The Lincoln Center Theater Production
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
The King & I
Directed by Bartlett Sher
To Play the Orpheum Theatre September 19-24, 2017
Tickets on Sale July 14th at 10 AM CT
The national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I will play the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN September 19-24, 2017.
Individual tickets will go on sale on Friday, July 14th at 10am and will be available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, the Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), and Ticketmaster. The Orpheum’s 2017-2018 Broadway Season is generously sponsored by Memphis Area Honda Dealers and SunTrust Bank.
THE KING AND I, directed by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, won four 2015 Tony Awards® including Best Revival of a Musical. Hailed as “first-rate, sumptuous” (The New York Times) and “too beautiful to miss” (New York Magazine), the production played 538 performances on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Bartlett Sher is reunited with the award-winning creative team from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza. THE KING AND I features sets by Michael Yeargan; costumes by Catherine Zuber (Tony Award-winning design); lights by Donald Holder; sound by Scott Lehrer; and features choreography by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.
The full cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King & I
One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance,” “I Have Dreamed” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher, whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
 For more information, please visit www.thekinganditour.com, or on Facebook and Twitter.
TITLE: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S THE KING AND I
EVENT TYPE: Broadway
DESCRIPTION: Two worlds collide in the Lincoln Center Theater production of this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical, directed by Bartlett Sher. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival, THE KING AND I is “too beautiful to miss” (New York Magazine).www.thekinganditour.com
VENUE: Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main Street, Memphis TN 38103
DATES: September 19 – 24, 2017
•     Tuesday, September 19, 2017 7:30 PM
•     Wednesday, September 20, 2017 7:30 PM
•     Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:30 PM
•     Friday, September 22, 2017 8:00 PM
•     Saturday, September 23, 2017 2:00 PM
•     Saturday, September 23, 2017 8:00 PM
•     Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:00 PM
•     Sunday, September 24, 2017 6:30 PM
TICKETS: $25-$125
BOX OFFICE: 901.525.3000
GROUP SALES: 901.529.4226Â
