Playbill: King and I headed for London
Playbill: King and I headed for London
#1Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:55pm
According to an article appearing today in Playbill, written by managing editor Robert Viagas, the Lincoln Center production of The King and I will be off to London late this year or early next, and its Tony winning Anna will be along for the trip.
The production is bound for London during the 2016-2017 season, and it is expected that the the revival’s original Tony-winning star, Kelli O’Hara, will repeat her performance in the West End. No official casting has been announced.
http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-king-and-i-ends-its-reign-today
This was also reported in WestEndTheater on Friday, but with no news of casting.
http://www.westendtheatre.com/41260/shows-coming-soon/the-king-and-i/
This transfer may account for the absence of a live or filmed broadcast of the show on Live From Lincoln Center. The London producers would probably not welcome a few million DVR recordings of The King and I before it even opened.
#2Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/26/16 at 11:03pm
. The London producers would probably not welcome a few million DVR recordings of The King and I before it even opened.
But the SOUTH PACIFIC revival went to London with Paulo Szot after being televised here.
#3Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/26/16 at 11:03pm
Would it though? South Pacific had a recording and also had a west end transfer.
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#4Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/26/16 at 11:20pm
Yes we know. The Daily Mail reported this LAST DECEMBER.
#5Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/26/16 at 11:23pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Would it though? South Pacific had a recording and also had a west end transfer.
"I guess that you have me there, unless O'Hara, unlike Szot, is considered to be enough of a star to pull in audiences. You see where Sher mentions how expensive the show is to put on, probably meaning to justify why this Lincoln Center version had to be shut down in spite of sales that were not all than bad.
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#6Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 12:56pm
Why should we care on a scaled down version happening on the other side of the globe? 
Makes no sense
#7Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 2:34pm
Danster said: "Why should we care on a scaled down version happening on the other side of the globe? Makes no sense
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It's not going to be a scaled down version, friend. This will be the full Lincoln Center production transported to the West End.
There are many Kelli O'Hara fans here who like to keep track of her. She has two concert dates that could be affected: Carnegie Hall on 29 October and Stony Brook University on 10 December.
But you are right that not many here will get to see the London production.
#8Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:05pm
Hey, maybe we'll get lucky and they'll record a London cast album to correct the mistakes made the first time around and include more music, dialogue, the actual finale as performed and a King that we can all understand. Pipe dream?
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#9Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:09pm
I hope they hire Kelli a new dialect coach before she goes over there.
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#10Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:50pm
Isnt this old news? The UK website has been up for ages lol
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#11Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:56pm
Is there a theater there that could handle this show? OR would it not be in a thrust anymore?
#12Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:04pm
There are (Barbican, Drury Lane, Palladium, maybe New London...), but I don't think they will be free this Autumn.
#13Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 8:07pm
Emma MK said: "Isnt this old news? The UK website has been up for ages lol
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The news part is when and mostly who. No one up to now has revealed that Kelli will be going along. And even that isn't official. Robert Viagas, the managing editor of Playbill Online, has been there a long time and I don't think that he would announce that she would be starring over there unless he were sure.
#14Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/27/16 at 10:25pm
Does anyone know when they are opening that musical version of Gone With The Wind at the Beaumont?
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#15Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/28/16 at 3:01am
So far it is looking like Jersey Boys will make its move to the Playhouse to make way for The King and I to move into the Piccadilly. Although if this is the case then it will be a scaled down production.
It is a shame that School of Rock has taken the New London as this theatre has a similar design to the Vivian Beaumont.
Waitress is rumoured to be wanting the Novello (kicking out Mamma Mia!) or The Adelphi (kicking out Kinky Boots)
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#17Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/28/16 at 8:25am
Wind in the Willows is already pencilled for Theatre Royal.
Toxic Avenger pencilled for Harold Pinter (although I am not sure this will go ahead)
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#18Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/28/16 at 11:27am
Waitress at the Adelphi? really? wouldn't it be a better fit at a smaller theatre like the Phoenix Theatre or Savoy?
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#19Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/29/16 at 1:46pm
Unless The Girls (Phoenix) and Dreamgirls (Savoy) are major flops. Which I don't see either being... means both theatres will be filled. Kinky Boots is only like to see 1 more year (if that)
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#20Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/29/16 at 9:29pm
SmoothLover said: "Does anyone know when they are opening that musical version of Gone With The Wind at the Beaumont?
Not sure where you picked up the idea that this is even a remote possibility, but the answer is NEVER
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#21Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/29/16 at 9:34pm
SmoothLover said: "Does anyone know when they are opening that musical version of Gone With The Wind at the Beaumont?
"
Why does everyone keep talking about this new Gone With The Wind? Is it even real?
#22Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 6/30/16 at 2:01pm
It was.
http://www.playbill.com/article/london-musical-gone-with-the-wind-to-close-com-150571
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#23Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 10/12/17 at 8:26pm
After over a year with no new information... https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kelli-OHara-and-Ken-Watanabe-Will-Dance-THE-KING-AND-I-to-the-London-Palladium-20171012
Hopefully LCT films it!
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Updated On: 10/12/17 at 08:26 PM
#24Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 10/12/17 at 8:30pm
YES! This was one of my favorite productions of all time!
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#25Playbill: King and I headed for London
Posted: 10/12/17 at 8:32pm
THRILLED that Kelli and Ken are rejoining! Hopefully they'll follow suit in the trend of filming West End transfers
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