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- Gertrude Lawrence. Legendary British actress Gertrude Lawrence – friend, castmate, and mischievous muse to the eternally witty Noël Coward – won a Tony Award as Anna Leonowens in the original 1951 Broadway production of The King and I, starring Yul Brynner as the King.
- Angela Lansbury. Angela Lansbury lived-lived-LIVED in Mame, baked the worst pies in London in Sweeney Todd, and solved all crimes great and small in TV’s Murder She Wrote.
- Barbara Cook. Whether she was dreaming of a white knight in The Music Man or swooning over vanilla ice cream in She Loves Me, Broadway darling Barbara Cook knew how to enchant audiences.
- Donna Murphy. Broadway superstar Donna Murphy won her second Tony Award as Anna in the 1996 revival of The King and I, starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Angela Lansbury
- Barbara Cook
- Donna Murphy
- Kelli O’Hara
- Marin Mazzie
- Rachel York
Legendary British actress Gertrude Lawrence — friend, cast-mate and mischievous muse to the eternally witty Noël Coward — won a Tony Award as Anna Leonowens in the original 1951 Broadway production of “The King and I,” starring Yul Brynner as the King. It was the first time Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote a musical for a star. While they were concern...
Angela Lansbury lived-lived-LIVED in “Mame,” baked the worst pies in London in “Sweeney Todd” and solved all crimes great and small in TV’s “Murder, She Wrote.” But did you know this legendary star of stage and screen played Anna Leonowens in the 1977 Broadway revival of “The King and I,” starring opposite Yul Brynner? She took over the role for a ...
Whether she was dreaming of a white knight in “The Music Man” or swooning over vanilla ice cream in “She Loves Me,” Broadway darling Barbara Cook knew how to enchant audiences. In 1960, the beloved soprano played Anna Leonowens in an acclaimed New York City Center revival of “The King and I,” starring Farley Granger as the King. New York Times crit...
Broadway superstar Donna Murphy won her second Tony Award as Anna in the 1996 revival of “The King and I,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips. The celebrated actress, who recently wowed audiences as matchmaker extraordinaire Dolly Levi in the Tony-winning revival of “Hello, Dolly!,” was initially on the fence when offered the role, but she had a change ...
Kelli O’Hara won a Tony Award for her “ravishing” (Variety) portrayal of Anna Leonowens in Lincoln Center Theater’s 2015 revival of “The King and I,” starring Ken Watanabe. The “sumptuous” (The New York Times) production reunited her with director Bartlett Sher (“South Pacific,” “The Light in the Piazza”), and its 2018 London transfer marked her We...
When Kelli O’Hara left the Lincoln Center Theater production of “The King and I” in 2016, three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie — who lit up the Broadway stage in such roles as Clara in “Passion,” Mother in “Ragtime,” Lilli Vanessi in “Kiss Me, Kate” and Helen “Don’t speak!” Sinclair in “Bullets Over Broadway” — stepped in as Anna Leonowens for the ...
Throughout her career, Tony-winner Rachel York has put her colorful stamp on larger-than-life characters such as diva Dorothy Brock in “42ndStreet,” fur-obsessed villainess Cruella de Vil in “The 101 Dalmatians Musical” and ditsy-yet-determined showgirl Norma Cassidy in “Victor/Victoria,” to name an impressive few. For many years, she wanted to pla...
King Mongkut : Yes. Anna Leonowens : [ascending a staircase, arriving late for dinner, a little out of breath] Forgive me, Your Majesty. l believe the sun set a little earlier today. King Mongkut : [amused] Mem. You arrange all this to influence positive future of Siam. And now you steal attention away from it.
Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/03/23 Full Review Mike P Epic musical about the love/hate relationship between Anna Leonowens; who was the hired teacher and consul for King Mongkut ...
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Jul 24, 2020 · Twentieth Century Popularity. "Anna and the King," the 1999 version of the story of Anna Leonowens' six years at the Court of Siam, is, like the 1956 movie musical and stage musical, both titled "The King and I," based on a 1944 novel, "Anna and the King of Siam." Jodie Foster stars in this version of Anna Leonowens.
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Stills from the 1951 Original Broadway Production. As a sign of its serious intent, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I concludes with a deathbed scene and a change in dynasties, as the eponymous king bequeaths a new regime to his heir. The off-stage history of The King and I also had a deathbed scene, and in this case, one leading actor ...
The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon 's novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical's plot relates the experiences of Anna, a British ...
