Southeast Asia has been a favourite setting for Hollywood filmmakers and some of the best movies have been set here or have significant parts of their top scenes here. The breath-taking landscapes, urban architecture and cultural differences all add up to spectacular scenes in movies.
Here are our top seven movies filmed in the lovely Southeast Asia.
Kong: Skull Island
Starting off with this 2017 masterpiece, Kong: Skull Island boosted Vietnam’s international image, and after that movie, Southeast Asia become a popular Hollywood hub spot, more than ever before. Set in the 1970s during the Vietnam War era, the movie follows a group of American soldiers as they encounter the legendary Kong on his mysterious island. The film’s producers spent a month in Vietnam, filming to get the best shots.
Vietnam looks absolutely gorgeous in the movie and it proved to be the perfect aesthetic for the film.
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Here are our top seven movies filmed in the lovely Southeast Asia.
Kong: Skull Island
Starting off with this 2017 masterpiece, Kong: Skull Island boosted Vietnam’s international image, and after that movie, Southeast Asia become a popular Hollywood hub spot, more than ever before. Set in the 1970s during the Vietnam War era, the movie follows a group of American soldiers as they encounter the legendary Kong on his mysterious island. The film’s producers spent a month in Vietnam, filming to get the best shots.
Vietnam looks absolutely gorgeous in the movie and it proved to be the perfect aesthetic for the film.
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- 1/27/2022
- by Peter Adams
- AsianMoviePulse
by Cláudio Alves
Seventy-five years ago, Anna and the King of Siam premiered in theaters. The film was adapted from a book by the same name, which purported to present a fictionalized, yet historically-based, account of the years spent by Anna Leonowens in the court of King Mongkut of Siam - present-day Thailand - in the 1860s. Novelist Margaret Landon based her work on Leonowens' memoirs, creating a window into an otherworld that dazzled readers and moviegoers of the 1940s. Over the years, the story's popularity persisted, and it has been retold in several different mediums. On the anniversary of its first cinematic adaptation, let's look at the four movie versions from the Oscar-winning costume drama to a forgotten animated catastrophe…...
Seventy-five years ago, Anna and the King of Siam premiered in theaters. The film was adapted from a book by the same name, which purported to present a fictionalized, yet historically-based, account of the years spent by Anna Leonowens in the court of King Mongkut of Siam - present-day Thailand - in the 1860s. Novelist Margaret Landon based her work on Leonowens' memoirs, creating a window into an otherworld that dazzled readers and moviegoers of the 1940s. Over the years, the story's popularity persisted, and it has been retold in several different mediums. On the anniversary of its first cinematic adaptation, let's look at the four movie versions from the Oscar-winning costume drama to a forgotten animated catastrophe…...
- 6/20/2021
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
It has been reported that Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill are developing a new take on The King and I, the classic musical from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. [Seemore] Based on Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam, which was itself inspired by real-life events, The King and I follows Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher who is hired by King Mongkut of…...
- 2/12/2021
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Paramount has acquired the rights to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The King and I” and will release a new musical that Temple Hill will produce.
Concord, who acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalogue in 2017, will also produce. The new musical will be a retelling of the classic “East-meets-West story,” according to the studio.
The film will follow Anna Leonowens, who sets sail from England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) to become the schoolteacher for the royal court of the King of Siam.
The musical is from famed duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and was based on the 1944 novel by Margaret Landon titled “Anna and the King of Siam.” The novel was based on true events in the 1860s, when the king hired an English schoolteacher.
The musical first debuted in 1951 to critical and commercial acclaim, and won Tonys for Best Musical, Best Actress (Gertrude Lawrence) and Best Actor (Yul Brynner).
The...
Concord, who acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalogue in 2017, will also produce. The new musical will be a retelling of the classic “East-meets-West story,” according to the studio.
The film will follow Anna Leonowens, who sets sail from England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) to become the schoolteacher for the royal court of the King of Siam.
The musical is from famed duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and was based on the 1944 novel by Margaret Landon titled “Anna and the King of Siam.” The novel was based on true events in the 1860s, when the king hired an English schoolteacher.
The musical first debuted in 1951 to critical and commercial acclaim, and won Tonys for Best Musical, Best Actress (Gertrude Lawrence) and Best Actor (Yul Brynner).
The...
- 2/12/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, and the studio aims to mount a moving and vivid retelling of the classic East meets West story.
Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey’s Temple Hill will produce. Concord, who acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalogue in 2017, will also serve in a producing capacity.
The first film made from the stage musical was directed by Walter Lang and starred Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. The 1956 Fox film won five Oscars out of nine nominations, including a Best Actor win for Brynner. In the classic story, Anna Leonowens sets sail from England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) to take the position of schoolteacher for the royal court of the King of Siam.
Studio believes this new adaptation brings a tremendous opportunity to reimagine this classic story with a contemporary perspective that explores diversity and the contrasting worldviews of the...
Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey’s Temple Hill will produce. Concord, who acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalogue in 2017, will also serve in a producing capacity.
The first film made from the stage musical was directed by Walter Lang and starred Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. The 1956 Fox film won five Oscars out of nine nominations, including a Best Actor win for Brynner. In the classic story, Anna Leonowens sets sail from England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) to take the position of schoolteacher for the royal court of the King of Siam.
Studio believes this new adaptation brings a tremendous opportunity to reimagine this classic story with a contemporary perspective that explores diversity and the contrasting worldviews of the...
- 2/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The national tour of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, based on the 2015 Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production, welcomes new cast membersAngela Baumgardner will play Anna Leonowens and Pedro Ka'awaloa will play the King of Siam, with Deanna Choi as Lady Thiang, Bern Tan as Kralahome, Paulina Yeung as Tuptim, Dongwoo Kang as Lun Tha, Timothy Matthew Flores as Prince Chulalongkorn, Hayden Bercy as Louis Leonowens and Stanton Morales as Captain OrtonSir Edward Ramsey.
- 10/31/2018
- by Monroe George
- BroadwayWorld.com
It took a decade for Broadway royalty Kelli O’Hara to snag her first Tony Award win. But shortly after that success on her home turf, O’Hara may be on the way to her first Emmy Award thanks to the web series “The Accidental Wolf.”
O’Hara landed her first Tony nomination in the Musical Featured Actress category for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005. While her co-star Victoria Clark was victorious in the lead category, O’Hara lost to Sara Ramirez from “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” O’Hara would go on to have an illustrious career on the rialto and would be recognized repeatedly in the lead category. She was nominated for her work in “The Pajama Game,” “South Pacific,” “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” and “The Bridges of Madison County.” Though she was competitive every year, she always wound up a Tony bridesmaid. It wasn...
O’Hara landed her first Tony nomination in the Musical Featured Actress category for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005. While her co-star Victoria Clark was victorious in the lead category, O’Hara lost to Sara Ramirez from “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” O’Hara would go on to have an illustrious career on the rialto and would be recognized repeatedly in the lead category. She was nominated for her work in “The Pajama Game,” “South Pacific,” “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” and “The Bridges of Madison County.” Though she was competitive every year, she always wound up a Tony bridesmaid. It wasn...
- 7/31/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Patricia Morison, who starred as shrewish diva Lilli Vanessi in the original 1948 Broadway production of “Kiss Me, Kate” as well as Anna Leonowens in the 1954 run of “The King and I” opposite Yul Brynner, died of natural causes in her Los Angeles home Sunday. She was 103.
Morison was born on March 15, 1915 in New York City, the daughter of playwright and actor William Morison and Selena Fraser, a British Intelligence agent during World War I. After graduating from high school, Morison took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse and made her stage debut at the Provincetown Playhouse in the musical revue “Don’t Mind the Rain.” Her Broadway debut followed shortly, in 1933’s “Growing Pains,” though she never appeared on stage, instead acting as the stand-by for Helen Hayes in the lead role of Victoria Regina.
After catching the eye of talent scouts, Morison signed a contract with Paramount Pictures and...
Morison was born on March 15, 1915 in New York City, the daughter of playwright and actor William Morison and Selena Fraser, a British Intelligence agent during World War I. After graduating from high school, Morison took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse and made her stage debut at the Provincetown Playhouse in the musical revue “Don’t Mind the Rain.” Her Broadway debut followed shortly, in 1933’s “Growing Pains,” though she never appeared on stage, instead acting as the stand-by for Helen Hayes in the lead role of Victoria Regina.
After catching the eye of talent scouts, Morison signed a contract with Paramount Pictures and...
- 5/20/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Patricia Morison, who brought a touch of grace and style to even her anti-heroine film roles, has died at age 103. She passed at her Los Angeles home of natural causes.
Morison had a huge presence in films of the 1940s, and appeared in such classics as Song of Bernadette and Dressed To Kill opposite such stars as Basil Rathbone, Ray Milland, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, among many others.
Sporting long, flowing hair down to her hips, Morison often was portrayed as the villain in her many roles.
She also had an extensive Broadway career, appearing in the first staging of Kiss Me, Kate (based on a production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew) and with Yul Brynner in The King and I.
Morison was born in 1915 in New York and took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse, studied dance with Martha Graham, and made her Broadway...
Morison had a huge presence in films of the 1940s, and appeared in such classics as Song of Bernadette and Dressed To Kill opposite such stars as Basil Rathbone, Ray Milland, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, among many others.
Sporting long, flowing hair down to her hips, Morison often was portrayed as the villain in her many roles.
She also had an extensive Broadway career, appearing in the first staging of Kiss Me, Kate (based on a production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew) and with Yul Brynner in The King and I.
Morison was born in 1915 in New York and took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse, studied dance with Martha Graham, and made her Broadway...
- 5/20/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Currently starring as Anna Leonowens in the national tour of Lincoln Center's Tony Award winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King amp I, Olivier Award winning actress Laura Michelle Kelly returns to Feinstein's54 Below...
- 9/30/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The King And I is hitting the roadLaura Michelle Kelly Anna Leonowens and Jose Llana King of Siam will lead the national tour of theLincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I. Joan Almedilla will play Lady Thiang with Brian Rivera as Kralahome, Manna Nichols as Tuptim, Kavin Panmeechao as Lun Tha, Anthony Chan as Prince Chulalongkorn, Graham Montgomery asLouis Leonowens and Baylen Thomas as Captain OrtonSir Edward Ramsey.
- 10/18/2016
- by TV - On the Road
- BroadwayWorld.com
The King And I is hitting the roadLaura Michelle Kelly Anna Leonowens and Jose Llana King of Siam will lead the national tour of theLincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I. Joan Almedilla will play Lady Thiang with Brian Rivera as Kralahome, Manna Nichols as Tuptim, Kavin Panmeechao as Lun Tha, Anthony Chan as Prince Chulalongkorn, Graham Montgomery asLouis Leonowens and Baylen Thomas as Captain OrtonSir Edward Ramsey.
- 10/18/2016
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC just announced that Laura Michelle Kelly Anna Leonowens and Jose Llana King of Siam will lead the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I. Joan Almedilla will play Lady Thiang with Brian Rivera as Kralahome, Manna Nichols as Tuptim, Kavin Panmeechao as Lun Tha, Anthony Chan as Prince Chulalongkorn, Graham Montgomery as Louis Leonowens and Baylen Thomas as Captain OrtonSir Edward Ramsey. The tour will launch in Providence, Ri October 30-November 6, 2016, and will play multi-week and single week engagements throughout the 2016-17 touring season and beyond. Please find complete schedule at www.thekinganditour.com.
- 9/15/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC just announced that Laura Michelle Kelly Anna Leonowens and Jose Llana King of Siam will lead the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I. Joan Almedilla will play Lady Thiang with Brian Rivera as Kralahome, Manna Nichols as Tuptim, Kavin Panmeechao as Lun Tha, Anthony Chan as Prince Chulalongkorn, Graham Montgomery as Louis Leonowens and Baylen Thomas as Captain OrtonSir Edward Ramsey. The tour will launch in Providence, Ri October 30-November 6, 2016, and will play multi-week and single week engagements throughout the 2016-17 touring season and beyond. Please find complete schedule at www.thekinganditour.com.
- 9/14/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
“When I sit, you sit. When I kneel, you kneel. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!”
It’s time to whistle a happy tune! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic movie musical The King and I will return to movie theaters for two days only, as part of Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies’ TCM Big Screen Classics series. Marking the film’s 60th Anniversary, “TCM Big Screen Classics: The King & I” will screen on Sunday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 31 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time (both days) and includes specially-produced commentary from TCM host Ben Mankiewicz before and after the feature.
Siam, 1862. British schoolteacher and recent widow Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr) is sent to Siam as a teacher for the royal children but immediately clashes with their father, King Mongkut (Yul Brynner). Her modern, Western ways don’t sit well with the ruler – but over time, he...
It’s time to whistle a happy tune! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic movie musical The King and I will return to movie theaters for two days only, as part of Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies’ TCM Big Screen Classics series. Marking the film’s 60th Anniversary, “TCM Big Screen Classics: The King & I” will screen on Sunday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 31 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time (both days) and includes specially-produced commentary from TCM host Ben Mankiewicz before and after the feature.
Siam, 1862. British schoolteacher and recent widow Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr) is sent to Siam as a teacher for the royal children but immediately clashes with their father, King Mongkut (Yul Brynner). Her modern, Western ways don’t sit well with the ruler – but over time, he...
- 8/23/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a stunning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein'sThe King and I, featuring Broadway starsKate BaldwinandPaolo Montalbanas Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam.Lyric Opera'sThe King and Iruns April 29 through May 22 press opening April 30, with 25 performances at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.Tickets start at 29 and are available atlyricopera.orgkingor at312-827-5600. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below...
- 4/29/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lyric Opera of Chicago released today new behind-the-scenes rehearsal images from its grand-scale production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King And I, featuring Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Paolo Montalban as Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam. The production runs April 29 through May 22 press opening April 30 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below...
- 4/21/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 3-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie will assume the role of Anna Leonowens in its Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I beginning Tuesday, May 3 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.She still has some time to prepare for her Broadway return, but she's already ready to go with her Act 2 gown...
- 4/19/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 3-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie will assume the role of Anna Leonowens in its Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I beginning Tuesday, May 3 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. Just blocks away, her husband,Jason Danieley, is starring as Billy Flynn in Chicago. Below, watch as the couple talks to fans in a Facebook Live chat that they hosted this morning...
- 4/18/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 3-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie will assume the role of Anna Leonowens in its Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I beginning Tuesday, May 3 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.She still has some time to prepare for her Broadway return, but she's already ready to go with her Act 2 gown...
- 4/6/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1951, The King and I opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 1246 performances. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The story deals with the experiences of the British schoolteacher, who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the play, as well as by a love that neither is able to express.
- 3/29/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday, Donna Murphy Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens. She received three more Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood, LoveMusik as Lotte Lenya and The People in the Picture as RaiselBubbie. She is known, most recently, for her role as Mother Gothel in the animated Disney film Tangled 2010, Anij, Captain Jean-Luc Picard's love interest, in Star Trek Insurrection 1998 and her numerous stage roles in musical theatre.
- 3/7/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today casting for the remaining principal roles in its grand-scale production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, featuring Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Paolo Montalban as Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam. Additional Broadway artists Ali Ewoldt Tuptim, Alan Ariano The Kralahome and Rona Figueroa Lady Thiang join the cast, along with Sam Simahk Lun Tha and Chicagoland artists Charlie Babbo Louis Leonowens, Jomar Ferreras Interpreter, John Lister Captain Orton, David Parkes Sir Edward Ramsay, Peter Sipla Phra Alack and Matthew Uzarraga Prince Chulalongkorn. All but Lister make their Lyric debuts with The King and I.
- 2/11/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This past weekend I attended the annual Sherlock Holmes fandom celebration, a.k.a. the Bsi Weekend in New York City; a time I always thoroughly look forward to and enjoy. The weekend is great both for the setting (so much to see and do in NYC, both Sherlockian and otherwise) and for the friends (new and old) that attend.
One of the Sherlockian highlights of this year’s weekend for me was the Daintiest Thing in a Dressing Gown Pyjama Party, put on by the Baker Street Babes. I always get a kick out of costume parties, and this one featured lots of fun and creative pajama costumes, both Victorian and modern, and took place in the uber-cool and historic setting of The Players NYC (seriously – read their history page. So cool). It was a blast!
A non-Sherlockian highlight of my weekend was getting to see the current production...
One of the Sherlockian highlights of this year’s weekend for me was the Daintiest Thing in a Dressing Gown Pyjama Party, put on by the Baker Street Babes. I always get a kick out of costume parties, and this one featured lots of fun and creative pajama costumes, both Victorian and modern, and took place in the uber-cool and historic setting of The Players NYC (seriously – read their history page. So cool). It was a blast!
A non-Sherlockian highlight of my weekend was getting to see the current production...
- 1/19/2016
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today that Tony Award-nominated Kate Baldwin and Paolo Montalban will star as Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam in Lyric's grand-scale production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, April 29-May 22, 2016 press opening April 30. A graduate of Northwestern University, Baldwin last appeared onstage in Chicago in the Broadway-bound musical Big Fish. Montalban has been seen in Broadway productions of Pacific Overtures and The King and I, and is best known for starring as the Prince in ABC's telefilm of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, alongside Brandy and Whitney Houston.
- 1/11/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1985, the second Broadway revival of THe King and I opened at the Broadway THeatre, where it ran for 191 performances. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The story deals with the experiences of the British schoolteacher, who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the play, as well as by a love that neither is able to express. The musical premiered on March 29, 1951 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
- 1/7/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Discover the stuff that dreams are made of. Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three. Take a day off with Ferris Bueller. Survive a winter in the Overlook Hotel. Movie lovers will be able to do all of this and more in 2016 as Fathom Events partners with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for the biggest-ever “TCM Big Screen Classics” series.
The not-to-miss lineup begins in January and continues monthly throughout the year as Fathom Events and TCM bring some of the greatest titles ever back into movie theaters, each for just four showings. These classics will each be accompanied by specially produced commentary from TCM hosts Robert Osborne or Ben Mankiewicz.
The series will include “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Planet of the Apes” and “The King and I” from Twentieth Century Fox; “The Maltese Falcon,” “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” and “The Shining” from Warner Bros.; “The Ten Commandments,...
The not-to-miss lineup begins in January and continues monthly throughout the year as Fathom Events and TCM bring some of the greatest titles ever back into movie theaters, each for just four showings. These classics will each be accompanied by specially produced commentary from TCM hosts Robert Osborne or Ben Mankiewicz.
The series will include “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Planet of the Apes” and “The King and I” from Twentieth Century Fox; “The Maltese Falcon,” “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” and “The Shining” from Warner Bros.; “The Ten Commandments,...
- 12/8/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Broadway darling Kelli O'Hara finally prevailed with her sixth Tony Awards nomination in 11 years for her nuanced performance as schoolmistress Anna Leonowens in the acclaimed revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I." This marks the fourth ritalto remounting of this classic that won Best Musical back in 1952. This production reaped nine nominations in all and won four, including Best Musical Revival. -Break- Join the fiery debate over the Tony Awards going on right now in our red-hot forums O'Hara raised her sweet soprano in song on the Tonycast with renditions of “Getting to Know You” and “Shall We Dance?," with the the latter including Best Actor contender Ken Watanabe. And Miles got her chance to shine with "Something Wonderful." "'...
- 6/8/2015
- Gold Derby
The hottest race to watch on this Sunday’s Tony Award telecast is Best Musical Actress. The main contenders are Kristin Chenoweth for her madcap movie star Lily Garland in “On the Twentieth Century,” six-time nominee Kelli O'Hara as the iron-willed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens in the Lincoln Center revival of “The King and I,” and two-time Tony winner and ten-time nominee Chita Rivera as the icy millionaires Clair Zachannassian in “The Visit.” -Break- Chenoweth won a Featured Actress Tony for “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” in 1999. This season, her screwball performance has been wildly praised. She totally dominates “Twentieth Century” and displays a great deal of versatility. She gives voice to her operatic range, plays a mouthy accompanist in a flashback as well as the glamorous movie star, and engages in slapstick comedy routines. She has won both the Outer Critics Circle and the Dr...'...
- 6/5/2015
- Gold Derby
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Decca BroadwayUniversal Music Classics will release the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, available digitally June 2 and physically on June 9. The complete tracklist has been revealed, and fans of the musical might noticed that some songs including the Act 1 Finale and Hello, Young Lovers Reprise did not make the cut. The tracklist is as follows...
- 5/18/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Decca BroadwayUniversal Music Classics will release the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein'sTHE King And Istarring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam. The critically acclaimed musical received an impressive nine Tony Award Nominations, including Best Musical Revival, Best Leading Actor in a Musical Ken Watanabe, Best Leading Actress In a Musical Kelli O'Hara, Best Featured Actress in a Musical Ruthie Ann Miles, Best Scenic Design of a Musical Michael Yeargan, Best Costume Design of a Musical Catherine Zuber, Best Lighting Design of a Musical Donald Holder, Best Direction of a Musical Bartlett Sher and Best Choreography Christopher Gattelli. The show has also garnered 5 Outer Critics Circle nominations including Best Musical Revival.
- 5/7/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
There really was a king and there really was an I. The king was Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, more generally known as Mongkut. The “I” was Anna Leonowens — also something of an alias; after the death of her husband, Thomas Leon Owens, she jammed together his middle and last names, which made her sound Welsh. (She was born in India, probably of mixed race.) This was not, apparently, the only expression of her fabulist nature. Though it’s true she spent six years of her young widowhood in Mongkut’s court, as “scientific” teacher to his many children and wives, the memoir she wrote about it would not pass muster with Oprah, especially the parts that seem to paint her as a kind of moral adviser and cultural attaché. By the time the material came into the hands of Rodgers and Hammerstein...
- 4/17/2015
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
Originally from Oklahoma, Broadway superstar Kelli O'Hara has been thrilling New York audiences as Anna Leonowens in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of The King And I. While she is busy putting the final touches on this cherished, classic role before the critics take their seats for opening night, I am exploring her charismatic solo albums Wonder In The World, a collection of classic tunes arranged and orchestrated by Harry Connick, Jr., and Always, a collection of music from Broadway shows and gifted musical writers.
- 4/16/2015
- by David Clarke
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, is directed by Bartlett Sher, is currently in previews ahead of an official opening night on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action...
- 4/14/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, is directed by Bartlett Sher, is currently in previews ahead of an official opening night on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. Below, BroadwayWorld has an extensive and stunning first look at the cast onstage...
- 4/6/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1951, The King and I opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 1246 performances. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The story deals with the experiences of the British schoolteacher, who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the play, as well as by a love that neither is able to express.
- 3/29/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, is directed by Bartlett Sher, is currently in previews ahead of an official opening night on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the pair in costume...
- 3/20/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Good News Musical Theatre Fans BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam will receive a cast recording this summer on the the Decca Broadway Universal Music Classics label, produced by David Lai David Caddick and Bruce Pomahac. Of note, the the production features the musical's original 1951 orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett with dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann. Music director Ted Sperling conducts a 29-piece orchestra which will be heard on the album as well.
- 3/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, is directed by Bartlett Sher, begins previews tonight, March 12, and opens on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. The company just posed for famed photographer Annie Leibowitz as a part of a spread for the latest issue of Vanity Fair, and you can check out photos from the feature below...
- 3/12/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday, Donna Murphy Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens. She received three more Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood, LoveMusik as Lotte Lenya and The People in the Picture as RaiselBubbie. She is known, most recently, for her role as Mother Gothel in the animated Disney film Tangled 2010, Anij, Captain Jean-Luc Picard's love interest, in Star Trek Insurrection 1998 and her numerous stage roles in musical theatre.
- 3/7/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stage Tube: First Look at Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe The King And I- Watch Just-Released TV Spot!
Lincoln Center Theater will soon present Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, which will feature a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam. Featuring direction by Bartlett Sher, it will begin previews Thursday, March 12 and open on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.Check out a just-released TV spot for the Broadway-bound show below...
- 2/16/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1985, the second Broadway revival of THe King and I opened at the Broadway THeatre, where it ran for 191 performances. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The story deals with the experiences of the British schoolteacher, who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the play, as well as by a love that neither is able to express. The musical premiered on March 29, 1951 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
- 1/7/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater will soon present Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, which will feature a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam. Directed by Bartlett Sher, it will begin previews Thursday, March 12 and open on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.Click Here to go behind the scenes of O'Hara and Watanbe's photo shoot for the Broadway-Bound musical...
- 12/4/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang, Ashley Park as Tuptim, Conrad Ricamora as Lun Tha, Edward Baker-Duly as Sir Edward Ramsey, Jon Viktor Corpuz as Prince Chulalongkorn, Murphy Guyer as Captain Orton, Jake Lucas as Louis, Paul Nakauchi as Kralahome, and Marc Oka as Phra Alack will be featured in its upcoming production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I. The production, which will feature a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, will be directed by Bartlett Sher, and will begin previews Thursday, March 12 and open on Thursday, April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.
- 11/17/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld just reported, Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Kelli O'Hara will play Anna Leonowens, and Ken Watanabe will play the King of Siam, in its new production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, with music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The production, to be directed by Bartlett Sher, will begin performances Thursday, March 12, 2015, and open on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.Broadway audiences are already very familiar with the five-time Tony nominee O'Hara, but Watanabe will make his American stage debut in the production. His Japanese theatre credits include Dialogue with Horowitz, Hamlet, Shitayamannen-cho monogatari, The Lion in Winter and The Royal Hunt of the Sun.
- 6/30/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Kelli O'Hara will play Anna Leonowens, and Ken Watanabe will play the King of Siam, in its new production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King And I, with music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The production, to be directed by Bartlett Sher, will begin performances Thursday, March 12, 2015, and open on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.
- 6/30/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ken Watanabe is taking on one of the most iconic musicals for his American stage debut, and will star as the king of Siam in Rogers and Hammerstein's “The King and I,” Lincoln Center Theater announced on Monday. Set in the 1860s, “The King and I” follows the tempestuous relationship between the king of Siam and Anna Leonowens (Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara), a British schoolteacher the king brings to his country to tutor his many wives and children. The musical gave us such memorable songs as “Getting to Know You,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” See also: Rose Byrne to.
- 6/30/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
New Yorkers will soon have the chance to get to know the King all over again.
The King and I will be coming to Lincoln Center Theater next spring. This production will star Kelli O’Hara (a Tony nominee this year for The Bridges of Madison County) as Anna Leonowens and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) as the King of Siam.
The beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical follows the unconventional relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher brought in to tutor Siam’s wives and children. The show features well-known songs such...
The King and I will be coming to Lincoln Center Theater next spring. This production will star Kelli O’Hara (a Tony nominee this year for The Bridges of Madison County) as Anna Leonowens and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) as the King of Siam.
The beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical follows the unconventional relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher brought in to tutor Siam’s wives and children. The show features well-known songs such...
- 6/30/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Part of the list provides a few Best Picture nominees, a number of Oscar winners, and a childhood favorite that still pops up now and again. In reality, this list could be half-full of music documentaries, but for that reason, I stayed away from them. Plus, I did my best to include only films that really are musicals in every sense of the word. Plenty of films have lots of musical components, but only true musicals have performances in the film that truly drive the story forward. The songs in movie musicals have a purpose, if there could be a true definition.
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40. Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
Directed by Michael Apted
Signature Song: “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
Michael Apted certainly has a dicey filmography, this probably being his best: a biographical piece featuring a breakout adult role from Sissy Spacek, winning her the Oscar for Best Actress.
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40. Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
Directed by Michael Apted
Signature Song: “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
Michael Apted certainly has a dicey filmography, this probably being his best: a biographical piece featuring a breakout adult role from Sissy Spacek, winning her the Oscar for Best Actress.
- 5/5/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Today in 1951, The King and I opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 1246 performances. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The work is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and derives from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The story deals with the experiences of the British schoolteacher, who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the play, as well as by a love that neither is able to express.
- 3/29/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
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