The Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I will have a limited run at the London Palladium from June to September this year.
It will star the original Broadway leads with Kelli O’Hara reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Anna and Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam. They will be joined by Ruthie Ann Miles, reprising her Tony award winning Lady Thiang, Dean John-Wilson (Here Lies Love at the National Theatre and original London Aladdin) is to play Lun Tha, the young envoy in love with the King’s slave Tuptim (to be played by Na-Young Jeon), Japanese television and film star Takao Osawa will play Kralahome, trusted adviser to the king. They will be joined by Jon Chew (Angels in America) in the role of Prince Chulalongkorn, Edward Baker-Duly (Wizard Of Oz, South Pacific) in dual roles as Sir Edward Ramsay and Captain Orton alongside Annalene Beechey (Into The Woods).
The full ensemble cast of singers, actors and dancers will feature Kamm Kunaree, Jacqui Sanchez, Miiya Alexandra, Ena Yamaguchi, Ela Lisondra, Aiko Kato, Lily Wang, Yuki Abe, Saori Oda, Misa Koide, William Mychael Lee, Alistair So, Arthur Lee, Jorge Sprangers, Jonathan Caguioa, Cletus Chan, Jesse Milligan, Nick Len, Steven Hardcastle, Nicholas Li, Rachel Jayne-Picar and Jasmine Leung.
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