East West Players will be presenting the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Flower Drum Song” from April 16 to May 31 at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo, featuring both EWP veterans and newcomers.
One of the veterans is Emily Kuroda, who has extensive stage, film and TV credits and is best known for playing Mrs. Kim on the TV series “Gilmore Girls.” In her 47th show with EWP, she will be playing Madame Liang, a talent agent and businesswoman.
The play opened on Broadway in 1958 and a film adaptation was released in 1961. Although the songs have remained the same, Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang wrote a new book for the Broadway revival in 2002 and has written another new book for this year’s production.