The King and I
The King and I
#1The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:14pm
This week I saw The King and I on Broadway and it was fantastic. Kelli O Hara as Anna was the best performance I have seen in a while. The show has been a favourite of mine for a long time and I really hope that NBC would consider doing the King and I live, instead of continuing doing just fairy tales like The Wiz. I am sure it would be nice to watch, but not at all enthusiastic about this years choice.
The opening scene was just epic and personally I found this show the best since South Pacific. Really looking forward for Sher s production of Fiddler on the Roof.
#2The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:29pm
Yeah, because they did such a bang up job with their last R&H musical. Ahem.
How was Jose?
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#3The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:30pm
"hope that NBC would consider doing the King and I live, instead of continuing doing just fairy tales like The Wiz."
The Sound of Music was a fairytale?
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#4The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:34pm
""The Sound of Music was a fairytale?"
Well, The Sound Of Music is not exactly factual - and it does kind of have a Cinderella story of the orphan girl marrying a Prince - well a Baron.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 4:43pm
I would think equal amounts of fiction in both Sound of Music and King and I.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#8The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 5:01pm
Well The King and I takes place in a palace, has a King, and a whole bunch of Princes and Princesses. It even has magic beasts that make water able to be walked on. Sounds a lot like a fairy tale to me.
#9The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 6:39pm
As much as I enjoyed Peter Pan Live. I was one to predict the decrease of the viewers rates, and I do have a feeling that we will get the same amount of viewers with the Wiz But time will tell.
It was Ken final performance and personally I felt he left something to be desired. His diction was not hundred per cent right. That being said I truly enjoyed everything about this show and would definitely return in the near future.
#10The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 6:39pm
As much as I enjoyed Peter Pan Live. I was one to predict the decrease of the viewers rates, and I do have a feeling that we will get the same amount of viewers with the Wiz But time will tell.
It was Ken final performance and personally I felt he left something to be desired. His diction was not hundred per cent right. That being said I truly enjoyed everything about this show and would definitely return in the near future.
#11The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 9:50pm
Really when you think about the writers works they were always bringing together people from different worlds and class structures.
#12The King and I
Posted: 7/16/15 at 10:38pm
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization is very choosey about to whom they give the rights and I think that they might have a problem with a one night live television production with a cast tied to current popular music.
This production of The King and I, easily recordable at home if not eventually made available by streaming and DVD, would become the most viewed production of the show and I really don't think that they would find it "dignified" enough for one of the R&H big five.
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