Lansbury: King and I.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 5:27pm

Did anyone here happen to see the King and I, during it's 1978 revival when Angela Lansbury and Michael Kermoyan ( 2 weeks only ), took over for Yul Brynner and Constance Towers while they went on vacation?

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 5:53pm

I wish I could have seen it... too bad I wasn't alive yet.
Wow, if only someone recorded that, it must have been amazing!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 5:55pm

:)

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 5:55pm

Rosscoe, there was a thread about this some time ago and someone posted a photo of the poster featuring Angela Lansbury. She looked stunning.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 5:58pm

DottieD'Luscia

Thank you i will see if i can get the search feature to work for me..

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:00pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=864546

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:02pm

That is why i love you ljay889..Thank you.

:)

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:03pm

Anytime. Glad to be of service.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:18pm

ljay, thanks. At least I remembered the picture of her. I was searching, but only got through June 2007. Looks like I had a long way to go!!

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:42pm

Would anyone have anymore pictures, maybe color from playbill?

[commasplice]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:49pm

I don't know if there were any color images produced -- I'm pretty sure that's the same imagine (minus the text of course) that appeared on the Playbill, also in black and white (I used to have a copy of it; I gave it to a friend).
Updated On: 2/19/08 at 06:49 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 6:59pm

Larger image of that poster (thanks to BrodyFosse) in this thread:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&thread=915430

[morosco]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 7:00pm

And not that it matters but according to text on that poster she played the role for 3 weeks.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 7:45pm

morosco, thanks for the link to the larger poster, but can i just say that thread was a cat fight!!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:01pm

I can't see the larger version. It's a red "X".

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:04pm

Did that help Cats?

Updated On: 2/19/08 at 08:04 PM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 8:08pm

Yea, that's the same artwork that's on the Playbill

Love to the commasplice!

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:34pm

Oh, Angela's version of "Getting to Know You" is by far my favorite out of all of them!

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 12:42am

Ethan Mordden points out that when Angela did this stint that it was the first time since Gertrude Laurence originated the role that the "Anna" had more star power than the "King".

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 1:32am

Is it true she had the famous Getting to Know You dress re-designed because she didn't think the strips flattered her?

[philcrosby]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 11:03am

I can't remember where I heard/read that, BFB, but I heard the same thing.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 12:23pm

She was AMAZING!

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 12:37pm

I wonder what happened to the shoes she were during the production.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 3:15am

The audio for "Shall We Dance" is wonderful.

[puppetman2]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 11:59pm

Angela was wonderful.

Anyone else have the terrific recording of Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley doing it. That would be a dream cast.

One thing people forget is that Gertrude Lawrence brought the idea to R & H. Another fact is that Mary Martin suggested Yul Brynner for the role. He has been in Lute Song with her and was a TV director at the time.