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The King and I
By Lizzie Loveridge
THE KING AND I
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Christopher Renshaw
Starring: Elaine Paige and Jason Scott Lee
With: Richard Avery, Christopher Hawkins/Benjamin Ibbott, Miguel Diaz, Ho Yi, Sean Ghazi, Aura Deva, Taewon Yi Kim, Alexander Deng/Joseph Tadiar, Jeana Leah Cachero, Charlotte Nguyen, RobinKermode
Royal Wives, Slaves, Courtiers et cetera: Irene Alano,Khan Bonfils, Karen Cadogan, Jo Jo de la Cerna, Steven Eng, Su-Man Hsu, Yukiko Kashiki, Na-Ye Kim, David Lee, Mei-Chun Lin, Benjamin Loh, Ming Lui, Kaori Murakami, Azumi Ono, Oliver Pang, Melanie May Po, Therese Rademark, Stephanie Reese, Gina Respall, Ayako Shimzu, Samart Sathaveesuk, Gina Tse, Unku
The Royal Children: Nicholas Chun Ming, Geneva Ferrer, Lirazell Swindells, Aidan Ng, Wai Chun Cheung, Nina Chung, Minh anh Nguyen, Vy Nguyen, Charlotte Nguyen, Max Takashima, Vinh Trung Ton, Vanessa Karen White, James Yang, Odelia Yu or Ayla Amiral, Chase Bersabal, Stephanie Burns, Stuart Burns, Jeana Leah Cachero, Joshua Delim, Alexander Deng, Nikisha Misatry, Jessica Olivar, George Ramos, Yoh Takasawa
Musical Supervision and Direction: John Owen Edwards
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett
Musical staging: Lar Lubovitch
Set Design: Brian Thomson
Costume Design: Roger Kirk
Lighting Design: Nigel Levings
Sound Design: Paul Groothuis
Running time: Three hours with one interval
Box Office: 020 7494 5029
Booking to 12th January 2001
Reviewed by Lizzie Loveridge based on 3rd May 2000 performance at the London Palladium, Argyll Street, London W1
The King and I website is at www.thekingandi.co.uk.