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Pat Suzuki

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Actor b. 1930 On stage 1958

Pat Suzuki (born Chiyoko Suzuki; September 22, 1930) is an American popular singer and actress, who is best known for her role in the original Broadway production of the musical Flower Drum Song, and her performance of the song "I Enjoy Being a Girl" in the show.

On stage 1 production

1958 Flower Drum Song St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Kelly 600 perf.

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  • Act One: “You Are Beautiful” (Ed Kenney, Juanita Hall); “A Hundred Million Miracles” (Miyoshi Umeki, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Juanita Hall, Rose Quong); “I Enjoy Being a Girl” (Pat Suzuki, Dancers); “I Am Going to Like It Here” (Miyoshi Umeki); “Like a God” (Ed Kenney); “Chop Suey” (Juanita Hall, Patrick Adiarte, Ensemble); “You Be the Roc…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Miyoshi Umeki, Larry Blyden, Pat Suzuki, Juanita Hall, Ed Kenney, Keye Luke, Arabella Hong, Jack Soo, Anita Ellisebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “I’d always wanted to be an opera singer,” Lee said, “but faced with an audition, I suddenly became paranoid. In those days, of course, the chorus dancers danced, singers sang, and actors acted. Triple threats were not a necessity yet. So I had only one song, ‘I Enjoy Being a Girl,’ Pat Suzuki’s number from Flower Drum Song . But it wasn’…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/B004CRTAGM EBOK - Robert Viagas & Baayork Lee & Thommie Walsh.txt
  • On Broadway the show was a career-changer for its two female stars, Miyoshi Umeki as demure Mei Li, and Pat Suzuki as the Chinese-American Linda Low, who has absorbed everything she loves about Uncle Sam. Flower Drum Song established both as Broadway names; Umeki also made it to the film version, but Suzuki was replaced by the more cinema…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Larry Hagman, Dolores Hart, Roger Mollien, France Nuyen, Susan Oliver, Ben Piazza, Paul Roebling, William Shatner, Pat Suzuki, Rip Torn 1959-60: Warren Beatty, Eileen Brennan, Carol Burnett, Patty Duke, Jane Fonda, Anita Gillette, Elisa Loti, Donald Madden,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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