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Interview with Blythe Matsui, September 15, 2003

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Identifier: 2017.032.014

Scope and Contents

A phone interview conducted with Blythe Matsui on September 15, 2003 by David Lewis Hammarstrom. Blythe was a member of the ensemble cast in the 2002 revivial of "Flower Drum Song" written by David Henry Hwang.

In this interview, Blythe discusses researching and auditioning for the role of Linda Low, not getting the part, being offered the job of understudy, and her disappointment about not being selected to go on to the subsequent New York production. She also provides a candid behind the scenes view  into the strained relationship director Robert (“Bobby”) Longbottom had with cast members. This interview is one of a series of 18 interviews that author David Lewis Hammarstrom conducted in 2003 as part of research for his book, Flower Drum Songs: The Story of Two Musicals (2006).

Dates

  • Creation: September 15, 2003

Conditions Governing Use

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, belong to the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). Interview can only be reproduced with permission from the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).

Extent

3.853 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Museum of Chinese in America Repository

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