See it if the staging and costuming are amazing. You think you know this show, but it is better than you remember.
Don't see it if you didn't like the movie.
See it if You are breathing
Don't see it if If you are hypersensitive to Asian stereotypes
See it if You like Rogers and Hammerstein and traditional Bway musicals. Let it carry you away. It had an overture, which is missing in newer shows.
Don't see it if You like edgy modern shows.
See it if You can get tickets for the original cast. Beautiful music and production. Kelly O'Hara is perfection.
Don't see it if You don't like musicals.
See it if you love Rogers and Hammerstein, love this show, want to see Kelli OHara give her best performance.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy depth in your musical theatre.
See it if You love a great musical and want to be moved.
Don't see it if If you're a Hamilton groupie
See it if You love classic musicals. This one is done beautifully. Everything just flows. The children are superb !
Don't see it if You are looking for something edgy or hilarious. It is neither of those. You don't enjoy Rodgers and Hammerstein. It's not a short musical.
See it if you like amazing acting, singing, costumes, staging and fun. I must say that I've never liked the music for this show but I loved this!
Don't see it if you don't like traditional, epic Broadway shows, unmemorable music, cliche and stereotypical characters and cultural portrayals.
"Lincoln Center has done it again. The organization has revived 'The King and I,' and it is a sumptuous and majestic production. Everything about the show is grand, from the musical’s opening to the enormous cast to the towering sets. This is how to experience a Rodgers and Hammerstein production."
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"Plotwise, 'The King and I' is a bit wanting, particularly in the first act…But you may have forgotten how many gorgeous songs it contains…O’Hara is a beautiful singer and as an actress she shares with Julie Andrews the gift for being able to toggle easily between withering brusqueness and sweet delicacy…'The King and I' is a model of how a musical can be borne aloft, rather than dragged down, by its sociological themes."
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"A sumptuous production...Sher's vision subtly augments tradition...This remains a production in which all aspects have been satisfyingly thought out, and a work that stands the test of time."
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"This production is beautiful. It’s a piece of classic musical theatre done in a stunningly simple and simply stunning way...Go see 'The King and I' for the exquisitely staged and performed 'Shall We Dance' that will bring tears to the eyes of even the most hardened critics."
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"'The King and I' is everything a classic musical should be. In director Bartlett Sher’s beautiful production, the familiar story comes to life gloriously...The production as a whole is quite sumptuous...Sher’s direction is quite good, though the show drags a bit in the middle of each act...Those qualms aside, 'The King and I' is a decadent treat and an incredibly beautiful show."
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"This 'King and I' isn’t revelatory. It merely fulfills virtually every reasonable expectation of Rodgers and Hammerstein fans who hope to be delighted anew with a familiar classic on Broadway. And that's something wonderful."
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"Magic has not struck at the Vivian Beaumont...Ken Wantanabe gives a highly externalized performance. O’Hara internalizes much of her role. The contrast could work, if there were sparks flying that could kindle some flame of romance between the two. Not here...The set designer has opted for an interpretive set that leaves a lot of negative space, which absent real energy between the two leads makes the stage loom static at best, and sometimes even vacant."
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