The King and I
Original Broadway Production [1951]
Production Info
OPENING
:
March 29, 1951
CLOSING: March 20, 1954
St. James Theatre [New York, NY]
1246 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Charles Francis [Captain Orton]
- Sandy Kennedy [Louis Leonowens]
- Gertrude Lawrence [Anna Leonowens]
- Leonard Graves [The Interpreter]
- John Juliano [The Kralahome]
- Yul Brynner [The King]
- Len Mence [Phra Alack]
- Doretta Morrow [Tuptim]
- Dorothy Sarnoff [Lady Thiang]
- Johnny Stewart [Prince Chulalongkorn]
- Baayork Lee [Princess Ying Yaowalak]
- Larry Douglas [Lun Tha]
- Robin Craven [Sir Edward Ramsey]
- Doretta Morrow [Narrator (ballet)]
- Dusty Worrall [Uncle Thomas (ballet)]
- Ina Kurland [Topsy (ballet)]
- Shellie Farrell [Little Eva (ballet)]
- Yuriko [Eliza (ballet)]
- Gemze de Lappe [King Simon (ballet)]
- Michiko [Angel (ballet)]
- Jamie Bauer [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Lee Becker Theodore [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Mary Burr [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Marilyn Gennaro [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Evelyn Giles [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Marcia James [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Nancy Lynch [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Helen Murrielle [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Prue Ward [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Corinne St. Denis [Royal Dancer (ballet)]
- Doris Avila [Musician (ballet)]
- Raul Celada [Musician (ballet)]
- Beau Cunningham [Musician (ballet)]
- Tommy Gomez [Drummer (ballet)]
- Crisanta Cornejo [Princesses & Princes]
- Andrea Del Rosario [Princesses & Princes]
- Margie James [Princesses & Princes]
- Barbara Luna [Princesses & Princes]
- Nora Baez [Princesses & Princes]
- Corinne St. Denis [Princesses & Princes]
- Bunny Warner [Princesses & Princes]
- Rodolfo Cornejo [Princesses & Princes]
- Robert Cortazal [Princesses & Princes]
- Thomas Griffen [Princesses & Princes]
- Alfonso Maribo [Princesses & Princes]
- James Maribo [Princesses & Princes]
- Orlando Rodriguez [Princesses & Princes]
- Jamie Bauer [Royal Dancer]
- Lee Becker Theodore [Royal Dancer]
- Mary Burr [Royal Dancer]
- Gemze de Lappe [Royal Dancer]
- Shellie Farrell [Royal Dancer]
- Marilyn Gennaro [Royal Dancer]
- Evelyn Giles [Royal Dancer]
- Ina Kurland [Royal Dancer]
- Nancy Lynch [Royal Dancer]
- Michiko [Royal Dancer]
- Helen Murrielle [Royal Dancer]
- Prue Ward [Royal Dancer]
- Dusty Worrall [Royal Dancer]
- Yuriko [Royal Dancer]
- Stephanie Augustine [Wife]
- Marcia James [Wife]
- Ruth Korda [Wife]
- Suzanne Lake [Wife]
- Gloria Marlowe [Wife]
- Carolyn Maye [Wife]
- Helen Merritt [Wife]
- Phyllis Wilcox [Wife]
- Geraldine Hamburg [Amazon]
- Maribel Hammer [Amazon]
- Norma Larkin [Amazon]
- Miriam Lawrence [Amazon]
- Duane Camp [Priest]
- Joseph Caruso [Priest]
- Leonard Graves [Priest]
- Jack Matthew [Priest]
- Ed Preston [Priest]
- Doris Avila [Slave]
- Raul Celada [Slave]
- Beau Cunningham [Slave]
- Tommy Gomez [Slave]
Staff/Creatives
- William G. Norton [Company Manager]
- Ronald deMann [Hair Styles]
- Richard Rodgers [Producer]
- Oscar Hammerstein II [Producer]
- John Van Druten [Director]
- Jerome Robbins [Choreography]
- Jo Mielziner [Settings/Lighting]
- Irene Sharaff [Costumes]
- Frederick Dvonch [Musical Director]
- Robert Russell Bennett [Orchestrations]
- Trude Rittman [Dance Arrangements (ballet)]
Authors
- Oscar Hammerstein II [Book & Lyrics]
- Richard Rodgers [Music]
Video [add]
Yul Brynner and Patricia Morison (who replaced Gertrude Lawrence in the original run) perform "Shall We Dance" on the 1971 Tonys.
Patricia Morison, Michiko and the children sing "Getting to Know You" and Yul Brynner sings "A Puzzlement" on the General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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