There are at least three versions of the musical “Flower Drum Song” in the world, and the main thing they have in common are the songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical was ...
“Flower Drum Song” is generally regarded as one of musical-theater masters Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lesser efforts. And the 1958 original is seen by many as hopelessly outdated, corny at best and ...
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Lea Salonga, the original “Miss Saigon” in London and New York, has had less luck with “Flower Drum Song,” a revival of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that brought her back to Broadway in ...
About the Album: Reissue of 1958 original Broadway cast recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein score. Barnes & Noble exclusive. Larry "Overture," "You Are Beautiful," "A Hundred Million Miracles," "I ...
2002-10-22 04:00:00 PDT New York-- It's silly, but when the silhouette of the Chinatown gate looms with Coit Tower in the background -- thank you, magical stage geographers -- a San Franciscan feels a ...
"A hundred million miracles are happening every day." Only composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein could express that sentiment -- the signature theme of Flower Drum Song-- so ...
Stars in the House, the daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley, celebrates the 2002 Tony-nominated ...
FILE - This Sept. 28, 2002 file photo shows author C.Y. Lee in New York. Lee, 102, the author of the best-selling “The Flower Drum Song” died on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. The family decided at the time ...
NEW YORK — C.Y. Lee, whose novel "The Flower Drum Song" became a best seller and the basis for a popular stage musical and Oscar-nominated film despite mixed critical reactions and concerns about ...
Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at a new makeover for a classic Broadway musical. "Flower Drum Song" began life as a novel, became a musical and a film, and is now back here on Broadway in a ...
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Flower Drum Song (Decca DL79098). 33-1/3 rpm. This recording is from the Universal-International 1961 musical film Flower Drum Song, directed by Henry Koster and ...