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.

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Label Occurrences
Flower Drum Song canonical 20
Flower Drum Song (film) 4
Flower Drum Song (stage musical) 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
2002RevivalAdaptor David Henry Hwang ⓘ
adaptedAs Flower Drum Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Flower Drum Song (film)
basedOn Flower Drum Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Flower Drum Song
basedOnAuthor C. Y. Lee ⓘ
basedOnWorkType novel ⓘ
bookWriter Joseph Fields ⓘ
Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
broadwayOriginalLanguage English ⓘ
broadwayRevivalYear 2002 ⓘ
broadwayRunEnd 1960-05-07 ⓘ
broadwayRunStart 1958-12-01 ⓘ
choreographer Carol Haney ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Gene Kelly ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio Universal Pictures ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1961 ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Richard Rodgers ⓘ
settingCity San Francisco ⓘ
settingLocation San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
subject Chinese Americans ⓘ
theme cultural assimilation ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
immigration ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Oscar Hammerstein II → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Rodgers and Hammerstein → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Flower Drum Song → basedOn → Flower Drum Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song → adaptedAs → Flower Drum Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (film)
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → partOf → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → partOf → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (1958 musical)
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → basedOn → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (novel)
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → firstPerformanceInWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song original Broadway production
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical) → usedInAdaptation → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (1961 film) soundtrack
Chinese American cinema → notableFilm → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
David Henry Hwang → wroteLibrettoFor → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (revised Broadway version)
Victor Sen Yung → appearedIn → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (film)
Lea Salonga → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Hermann Kosterlitz → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (film)
Benson Fong → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (film)
C. Y. Lee → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Flower Drum Song
C. Y. Lee → workAdaptedInto → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (stage musical)
C. Y. Lee → workAdaptedInto → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (1961 film)
Miyoshi Umeki → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Miyoshi Umeki → performedIn → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway musical Flower Drum Song
Pat Suzuki → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Pat Suzuki → broadwayDebut → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
I Enjoy Being a Girl → partOfWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
I Enjoy Being a Girl → musical → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
I Enjoy Being a Girl → firstPerformanceInWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
I Enjoy Being a Girl → basedOnWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (stage musical)
A Hundred Million Miracles → musicalWorkFrom → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
A Hundred Million Miracles → firstAppearanceInMedium → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (stage musical)
A Hundred Million Miracles → partOf → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (score)
A Hundred Million Miracles → usedIn → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (Broadway production)
A Hundred Million Miracles → usedIn → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (film adaptation)
You Are Beautiful → partOfMusical → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
You Are Beautiful → fromAct → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (stage musical)
Love, Look Away → partOfMusical → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Love, Look Away → fromWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Joseph Fields → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Rodgers and Hammerstein revival cast recordings → includesMusicFrom → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
Gregg Barnes → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway revival)
Nancy Kwan → notableWork → Flower Drum Song ⓘ