The beloved musical is loosely based on a Eurasian schoolteacher’s accounts of her time at King Mongkut’s court. These memoirs masked her mixed-race status and unfairly portrayed the monarch as a ...

Seventy-five years ago today, a musical opened on Broadway that almost didn't happen. The composer thought the lead actress couldn't sing. The actor cast as the King was an unexpected choice. And the ...

James VI and I is sometimes overshadowed in historical memory by the royal women who preceded him. As the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots, he became King James VI of Scotland when she was forced to ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1951 musical, based on a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam, ran on Broadway for a record three years, then became a much loved film in 1956, starring ...

What is classic for some feels dated to others. Those who were horrified by Daniel Fish’s starkly stripped back version of OKLAHOMA! should rush to the Dominion Theatre for something much more ...

Let’s address the indelible question posed in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I”: “Shall We Dance?” In a staggeringly sumptuous new production at La Mirada Theatre through ...

A native of the Philippines — he and his family were imprisoned during World War II — he guest-starred on ‘The Brady Bunch’ and, mentored by Gene Kelly, danced on ‘Hullabaloo.’ By Mike Barnes Senior ...