The King and I, 2015

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Who was in it69 named

Kelli O Hara
Edward Baker Duly
Jon Viktor Corpuz
Murphy Guyer
Jake Lucas
Paul Nakauchi
Marc Oka
Adriana Braganza
Amaya Braganza
Lamae Caparas
Hsin Ping Chang
Andrew Cheng
Lynn Masako Cheng
Olivia Chun
Paul Heesang Miller
Ethan Halford Holder
Cole Horibe
Maryann Hu
James Ignacio
Misa Iwama
Christie Kim
Sumie Maeda
Rommel Pierre O Choa
Kristen Faith Oei
Autumn Ogawa
Diane Phelan
William Poon
Bennyroyce Royon
Lainie Sakakura
Ann Sanders
Ian Saraceni
Atsuhisa Shinomiya
Michiko Takemasa
Kei Tsuruharatani
Christopher Vo
Rocco Wu
Xiaochuan Xie
Timothy Yang
Alan Ariano
Korey Buecheler
Avery Oliver Espiritu
Bonale Fambrini
Aidan Fong
Lydia Gaston
Jim Kaplan
Mindy Lai
Hoon Lee
Kasey Youme Lee
Q Lim
Nobutaka Mochimaru
Koh Mochizuki
Arisa Odaka
Emilio Ramos
Kitana Rojanatavorn
Julius Sermonia
Alicia Shumway
Rocco Sisto
Nicky Torchia
Erica Wong

Creative team

Director

Bartlett Sher

Choreographer

Christopher Gattelli

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

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Around this production

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 schoolteacher who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the piece, as well as by a love to which neither can admit. The musical premiered on March 29, 1951, at Broadway's St. James Theatre. It ran for nearly three years, making it the fourth-longest-ru…