Flower Drum Song
St. James Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: December 1, 1958
Closing Night: May 7, 1960
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Joseph A. Fields
Oscar Hammerstein II
David Henry Hwang
A traditional Chinese bride is brought to San Francisco to marry an assimilating son who exasperates his old-world father by chasing after an Americanized nightclub singer, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of C.Y. Lee’s novel.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
You Are Beautiful………………..Wang Ta, Madam Liang
A Hundred Million Miracles….Mei-Li, Dr. Li, Liu Ma,
Wang Chi Yang,
Madam Liang
I Enjoy Being a Girl…………………Linda Low, Company
I Am Going to Like It Here……………………………Mei-Li
Like a God………………………………………………..Wang Ta
Chop Suey………..Madam Liang, Wang San, Ensemble
Don’t Marry Me………………………Sammy Fong, Mei-Li
Grant Avenue…………………………Linda Low, Ensemble
Love, Look Away…………………………………..Helen Chao
Fan Tan Fannie…………………..Night Club Singer, Girls
Gliding Through My Memoree…..Frankie Wing, Girls
Grant Avenue (Reprise)…………………………….Company
ACT TWO
Ballet……………Wang Ta, Mei-Li, Linda Low, Dancers
Love, Look Away (Reprise)……………………..Helen Chao
The Other Generation……………………Wang Chi Yang,
Madam Liang
Sunday………………………………Linda Low, Sammy Fong
The Other Generation (Reprise)……………..Wang San,
Children
Wedding Parade……………………………Mei-Li, Dancers
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Larry Blyden Sammy Fong
Pat Suzuki Linda Low
Miyoshi Umeki Mei-Li
Juanita Hall Madam Liang
Arabella Hong Helen Chao
Ed Kenney Wang Ta
Keye Luke Wang Chi Yang
Patrick Adiarte Wang San
Jose Ahumada Dancing Ensemble
Fumi Akimoto Dancing Ensemble
Peter Chan Professor Cheng
Paula Chin Dancing Ensemble
Victor Duntiere Dancing Ensemble
Anita Ellis Night Club Singer
Helen Funai Dancing Ensemble
Pat Griffith Dancing Ensemble
Luis Robert Hernandez Child
Mary Huie Dancing Ensemble
Marion Jim Dancing Ensemble
Betty Kawamura Dancing Ensemble
Susan Lynn Kikuchi Child
Baayork Lee Dancing Ensemble
Jon Lee Mr. Huan
Chao Li Dr. Lu Fong
George Li Dancing Ensemble
David Lober Dancing Ensemble
Robert Lorca Dancing Ensemble
Harry Shaw Lowe Mr. Lung
Wonci Lui Dancing Ensemble
George Minami Dancing Ensemble
Jo Anne Miya Dancing Ensemble
Linda Low (In Ballet)
Eileen NaKamura Madam Fong
Denise Quan Dancing Ensemble
Rose Quong Liu Ma
Vicki Racimo Dancing Ensemble
Linda Ribuca Child
Yvonne Ribuca Child
Shawnee Smith Dancing Ensemble
Jack Soo Frankie Wing
Maureen Tiongco Dancing Ensemble
David Toguri Dancing Ensemble
Mabel Wing Dancing Ensemble
Conrad Yama Dr. Li
George Young Headwaiter
Dancing Ensemble
Yuriko Dancing Ensemble
Mei-Li (In Ballet)
Understudies: Cely Carrillo (Mei-Li, Night Club Singer)
REPLACEMENTS
Cely Carrillo Mei-Li
1/1/60 – 5/7/60
Jack Soo Sammy Fong
12/1/59 – 5/7/60
Yoshiko Kuzutani Dancing Ensemble
Carolyn Okada Dancing Ensemble
Denise Quan Linda Low (In Ballet)
Yin Sun Dancing Ensemble
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