Flower Drum Song

E66439

Broadway musical stage musical

Flower Drum Song is a 1958 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that explores the experiences of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Aliases (6)

Flower Drum Song (1958 musical) ×1
Flower Drum Song (1961 film) soundtrack ×1
Flower Drum Song (film) ×1
Flower Drum Song (novel) ×1
Flower Drum Song original Broadway production ×1
The Flower Drum Song ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical → stage musical →
2002RevivalAdaptor	David Henry Hwang →
adaptedAs	Flower Drum Song (film) →
basedOn	The Flower Drum Song →
basedOnAuthor	C. Y. Lee →
basedOnWorkType	novel →
bookWriter	Joseph Fields → Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
broadwayOriginalLanguage	English →
broadwayRevivalYear	2002 →
broadwayRunEnd	1960-05-07 →
broadwayRunStart	1958-12-01 →
choreographer	Carol Haney NERFINISHED →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Gene Kelly →
filmAdaptationStudio	Universal Pictures →
filmAdaptationYear	1961 →
genre	musical theatre → romantic comedy →
language	English →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
notableSong	A Hundred Million Miracles → I Enjoy Being a Girl → Love, Look Away → You Are Beautiful →
numberOfBroadwayPerformances	600 →
orchestrator	Robert Russell Bennett →
originalBroadwayTheatre	St. James Theatre →
originalLeadPerformer	Juanita Hall → Larry Blyden → Miyoshi Umeki → Pat Suzuki →
originalProductionType	all-Asian American cast focus →
partOfCatalogue	Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals →
premiereCity	New York City →
premiereDate	1958-12-01 →
premiereVenue	St. James Theatre →
premiereYear	1958 →
producer	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED → Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
settingCity	San Francisco →
settingLocation	San Francisco Chinatown →
subject	Chinese Americans →
theme	cultural assimilation → generational conflict → immigration →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oscar Hammerstein II → Richard Rodgers → Rodgers and Hammerstein → Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals →	notableWork
Flower Drum Song ("The Flower Drum Song") → Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) ("Flower Drum Song (novel)") →	basedOn
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) ("Flower Drum Song (1958 musical)") →	partOf
Flower Drum Song ("Flower Drum Song (film)") →	adaptedAs
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) ("Flower Drum Song original Broadway production") →	firstPerformanceInWork
Chinese American cinema →	notableFilm
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) ("Flower Drum Song (1961 film) soundtrack") →	usedInAdaptation