Flower Drum Song Musical Cast

The actors in the movie looked just like me.

Flower drum song musical cast. Flower drum song was the first movie musical with an all asian cast. Set in the late 1950s rodgers and hammerstein s flower drum song centers on naive immigrant mei li who arrives in san francisco s chinatown after fleeing communist china. Flower drum song is a 1961 american musical movie directed by henry koster.

The original broadway cast of flower drum song 1958 performing a hundred million miracles you are beautiful i enjoy being a girl love look away a. The broadway musical was in turn based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the chinese american author chin yang lee. It was adapted for a 1961 musical film.

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. Its cast album was a gold selling number one. Cast in credits order complete awaiting verification.

Lee it premiered on broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the west end and on tour. The young refugee is befriended by wang who is struggling to keep the chinese opera theatrical tradition alive despite his son s determination to turn the family theatre into a rowdy nightclub. 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.

Maybe that s why flower drum song resonated so well with the chinese community there was a real connection there even to this day. Today people s awareness has evolved. It was a moderate success.

The movie has been adapted from the 1958 broadway musical flower drum song that was written by the music composer richard rodgers. In 1943 richard rodgers and. It was nominated for five academy awards and two golden globe awards including best.