Fifteen years ago, we watched David Henry Hwang’s heavily revised “Flower Drum Song” at the Mark Taper Forum starring Lea Salonga as Mei-Li.
The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about the Asian experience in America is now coming back to Los Angeles, this time at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s iconic Aratani Theatre (April 16-May 31) with opening night scheduled on April 23.
As the grand finale of East West Players (EWP)’s 60th Anniversary Diamond Legacy season, artistic director Lily Tung Crystal will helm the highly anticipated world premiere of the Tony-winning David Henry Hwang’s refreshed 2026 book for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Flower Drum Song.”