Lincoln Center to Present New Year's Eve Performance of Broadway's The King and I
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Lincoln Center Theater is set to present a New Year's Eve performance of its Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I at 7pm on December 31. The show will be the only Broadway production performing on New Year's Eve, and in honor of the holiday, Lincoln Center Theater will offer complimentary glasses of champagne to patrons before the performance.
Directed by Bartlett Sher, The King and I stars Kelli O'Hara and Ruthie Ann Miles in their 2015 Tony Award-winning performances as Anna Leonowens and Lady Thiang as well as Hoon Lee as King of Siam. The principal company also includes 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, Marc Oka as Phra Alack, and Betsy Morgan (standby for Kelli O'Hara).
The King and I features sets by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Catherine Zuber, and lights by Donald Holder (all three nominated for 2015 Tony Awards); and sound by Scott Lehrer (2015 Drama Desk Award nomination). The production, which features an orchestra of 29 conducted by music director Ted Sperling, is performed with the musical's original 1951 orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann.
