In terms of its score, THE KING AND I makes brilliant use of the reprise. In terms of its casting, the LCT production has been fortunate in another kind of repeat: in its casting for the monarch.
On reconnaissance before Wednesday evening's performance of THE KING AND I, at the top of the stairs that tumble down into the main part of the Vivian Beaumont lobby, I saw her: Jodie Foster.
If you ask Kelli O’Hara about THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA and SOUTH PACIFIC and THE KING AND I – the three shows she’s done at Lincoln Center Theater – she replies, succinctly, “I’ve grown up here.”
In the summer of 2014, Brian Rivera, a member of THE KING AND I cast, was appearing in a production of the centuries-old Chinese epic THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO at the American Conservatory Theater, in San Francisco.
