Lea Salonga rehearses in new musical version of "Flower Drum Song"
NYP2002090441 - NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Tony Award winning actress Lea Salonga (white blouse) rehearses a scene from the new version of the 1958 musical "Flower Drum Song" at a Sept. 4, 2002, press conference. The show's new politically correct book is by David Henry Hwang based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein ll. rlw/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
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