Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I 

Music by Richard Rodgers | Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon | Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins

THE KING AND I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951, starring Gertrude Lawrence and featuring newcomer Yul Brynner. The show ran for three years, racking up 1,246 performances and five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. After a successful West End debut, 20th Century Fox released the motion picture version of THE KING AND I in 1956 with Deborah Kerr as Anna and Yul Brynner recreating his role as The King. A Broadway revival opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on April 11, 1996, starring Tony Award winner Donna Murphy as Anna and film star Lou Diamond Phillips as The King. Then, in 2015, Lincoln Center Theater presented a Broadway revival starring Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe and Ruthie Ann Miles. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the show earned nine Tony nominations and won four, including Best Revival of a Musical.