About Flower Drum Song

In the new Flower Drum Song, Mei Li (Lea Salonga), the daughter of a Chinese opera master, travels to San Francisco as the dying wish of her father. In Chinatown, she meets Master Wang, a former student of her father's, and Wang's American-born son, Ta, at their struggling opera house, which over his father's objections, Ta transforms into a swing nightclub, Club Chop Suey. As Mei Lei's own identity is in transition, she witnesses the delicate balancing act in her new community between the older generation's struggle to hold on to traditional beliefs and the younger generation's desire to assimilate. She also finds herself falling in love.

Articles / Reviews / Links

• Official Flower Drum Song Site
• Calendar Live Review - A Different Drummer
• Flower Drum Song Then and Now - NYtheatre.com
• Suite101.com - Broadway's New Flower Drum Song
• Theatre Communications Group - A Drum With a Difference
• Curtain Up Review
• NAATA Review
• Asian American Theatre Review
• Talkin Broadway Review
• Zeal.com Review

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