Flower Drum Song (Hwang Version)

October 1, 2011 at 8pm

October 2, 2011 at 2pm

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FLOWER DRUM SONG

Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Book by DAVID HENRY HWANG

Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields

Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee

Orchestrations by Don Sebesky

Musical Adaptation by David Chase

Originally Directed and Choreographed by Robert Longbottom

Produced on Broadway by Benjamin Mordecai, Michael A. Jenkins, Waxman Williams Entertainment, Center Theatre

Group/Mark Taper Forum/Gordon Davidson/Charles Dillingham, with Robert G. Bartner, Dragotta/Gill/Roberts, Kelpie

Arts/Dramatic Forces, and by arrangement with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.

Show Synopsis:

"To create something new, we must first love what is old," claims Mei-Li in Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang's

new adaptation of this Rodgers and Hammerstein jewel. The sentiment is obviously shared by the author himself, who

has created something dazzlingly new while honoring the original material. Mei-Li flees Mao's communist China after the

murder of her father and finds herself in San Francisco's Chinatown. This naïve young refugee is befriended by Wang,

who is struggling to keep the Chinese opera tradition alive despite his son's determination to turn the old opera house

into a swingin' Western-style nightclub. A unique blending of American razz-ma-tazz and stylized Chinese opera

traditions creates a beautifully theatrical tapestry. The wonderful score, by turns lushly romantic and showbiz-brassy,

retains all of its luster in this lovely new version of an American classic. Mei-Li's gradual assimilation is informed by her

realization that the old and new can coexist when there is respect for both. It is in that spirit that R&H Theatricals makes

available both the original and new versions of FLOWER DRUM SONG.

Produced by                              Directed by                                Music Direction by                     Choreography by

Bobby Hundley                          Ray A Rochelle                          Richard Allen                            Rikki Lugo

FLOWER DRUM SONG is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.

Photos by Terry Miller