The Lincoln Center production of The King and I, seen this year at the London Palladium, is to be streamed to cinemas on 29 November 2018. If you missed it in the theatre, catch it while you can, as it’s arguably the best production the show has ever had. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ […]
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Watch the new trailer for the The King and I screening in November
A new trailer has been released to promote the special one night only screening of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I filmed during its acclaimed transfer run at the London Palladium. Featuring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna), Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King), Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann Miles (Lady Thiang), leading Japanese TV […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When director Bartlett Sher revived Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at New York’s Lincoln Center, the show scooped four Tony Awards in the 2015 ceremony. Until now, the London transfer has […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The King and I has had a makeover. In its two previous incarnations at this same theatre (1979 and 2000) it has been shackled to a degree by the copyright held by its creator Jerome Robbins […]
Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa joins West End’s The King and I
Leading Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa will make his West End stage debut in the eagerly awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. Taking on the role of the King of Siam’s trusted adviser Kralahome, the multi award-winning star of the hit TV series Jin, described […]
Dean John-Wilson and Na-Young Jeon join Palladium’s The King and I
Aladdin star Dean John-Wilson and Miss Saigon’s Na-Young Jeon will play the doomed lovers Lun Tha and Tuptin in the eagerly-awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. They will join Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) , Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) and Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann […]
The King and I – Ruthie Ann Miles reprises Broadway role of of Lady Thiang as season extended
Ruthie Ann Miles will reprise her Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed Broadway role of Lady Thiang in the West End production of The King and I, which opens at the London Palladium on 21 June (press night is 3 July). She will join fellow Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) and Tony and Oscar nominee […]
Tony-winning The King and I heads to London Palladium in 2018 – Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe reprise lead roles
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I will transfer from Broadway to London next summer following a critically acclaimed 16-month run at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater and a record-breaking sold out USA tour. Opening at the London Palladium in June 2018, the show will star the two original […]
The King and I – Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York
The King and I continues at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York until 5 July. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Spectacle and charm are served up in generous and equal amounts in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1951 classic The King and I. The spectacle is evident from […]
