
Flower Drum Song: A Musical Revival in Concert, based on the legendary Broadway musical (1958), popular movie (1961) and modern revival (2002), opens at La Jolla Playhouse today, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. The San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater (SDAART) production follows Mei-Li, who flees Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China and immigrates to San Francisco in the 1950s. She struggles to balance tradition and assimilation while looking for love. The play will show at the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, until June 12, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 2:30 p.m. More information is available at www.asian- americanrep.org or by calling (619) 940-5891.








