Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing

[Musicaldudepeter]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#1

Posted: 6/7/14 at 9:06am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Official-Bartlett-Sher-to-Direct-Broadway-Revival-of-THE-KING-AND-I-Arrives-Spring-2015-20140606#.U5MOLBYX25w

Lincoln Center has confirmed that The King and I will be presented next spring 2015, directed by Bartlett Sher... Casting to be announced.

[jonartdesigns]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#2

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:04am

Well hopefully the 6th time is a charm for Kelli O'Hara.

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[haterobics]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#2

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:05am

The 5th time isn't official yet.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#3

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:08am

Hope she gets her Tony for 'King' if not for 'Bridges'... When she eventually gets it, it will always be thought of as kind of a make-up win, though, unfortunately.

[ljay889]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#4

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:30am

This is going to be stunning. Great team and theater for an amazing show.

[FindingNamo]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#5

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:38am

"When she eventually gets it, it will always be thought of as kind of a make-up win, though, unfortunately."

By whom, Eeyore?

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[adamgreer]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#6

Posted: 6/7/14 at 10:47am

Given that O'Hara's involvement seems a foregone conclusion at this point, I'm more interested in who they get for the King.

[Gothampc]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#7

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:02am

I'm assuming "Western People Funny" will be cut.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#8

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:06am

I'll be interested to know if Sher starts fresh, or if he will follow the format/cuts designed for the 1996 revival... That production cut Western People Funny, the reprise of A Puzzlement, and in general cut a lot of the 'condescending' material like the Abraham Lincoln elephant-letter section.

The last revival seemed so innovative and perfect for this generation, that I wonder what Sher could bring to it that will be fresh and exciting...?

Updated On: 6/7/14 at 11:06 AM

[ggersten]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#9

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:13am

I heard that Sher is going to set The King and I in a CIRCUS!

[Gothampc]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#10

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:13am

Word on the street is that Kelli O'Hara is not a lock for Anna. I hear that they are really interested in Adele Dazeem.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[ljay889]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#11

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:15am

Well we know that they will include the full glorious overture, which the last revival sadly cut to about a minute and a half.

I like Western People Funny and the Puzzlement reprise. I would like to see them included.

I don't feel that Sher needs to be innovative and fresh, as he's tried that with new musicals. I think he will direct a grand and faithful production that will honor the golden age, as he did with South Pacific.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#12

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:17am

I agree. Really looking forward to it. I imagine he'll be faithful and restore all dialogue and musical numbers, including the overture and entr'acte.

[Gothampc]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#13

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:18am

"I'll be interested to know if Sher starts fresh, or if he will follow the format/cuts designed for the 1996 revival."

He should really start fresh and look past the original source material. Anna was not the only teacher and the other teachers resented her man-eating Western gold-digging pushiness. So maybe they will call in a new writer to write the song "My son needs an inheritance because my bum sailor of a husband left me penniless" and "Western whore too old for King."

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[HBP]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#14

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:21am

They should really learn to distance these announcements from Tony weekend...

[Gothampc]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#15

Posted: 6/7/14 at 11:24am

I hope they cast an actor with a very masculine presence as the King. In the last revival, Lou Diamond Phillips didn't have the testosterone. It was like watching Nathan Lane play Stanley Kowalski.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[JohnyBroadway]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#16

Posted: 6/7/14 at 12:09pm

It's Lincoln Center. I imagine they will present a huge lavish full production like South Pacific! Large orchestra and all.

[RippedMan]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#17

Posted: 6/7/14 at 12:28pm

Not my favorite show by any means, but maybe they can turn my opinion around.

What's taking the fall slot at Lincoln Center? Has anything been announced?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#18

Posted: 6/7/14 at 12:59pm

Wishful thinking: Lea Salonga as Lady Thiang.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#19

Posted: 6/7/14 at 2:30pm

Biggest question for me is, who's going to be the King? Paolo Szot? Brian Stokes-Mitchell? Any other (serious) suggestions? For me, the show has always ridden on the dynamic between Anna and the King

BroadwayEd

[CurtainPullDowner]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#20

Posted: 6/7/14 at 2:45pm

Neither of your suggestions have Asian blood. I'm sure they will avoid controversy and cast a wonderful Asian Actor,

[Starship]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#21

Posted: 6/7/14 at 3:11pm

To be 100% honest, I do hope they cast an actor of Asian or Philippine descent for the role of the King. Yes, they loose the name power but overall I feel it would be best.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#22

Posted: 6/7/14 at 3:22pm

As people have discussed in other threads, Sher cast Paolo Szot and Loretta Ables Sayre in major roles for SOUTH PACIFIC. Clearly he'll cast someone appropriate for the King without caring much for a big name, the show is the name. I couldn't be more excited about this revival! This is a fantastic show.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Musicaldudepeter]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#23

Posted: 6/7/14 at 3:45pm

Kelli O'Hara will definitely sell tickets, and the show's name & venue will help sell as well... King will most likely be an unknown Asian actor.

[dreaming]

Lincoln Center confirms King & I revival with Sher directing#24

Posted: 6/7/14 at 3:57pm

Aside from those of us on this board, I doubt the average theatergoer knows who the heck Kelli O'Hara is.

However, "The King and I" is a family friendly show, known and beloved by many. Plus, it will initially have a subscriber base to build word of mouth.