King and I Reviews

this play is a must see for any musical fan, Stefanie Powers as Mrs Anna lights up the stage - Advantages: Stefanie Powers as Mrs Anna, Ronobir lahiri as the King, fabulous sets and costumes - Disadvantages: accents, on occasion hard to understand

Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me. ~*~ The Background ~*~ It was more than 5 decades ago that the original Broadway production of The King And I opened. It was so successful that 20th Century Fox decided to make a film version a few years ...  Read the complete review

I have never seen the film of this show nor had I ever wanted to see it and I only chose to see this show as 'The Beautiful Game' seemed a little depressing for my Christmas treat - the choice had been made and 'The King and I' won. I went and saw this show last Christmas with the origional cast. It starred Elaine Paige as ...  Read the complete review

I had been looking forward to seeing this musical for some time. Of course we all know the film with Yul Brynner’s excellent performance as the King of Siam. Of course however, it is Elaine Paige that was the real star of this show. There was an excellent set and great costumes. I saw the show on 27th of December, a few days after ...  Read the complete review

The king & I has recently been re-staged at the Palladium & I was lucky enough to aquire tickets to the last preview the night before opening. The sets were spectacular & the cast fantastic with the exception of the King. Elaine Paige was the reason for me going to se the show, as I have seen her in Cats & Evita albeit some time ago & ...  Read the complete review