Understanding David Henry Hwang / by Boles, William C., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Butterfly : controversy, love, failure, and gold -- A musical Hwang : Flower drum song -- Wrapping up, beginning anew : Yellow face and Chinglish.…”
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Cold War orientalism : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961 / by Klein, Christina, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Sentimental education : creating a global imaginary of integration -- Reader's digest, Saturday review, and the middlebrow aesthetic of commitment -- How to be an American abroad : James Michener's The voice of Asia, and postwar mass tourism -- Family ties as political obligation : Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, and the discourse of adoption -- Musicals and modernization : The king and I -- Asians in America : Flower drum song and Hawaii.…”
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Cold War orientalism : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961 / by Klein, Christina, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Sentimental education : creating a global imaginary of integration -- Reader's digest, Saturday review, and the middlebrow aesthetic of commitment -- How to be an American abroad : James Michener's The voice of Asia, and postwar mass tourism -- Family ties as political obligation : Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, and the discourse of adoption -- Musicals and modernization : The king and I -- Asians in America : Flower drum song and Hawaii.…”
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The melancholy of race / by Cheng, Anne Anlin

Table of Contents: “…Beauty and Ideal Citizenship: Inventing Asian America in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song (1961) -- A Fable of Exquisite Corpses: Maxine Hong Kingston, Assimilation, and the Hypochondriacal Response -- Fantasy's Repulsion and Investment: David Henry Hwang and Ralph Ellison -- History in/against the Fragment: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha -- Difficult Loves: Anna Deavere Smith and the Politics of Grief.…”
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The song is you : musical theatre and the politics of bursting into song and dance / by Rogers, James Bradley, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…-- Bring on the Girls : The Princess Theatre & The (Tired) Businesswoman -- His Innermost Being : Brecht, Musicals, and the Politics of Identification -- The Rhythmic Integration of Blackness : Rouben Mamoulian and Show Boat -- The Exotic and Erotic Economy of Musical Impersonation -- Get Out of That Dress : David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song -- The Through-Sung Musical : From Ballet Ballads to Hamilton -- Conclusion. …”
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The song is you : musical theatre and the politics of bursting into song and dance / by Rogers, James Bradley, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…-- Bring on the Girls : The Princess Theatre & The (Tired) Businesswoman -- His Innermost Being : Brecht, Musicals, and the Politics of Identification -- The Rhythmic Integration of Blackness : Rouben Mamoulian and Show Boat -- The Exotic and Erotic Economy of Musical Impersonation -- Get Out of That Dress : David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song -- The Through-Sung Musical : From Ballet Ballads to Hamilton -- Conclusion. …”
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Fifties ethnicities : the ethnic novel and mass culture at midcentury / by Floreani, Tracy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Cultural narratives and American identities -- The land of plenty : American popular culture and the literary immigrant in C.Y. Lee's The Flower Drum Song and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- What's for sale : consumer fantasy, American women, and narratives of social mobility in Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and The I Love Lucy Show -- The celluloid fantasy : negotiating the ethnic male star image in William Saroyan's Rock Wagram -- Leaving the dark room in a lighter mood : narrating invisibility in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.…”
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More theatre songs for women /

Table of Contents: “…Astonishing ; Days of plenty / lyrics by Mindi Dickstein ; music by Jason Howland -- The girl in 14G / lyrics by Dick Scanlan ; music by Jeanine Tesori [written for Kristen Chenoweth] -- Flower drum song. I enjoy being a girl / lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Richard Rodgers -- Oklahoma! …”

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story /

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Oriental, Black, and White: the formation of racial habits in american theater./ by Lee, Josephine

Table of Contents: “…Oriental, black, and white -- The racial refashioning of "Aladdin" -- The lesser roles of Ira Aldridge -- Blackface minstrelsy's Japanese turns -- The tricky servant in blackface and yellowface -- The Chinese laundry sketch -- "Maybe now and then a Chinaman": African American impersonators and Chinese specialties -- Divas and dancers: oriental femininity and African American performance -- Oriental frolics and racial uplift in the early African American musical -- Pleasure domes and journeys home: "In Dahomey," "Abyssinia," "The Children of the Sun," and "Shuffle Along" -- Fantasy islands: staging the Philippines, 1900-1914 -- Racial puzzles, chop suey, and Juanita Long Hall in "Flower Drum Song.".…”
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The golden songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein : 1943-1959 / by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Table of Contents: “…Do I love you because you're beautiful? --Flower drum song. I enjoy being a girl ; Love, look away ; You are beautiful --The sound of music. …”

Musical theatre classics : soprano.

Table of Contents: “…Love, look away : from Flower drum song. Hello, young lovers : from The King and I. …”

Composers on Broadway. by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Table of Contents: “…Hello, young lovers (4:32) ; Flower drum song. I enjoy being a girl (4:11) ; State Fair. …”
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Rodgers & Hammerstein : the illustrated songbook / by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Table of Contents: “…; There's music in you -- Flower drum song: A hundred million miracles ; Love, look away ; You are beautiful -- The sound of music: My favorite things ; The sound of music ; Climb ev'ry mountain ; Edelweiss.…”

The singer's musical theatre anthology [tenor]: a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type /

Table of Contents: “…Restless heart -- Finian's rainbow: When I'm not near the girl I love -- Flower drum song: You are beautiful -- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum: Love, I hear -- Gypsy: All I need is the girl -- Kismet: Stranger in paradise -- Lost in the stars: The wild justice -- Me and Juliet: The big black giant -- That's the way it happens -- My fair lady: On the street where you live -- Oklahoma!…”

The singer's musical theatre anthology. a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type : the selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpte...

Table of Contents: “…When I'm not near the girl I love -- Flower drum song. You are beautiful -- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. …”

Current standard songs from the 50's - 60's - 70's.

Table of Contents: “…I enjoy being a girl (from Flower drum song) /…”

Long story short/ by Choy, Christine

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The Singer's musical theatre anthology. a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type : the selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpte...

Table of Contents: “…Allegro : Come home / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Babes in arms : Where or when / Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart -- The boys from Syracuse : Falling in love with love / Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart -- Camelot : I loved you once in silence ; The simple joys of maidenhood / Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner -- Carousel : If I loved you ; Mister Snow ; What's the use of wond'rin ; You'll never walk alone / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Celebration : Under the tree / Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones -- Fanny : I have to tell you / Harold Rome -- The Fantasticks : Much more / Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones -- Fiddler on the roof : Far from the home I love / Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick -- Flower drum song : Love, look away / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Follies : One more kiss / Stephen Sondheim -- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum : That'll show him / Stephen Sondheim -- Happy end : Surabaya Johnny / Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht -- The king and I : Hello, young lovers ; My lord and master ; Something wonderful / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Kiss me, Kate : So in love / Cole Porter -- Lady in the dark : My ship / Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin -- Me and Juliet : No other love / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Merrily we roll along : Not a day goes by / Stephen Sondheim -- The most happy fella : Somebody, somewhere / Frank Loesser -- The music man : Goodnight, my someone ; My white knight ; Till there was you / Meredith Willson -- My fair lady : I could have danced all night ; Show me / Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner -- Oklahoma! …”

The Broadway song : a singer's guide / by Clark, Mark Ross, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part one: Soprano/High mezzo -- From The boys from Syracuse: Falling in love with love -- From Brigadoon: Waitin' for my dearie -- From Guys and Dolls: If I were a bell -- From Fanny: I have to tell you -- From The most happy fella: Somebody, somewhere -- From The most happy fella: Warm all over -- From The music man: My white knight -- From Flower drum song: Love, look away -- From Fiorello!: When did I fall in love? …”