Flower Drum Song (Hwang Version) at Palo Alto Players

'To create something new, we must first love what is old,' claims Mei-Li in Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang's new adaptation of this Rodgers and Hammerstein jewel. The sentiment is obviously shared by the author himself, who has created something dazzlingly new while honoring the original material. Mei-Li flees Mao's communist China after the murder of her father and finds herself in San Francisco's Chinatown. This na

Music by Rodgers, Richard; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by David Henry Hwang; Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields & the novel by C.Y. Lee