Flower Drum Song

Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco Chinatown, Hwang’s 2026 revision of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song explores themes of immigration, assimilation, tradition, and community with renewed urgency and heart. The story follows Mei-Li, a young Chinese opera performer fleeing communism, as she arrives in America and is drawn into the vibrant world of the Grant Avenue nightclubs.