Flower Drum Song

Musical - Revival

Virginia Theatre

  • First Preview: September 23, 2002
  • Opening Date: October 17, 2002
  • Closing Date: March 16, 2003
  • Previews: 25
  • Performances: 169

Music: Richard Rodgers

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

Book: Oscar Hammerstein II, Joseph A. Fields

 
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Synopsis

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.

 

Opening Night Cast

Lea Salonga in Flower Drum Song Lea Salonga Mei-Li
Randall Duk Kim in Flower Drum Song Randall Duk Kim Wang
Jose Llana in Flower Drum Song Jose Llana Ta
Jodi Long in Flower Drum Song Jodi Long Madam Liang
Sandra Allen in Flower Drum Song Sandra Allen Linda Low
Alvin Y. F. Ing in Flower Drum Song Alvin Y. F. Ing Chin
Allen Liu in Flower Drum Song Allen Liu Harvard
Hoon Lee in Flower Drum Song Hoon Lee Chao
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Opening Night Production Credits

David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang Book
Richard Rodgers Richard Rodgers Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Hammerstein II Lyrics
Robert Longbottom Robert Longbottom Director
Robert Longbottom Robert Longbottom Choreographer
Robin Wagner Robin Wagner Scenic Design
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Inside the Playbill (14)

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Galleries (1)

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Shows That Opened That Season: 2002 - 2003

 
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Awards


Outer Critics Circle

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2003 Outstanding Choreography Robert Longbottom Nominee
2003 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Randall Duk Kim Winner

Tony Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2003 Book of a Musical David Henry Hwang Nominee
2003 Choreography Robert Longbottom Nominee
2003 Costume Design (Play or Musical) Gregg Barnes Nominee

Grosses

Week Ending Week # This Week Gross
Potential Gross		 Diff $ Avg Ticket
Top Ticket		 Seats Sold
Seats in Theatre		 Perfs
(Prev)		 % Cap
This Week 		Diff %
Cap
Mar. 16, 2003 42 $425,935
$837,440		 $310,535 $53.92
$240.00		 7900
1214		 8
0		 81.34% 23.91%
Mar. 9, 2003 41 $115,400
-		 -$172,993 $41.38
$240.00		 2789
1214		 4
0		 57.43% 0.83%
Mar. 2, 2003 40 $288,393
$837,440		 $12,219 $52.46
$240.00		 5497
1214		 8
0		 56.60% 4.46%
Feb. 23, 2003 39 $276,174
$837,440		 - $54.54
$240.00		 5064
1214		 8
0		 52.14% -
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Totals
Last 4 Weeks
   $1,105,902
$2,512,320		   $50.58 21250
33992		 28
0		 62.51 %  
Cumulative
   $11,264,444
$19,861,826		   $63.80
$240.00		 173290
235516		 169
25		 73.58 %  
 
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