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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 ...
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Richard Rodgers
Mar 29, 2013 · March 29, 2013. Gertrude Lawrence portrayed Anna Leonowens, and Yul Brynner starred as the King of Siam in what would become a career-defining role. Five-year-old Baayork Lee made her Broadway ...
Apr 17, 2015 · By Ben Brantley. April 16, 2015. A big, scrupulously detailed 19th-century ship glides toward the audience in the opening moments of Bartlett Sher’s resplendent production of Rodgers and ...
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Opening May 2, 1977, the first Broadway revival of The King and I featured Yul Brynner reviving his Tony and Academy Award-winning portrayal of the King. Director Yuriko, a member of the original Broadway company, replicated Jerome Robbins’ original choreography. Arriving on Broadway following a tour of the Northeast, the production played ...
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2015 Broadway Revival. On April 16, 2015, The King and I made a triumphant return to Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre in a Bartlett Sher production hailed as “resplendent” by The New York Times. Starring Kelli O’Hara, who won a Tony for her portrayal of Anna Leonowens, and Ken Watanabe in his American stage ...
Aug 11, 2023 · When did The Lion King open on Broadway? The Lion King began previews at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 15, 1997 and offically opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997. It moved to the ...
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I is part of Great Performances’ third annual “Broadway’s Best” lineup of acclaimed theatrical productions, premiering Fridays, November 1-29 at 9 p ...
