Flower Drum Song

Lea Salonga (center with bag) and company members of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum. Photo by Craig Schwartz

(revival)
Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by David Henry Hwang

This “revisical" of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic featured a completely new book by Hwang, while retaining the much beloved score. This updated version attempted to remain more true to the spirit of the novel by C.Y. Lee on which the show was based.

When it premiered at the Mark Taper forum in Los Angeles in 2001, it became the first show at the Taper to extend its scheduled run. The show then moved to Broadway, and in 2002 it was nominated for three Tony awards, including Best Book for a Musical.

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(l to r) Sandra Allen, Jose Llana, Tzi Ma, Allen Lui, and Jodi Long. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Jodi Long and and Tzi Ma, Eric Chan (background). Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Jose Llana and Tzi Ma. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Lea Salong and Jose Llana. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Lea Salonga and Jose Llana. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Lea Salonga and Sandra Allen. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001

Lea Salonga. Photo by Craig Schwartz for the Mark Taper Forum, 2001