a modest success the first time around (600 Broadway performances and a healthy road tour), is hardl[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Oct 18, 2002

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