The King and I wins 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Kelli O’Hara (Best Leading Actress in a Musical), Ruthie Ann Miles (Best Featured Actress in a Musical) and Catherine Zuber (Best Costume Design)

Jason Alexander and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara at the 2015 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2015 in New York City. Photo courtesy of The Tony Awards/Facebook

Sutton Foster, Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Miles, and Corey Stoll at the 2015 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2015 in New York City. Photo courtesy of The Tony Awards/Facebook

The Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I won 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Kelli O’Hara (Best Leading Actress in a Musical), Ruthie Ann Miles (Best Featured Actress in a Musical) and Best Costume Design for Catherine Zuber.

The King and I’s Ruthie Ann Miles Wins Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Photos: 2015 Tony Award Winners and Performances

The 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of THE KING AND I starring six-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, SOUTH PACIFIC) as Anna Leonowens and Tony Award nominee (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical) and Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe on the Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics label, is now available on iTunes, and will be in stores on June 9. Check out broadway.com’s exclusive Behind-the-scenes video of the cast recording here.

O’Hara, Miles, Watanabe and the cast of THE KING AND I performed a medley of Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites like “Getting to Know You,” “Shall We Dance?” and “Something Wonderful.”

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 07: Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe perform with the cast of the King and I onstage at the 2015 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Here Lies Love stars Ruthie Ann Miles and Conrad Ricamora are featured as Lady Thiang and Lun Tha, respectively. The principal cast also includes Ashley Park (Mamma Mia!) as Tuptim, Edward Baker-Duly (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Sir Edward Ramsey, Jon Viktor Corpuz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Prince Chulalongkorn, Murphy Guyer (South Pacific) as Captain Orton, Jake Lucas (Newsies) as Louis, Paul Nakauchi (Chu Chem) as Kralahome and Marc Oka (Anything Goes) as Phra Alack. The production, helmed by Bartlett Sher, began preview performances Thursday, March 12, 2015, and opened on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Ken Watanabe, Paul Nakauchi, Ashley Park and company. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Ashley Park and Conrad Ricamora. Photo by Paul Kolnik

In addition to nods for Watanabe, O’Hara and Miles, the critically acclaimed musical received a total of nine Tony Award Nominations including Best Revival of a Musical, Bartlett Sher (Best Direction of a Musical), Michael Yeargan (Best Scenic Design of a Musical), Catherine Zuber (Best Costume Design of a Musical), Donald Holder (Best Lighting Design of a Musical), Christopher Gattelli (Best Choreography).

The King and I garnered three 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award including Best Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for Ruthie Ann Miles,  and Best Costume Design for Catherine Zuber; the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Revival of a Musical, and the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical. It has been nominated for two 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, including Best Female Dancer (XiaoChuan Xie) and Best Choreographer (Christopher Gattelli).

Ruthie Ann Miles and Kelli O’Hara. Photo by Paul Kolnik

One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score which features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance,” “I Have Dreamed,” and “Something Wonderful”. Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher, whom the imperious King brings to Siam to tutor his many wives and children.

Cole Horibe and XIAOCHUAN XIE. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Jon Viktor Corpuz. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Featured in the ensemble of the 51-member cast are Aaron Albano, Adriana Braganza, Amaya Braganza, Billy Bustamante, LaMae Caparas, Hsin-Ping Chang, Andrew Cheng, Lynn Masako Cheng, Olivia Chun, Ali Ewoldt, Ethan Halford Holder, Cole Horibe, MaryAnn Hu, James Ignacio, Christie Kim, Q GyuJin Lim, Kelvin Moon Loh, Sumie Maeda, Paul HeeSang Miller, Rommel Pierre O’Choa, Kristen Faith Oei, Autumn Ogawa, Yuki Ozeki, Stephanie Jae Park, Diane Phelan, Sam Poon, William Poon, Brian Rivera, Bennyroyce Royon, Lainie Sakakura, Ann Sanders, Ian Saraceni, Atsuhisa Shinomiya, Michiko Takemasa, Kei Tsuruharatani, Christopher Vo, Rocco Wu, and Timothy Yang.

Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Press raves for THE KING AND I are unanimous:  “★★★★★ Grand & glorious,” said Time Out New York; “A landmark production and a shot of purest rapture. I never wanted it to end,” from The Hollywood Reporter and “Too beautiful to miss. An astonishing achievement. Ruthie Ann Miles is powerfully moving,” from New York Magazine.  “Something wonderful. A musical of enduring and affecting power…  Kelli O’Hara is one of our greatest reinterpreters of musical standards. The King himself is embodied by the commanding Ken Watanabe. A five-handkerchief masterpiece. Breathtaking. Exquisite. Remarkable,” from The New York Times. Click here to read The New York Times review in its entirety and see a clip from the show.

Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe and company. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop) just announced an extended run of the KING & I indefinitely at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). In addition, the Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC will launch a national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production in November 2016 in Providence, RI.  The National Tour will play multi-week and single week engagements throughout the 2016-17 touring season and beyond. Casting and additional engagements for the tour will be announced in the future.

The company of THE KING AND I. Photo by Paul Kolnik

This open-ended run of The King and I is performed Tuesday evenings at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Beginning July 9, all Thursday evening performances will begin at 7pm. Tickets, priced from $87 to $162, are now available at the Lincoln Center Theater box office (150 West 65 Street), at telecharge.com, or by visiting KingandIBroadway.com. A limited number of tickets priced at $32 are available at every performance through LincTix, LCT’s program for 21 to 35 year olds. For information and to enroll, visit LincTix.org.

The company of THE KING AND I. Photo by Paul Kolnik

Photos: 2015 Tony Award Winners and Performances

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