The King and I dancing into the West End?
The Lincoln Center production won four Tony Awards at last weekend's ceremony, including for Best Revival of a Musical, and saw its star Kelli O'Hara win her first Tony, having been nominated five times previously.
The show now has a website, plus Facebook and Twitter accounts, for the UK production, which is copyrighted to Ambassador Theatre Group, suggesting that it could be going into one of their theatres – nothing has yet been announced for the Playhouse Theatre following 1984 or the Savoy Theatre following Gypsy.
Congratulations to @KingandIBway for their 4 #TonyAwards! Sign up to be the first to hear about the UK production: http://t.co/rCNJYTpS7G
— The King and I UK (@KingandIUK) June 8, 2015
The King and I last ran in the West End at the London Palladium from 2000-2002, and there was a short run of it at the Royal Albert Hall in 2009 starring Maria Friedman and Daniel Dae Kim. A UK tour starring Ramon Tikaram and Josefina Gabrielle ran from 2011-12.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical centres on Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam. It features songs including "I Whistle a Happy Tune", "Getting to Know You" and "Shall We Dance?".
