Fascinated by her new surroundings and smitten by Ta, Mei Li eagerly embraces her new life in San Francisco.
A Hundred Million Miracles
This simple song, which Mei Li learned from her father, becomes the young woman’s theme as she journeys from China to San Francisco.
Overture
The commanding and sweeping Flower Drum Song introduces themes and melodies from such memorable numbers as “A Hundred Million Miracles,” “Love, Look Away,” “I Am Going To Like it Here” and more.
1958 Original Broadway Production
Recorded at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio a week after the show’s opening night at the St. James Theatre, this original cast recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song features beloved tunes like “I Enjoy Being A Girl,” “Sunday,” “Love, Look Away” and more. Under the musical direction of longtime R&H collaborator Salvatore Dell’Isola, the album features Broadway cast members … Read More
2002 Broadway Revival
In 2001, Flower Drum Song was the first show ever to extend its scheduled run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The following year, the production made its way to the Broadway stage at the Virginia Theatre (now August Wilson Theatre), opening on October 17, 2002, featuring a revised book by widely acclaimed, Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry … Read More
1961 Motion Picture
On November 9, 1961, the musical event of the season took place at New York’s historic Radio City Musical Hall: the highly anticipated big-screen premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song starring Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta. A week later, a three-day festival in the film’s honor was held in San Francisco’s Chinatown. At the festival, San Francisco Mayor … Read More
1960 West End Premiere
With its original Broadway run underway at the St. James, Flower Drum Song made its London debut at the illustrious Palace Theatre on the West End on March 24, 1960 where the show would go on to run 464 performances. This was the first time Rodgers & Hammerstein ever opened a show at the Palace Theatre together, having made the … Read More
1958 Original Broadway Production
In the summer of 1957, Oscar Hammerstein II found delight in a new novel suggested to him by longtime family friend Joseph Fields. The Flower Drum Song by Chinese American writer C.Y. Lee had been released earlier that year. Newly inspired after wrapping the filming of the motion picture adaptation of South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein quickly got to work … Read More
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