Getting To Know You! Meet the Full Cast of THE KING AND I, Opening Tonight on Broadway

Lincoln Center Theater presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, led by Kelli O'Hara (as Anna Leonowens) and Ken Watanabe (as the King of Siam), directed by Bartlett Sher. The production opens tonight, April 16, 2015 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). Scroll down to learn more about the company, plus watch highlights from the show!

Also in the cast are Ruthie Ann Miles (as Lady Thiang), Ashley Park (as Tuptim), Conrad Ricamora (as Lun Tha), Edward Baker-Duly (as Sir Edward Ramsey), Jon Viktor Corpuz (as Prince Chulalongkorn), Murphy Guyer (as Captain Orton), Jake Lucas (as Louis), Paul Nakauchi (as Kralahome), and Marc Oka (as Phra Alack).

Featured in the ensemble of the 51-member company are Aaron Albano, Adriana Braganza, Amaya Braganza, Billy Bustamante, LaMae Caparas, Hsin-Ping Chang, Andrew Cheng, Lynn Masako Cheng, Olivia Chun, Ali Ewoldt, Ethan Halford Holder, Cole Horibe, MaryAnn Hu, James Ignacio, Christie Kim, Kelvin Moon Loh, Sumie Maeda, Paul HeeSang Miller, Rommel Pierre O'Choa, Kristen Faith Oei, Autumn Ogawa, Yuki Ozeki, Stephanie Jae Park, Diane Phelan, Sam Poon, William Poon, Brian Rivera, Bennyroyce Royon, Lainie Sakakura, Ann Sanders, Ian Saraceni, Atsuhisa Shinomiya, Michiko Takemasa, Kei Tsuruharatani, Christopher Vo, Rocco Wu, and Timothy Yang.

One of Rodgers & Hammerstein's finest works, The King and I boasts a score which features such beloved classics as "Getting To Know You", "Hello Young Lovers", "Shall We Dance", "I Have Dreamed", and "Something Wonderful". Set in 1860s 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 imperious King brings to Siam to tutor his many wives and children.

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KELLI O'HARA
Anna Leonowens

LCT: South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Light in the Piazza (Tony, OCC noms.). Broadway: The Bridges of Madison County (Tony, DD, Drama League, OCC noms.), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony, DD, DL, OCC, Fred Astaire Award noms.), The Pajama Game (Tony, DD, OCC noms.), Sweet Smell of Success, Follies, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde. Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow.Off-Broadway/concerts: My Fair Lady, Carousel (Avery Fisher Hall/NY Philharmonic); Far From Heaven, My Life With Albertine (Playwrights Horizons); King Lear (Public); Bells Are Ringing (Encores!). Film: Sex and the City 2, Scorsese's The Key to Reserva. TV: "Peter Pan Live!," "Blue Bloods," "Numb3rs," "The Kennedy Center Honors," PBS live appearances. Solo albums: Always, Wonder in the World (Ghostlight Records).

KEN WATANABE
King of Siam

LCT and American stage debut. Japanese theatre credits include Hamlet, The Lion in Winter, Dialogue with Horowitz, The Royal Hunt of the Sun. Film: The Last Samurai (Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild nominations), Letters From Iwo Jima, Inception, Batman Begins, Memoirs of a Geisha, Memories of Tomorrow, Godzilla,Tampopo. Upcoming: Gus Van Sant's Sea of Trees.

RUTHIE ANN MILES
Lady Thiang

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (Theatre World Award, Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical; Public), Avenue Q (New World Stages); Two by Two; The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd (York Theatre). National tours: Sweeney Todd, Annie. Film: I Am Michael, Grand Street.

ASHLEY PARK
Tuptim

LCT: debut. Broadway: Mamma Mia! National tour: Rodgers & Hammerstein'sCinderella (Gabrielle). Select NY: Murder at the Gates (Huntington), Cruel Intentions (UTA), KPop! (Ars Nova), Battlefield, Inner City Mother Goose, Pumped!, Darling. Regional: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Music Theatre of Wichita. Education: BFA in musical theatre, the University of Michigan.

CONRAD RICAMORA
Lun Tha

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (Theatre World Award, Lortelnomination). Regional: Allegiance (Old Globe); Tartuffe, Woyzeck, FuddyMears (Clarence Brown Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Utah Shakespeare Festival); The Taming of the Shrew (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival). Film: Talladega Nights. TV: "How to Get Away With Murder" (Oliver/recurring). Education: MFA, University of Tennessee; Walnut Street Acting Fellowship; Film Actors Studio of Charlotte.

EDWARD BAKER-DULY
Sir Edward Ramsey

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher. West End: The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, South Pacific, Rookery Nook, West Side Story, Salad Days. UK: Noises Off, Anyone Can Whistle, The Lady Vanishes, Copacabana, The Pirates of Penzance, Singin' in the Rain, The Full Monty, Twelfth Night, The Mikado. Film: De-Lovely, Botched, The Circle, Welkome Home. TV: "Elementary," "The Blacklist," "Royal Pains," "Downton Abbey," "Upstairs Downstairs," "Micro Men," "New Tricks," "Yes, Prime Minister," "Emmerdale."

JON VIKTOR CORPUZ
Prince Chulalongkorn

LCT/Broadway: debut. Off-Broadway/NYC: A Midsummer Night's Dream (TFANA, dir. Julie Taymor), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Patrick/Radio City Music Hall), Godspell: Cast of 2032 (Circle in the Square), The King and I (Prince Chulalongkorn/2012 and 2006). Other theater includes Cabaret (Emcee), Rent (Angel), Into the Woods (Jack). Film: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Appearances: "ELEV8" (A Cappella Academy), opening for Pentatonix, National Anthem (MLB), Birdland, 54 Below. Education: Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music (Tisch/NYU, full scholarship), PPAS.

MURPHY GUYER
Captain Orton

LCT: South Pacific, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Broadway:Breakfast at Tiffany's, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Graduate. Off- Broadway:Stalking the Bogeyman (New World Stages); Double Indemnity (Old Globe); A Dram of Drumchhicit (La Jolla Playhouse); Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage); The Stickwife, Abundance (MTC). Film: Good Friday, Arthur, Feast of the Goat. TV: "Elementary," "Person of Interest," "House of Cards," "Blue Bloods," "White Collar," "24."

JAKE LUCAS
Louis

LCT: debut. Broadway: Newsies. Off-Broadway: Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons). National tour: A Christmas Story (Ralphie). Metropolitan Opera: Billy Budd, Tosca, Hansel and Gretel. Film: She's Funny That Way. TV: "Peter Pan Live!," "How and Why," "Peter Rabbit" (voice of Peter Rabbit).

PAUL NAKAUCHI
Kralahome

LCT: debut. Broadway: The King and I, Chu Chem. West End: The King and I. Regional: Allegiance. Film: The Great Raid, Dark Metropolis, Doctor Strange. TV: "ER," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The Legend of Korra," "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Batman: The Brave and the Bold."

MARC OKA
Phra Alack

LCT: Anything Goes. Broadway: Flower Drum Song, Bells Are Ringing, Fosse, Miss Saigon, Shogun: The Musical. Off-Broadway/regional: A Wonderful Life (Theatre Under the Stars); The Wild Party (NYTW); The Pajama Game (Encores!); Where's Charley? (WTF); Chu Chem (Jewish Rep); Mikado, Inc. (Paper Mill). Film: Onryo, The Magic Clover, The Last Empress in Dread, The Muppets, An American Carol. TV: "Melissa & Joey," "Mirrors," "Cougar Town."

BETSY MORGAN
Standby for Anna

LCT: Bernarda Alba. Broadway: LES MISERABLES (2014 revival), A Little Night Music (revival), The Little Mermaid, High Fidelity (all original casts). Off-Broadway: Found (Atlantic), The Fantasticks (2006 revival). Other theater: LES MISERABLES (25th anniversary tour), Giant (Signature), First Daughter Suite (Vineyard Arts Project), Mrs. Hughes (Yale), Prairie (NYSF). TV: "Flight of the Conchords."

AARON J. ALBANO
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Newsies, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Mary Poppins, A Chorus Line, Bombay Dreams. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love. National tours: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked. Regional: Crazy for You, Cinderella (MUNY); Miss Saigon (Pittsburgh CLO). TV: "Smash."

ADRIANA BRAGANZA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Community: Freezing, Snow White, Aladdin Jr., The Sound of Music (Center Stage Studios).

AMAYA BRAGANZA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Annie. Community: The Sound of Music (Center Stage Studios); Aladdin Jr., The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man, Annie (Brea Curtis Theatre). Voiceover: Rachel's Rainbow (Reading Rainbow ESL book).

BILLY BUSTAMANTE
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love, Paper Dolls (Public); Imelda: A New Musical (Pan Asian Rep); Petite Rouge (NYMF). North American tour: Miss Saigon. Regional: The Last Goodbye (Old Globe), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Paper Mill), Sundance Theatre Lab.

LAMAE CAPARAS
Ensemble

LCT: South Pacific. Broadway: The Lion King. First national tours: Fosse, The King and I. Regional: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Miss Saigon, Chita Rivera & Friends. Film: New Year's Eve, Across the Universe. TV: "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (AhsokaTano), "Chappelle's Show." Dance and choreography: TV on the Radio, the Knocks, Six Scents Parfums.

HSIN-PING CHANG
Ensemble

LCT: debut. First national tour: The King and I (U.S., U.K.). West End: The King and I. Opera: Madama Butterfly (Metropolitan Opera), The Silver River. Dance companies: MunaTseng Dance Projects, Mary Seidman & Dancers, Battery Dance Company, Chen & Dancers.

ANDREW CHENG
Ensemble

LCT: debut. National tours: The King and I, Chicago. Regional: West Side Story, The King and I (various productions). TV: "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "All My Children," "Guiding Light."

LYNN MASAKO CHENG
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Educational theater: The Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz (International Academy of Arts and Sciences). Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (Riverside Theatre), Don Quixote (Jeanne Rimsky Theater). Piano: Carnegie Hall (Crescendo International Competition, Little Mozart Competition, Golden Key Music Festival).

OLIVIA CHUN
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: Alice in Wonderland (Alpha Theater); Annie Kids (CAA); Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music Review (JCC); Nutcracker (Nunnbetter). Commercial: Edouardo Nammour's Ridgewood Savings Bank (girl with grandma). KAHF Doogeun Doogeun Hangul musical with Steven Innocenzi. Chodae Jubilee Choir, KCC Choir. Sang "Time to Shine" at Stage 72.

ALI EWOLDT
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: LES MISERABLES (Cosette). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa), Carnival (Lili), Quarter Century Baby (Carissa). National tour/regional: West Side Story (Maria/tour, MUNY, PCLO), Tennessee Williams' Period of Adjustment (Isabel/W.H.A.T.), A Christmas Carol(Fan/McCarter). TV: "The Michael J. Fox Show." Education: BA, Yale University.

ETHAN HALFORD HOLDER
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Christmas Carol (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Pippin (Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre); Nine, The King and I, Oliver!, Peter Pan (Footlite Musicals). Ballet: Youth America Grand Prix (top 12 NYC finals), The Nutcracker, Pulse, Young Stars of Ballet (Indiana Ballet Conservatory).

COLE HORIBE
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Kung Fu (Signature). Regional: Flower Drum Song (Diamond Head Theatre); A Chorus Line, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Gypsy (Army Community Theatre). Film: Unspoken, Out, Dragonfly, The World Is Way Too Much. TV: "Hawaii Five-0," "So You Think You Can Dance."

MARYANN HU
Ensemble

LCT: South Pacific. Broadway: Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: The Audience (Transport Group), Heading East (Asia Society), Falsettoland (NAATCO), Signature, Vineyard. Regional: Allegiance (Old Globe), Tiger Style! (O'Neill Theater Conference). Film: De loba, Falling for Grace. TV: "Nurse Jackie," "Whoopi," "Law & Order." Education: studied under Wynn Handman, Upright Citizens Brigade.

JAMES IGNACIO
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Oliver! (National Asian Artists Project). Regional: A Christmas Story the Musical (Barn Theatre), New Voices of 2014: Oh What a Night! (Paper Mill), Ragtime (Pleasant Valley Productions), Seussical Jr.(JCCMetrowest), Into the Woods Jr. (OSPAC), The Music Man (Livingston Players).

MISA IWAMA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: The King and I. Opera/concerts: Opera Carolina, Glimmerglass Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Florida Grand Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Central City Opera, New York City Opera National Company, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Piedmont Opera Theatre, Opera Festival of NJ.

CHRISTIE KIM
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Educational theater: Saddle River Day School.

KELVIN MOON LOH
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Side Show. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (Public). National tour: American Idiot. Regional: Oklahoma! (National Asian Artists Project), Miss Saigon (Pioneer Theatre, Houston TUTS, Arvada Center), The King and I (Kansas City Starlight), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Gateway Playhouse), Paint Your Wagon (Pioneer Theatre), A Christmas Carol (North Shore Music Theatre).

SUMIE MAEDA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Hot Feet. Off-Broadway: Kismet (PrincessAbabu/Encores!). First national tour: LCT'sSouth Pacific (Liat). Choreography: For the Record: BAZ (associate choreographer/Los Angeles). TV: "Star Women" (host/NHK).

PAUL HEESANG MILLER
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Eddie/Winter Garden, Broadhurst). Regional: The King and I (Walnut Street, North Shore Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight, Weston Playhouse); Miss Saigon (Pittsburgh CLO, Four Seasons Centre, MT Wichita); Bye Bye Birdie (North Shore Music Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (ArtPark); Kiss Me, Kate (MT Wichita); Barnum (St. Michael's Playhouse).

ROMMEL PIERRE O'CHOA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (Signature). National tours: The King and I, Miss Saigon. Regional: Elf the Musical (Walnut Street), Miss Saigon (Starlight Theatre), 9 to 5 (North Shore Music Theatre), The King and I (Walnut Street, North Shore Music Theatre, Starlight Theatre, Arkansas Rep, CasaMañana). European tour: West Side Story.

KRISTEN FAITH OEI
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (u/s Mary Jane). Off-Broadway: Kung Fu (Signature). First national tours: Wicked (Dance Captain), Aida(u/s Amneris), Fame the Musical. European tour: West Side Story. Regional: In Your Arms (NY Stage & Film), Wicked (Los Angeles, San Francisco), We Will Rock You(Las Vegas).

AUTUMN OGAWA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: The King and I (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); South Pacific (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Seussical (MUNY); Annie, Flower Drum Song, Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity (Diamond Head Theatre). Broadway lab: Behind the Painting. Dance: The Nutcracker (Hawaii Ballet Theatre). Film: Under the Blood Red Sun.

YUKI OZEKI
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off -Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (Signature). Tours: The King and I (North America, Brazil), Miss Saigon (North America). Regional: The King and I (Paper Mill, Casa Mañana, Starlight Theatre, LTOK, Zach Theatre), A Chorus Line (Casa Mañana), Miss Saigon (NSMT). Film: Step Up 3D. TV: "Law & Order."

STEPHANIE JAE PARK
Ensemble

LCT: debut. National tour: Cinderella. Regional: The King and I, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Addams Family (MUNY); Oklahoma! (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Legally Blonde (Arvada Center); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Showboat Majestic).

DIANE PHELAN
Ensemble

LCT: Bernarda Alba. National tours: South Pacific, The King and I. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (Public). Regional: Honor (Prospect Theater Company); Miss Saigon, Cinderella (Paper Mill); Oklahoma! (Berkshire Theatre Group); The Pirates of Penzance (CT Repertory Theatre); Flower Drum Song (Mark Taper Forum). Film: Thank You Next, Clear Blue Tuesday. TV: "Celebrity Death Match."

SAM POON
Ensemble

LCT: Macbeth. National tours: Billy Elliot, LES MISERABLES, Scrooge. Regional: FLY(Dallas Theater Center), Oliver! (NC Theatre), The Secret Garden (Astoria PAC), The Jungle Book (STAGES), Miss Saigon. Concerts: Dr. Phillips Center (Broadway and Beyond), Carnegie Hall (with Kristin Chenoweth). Film: Boychoir, Portraits in Dramatic Time. TV: "The Late Show with David Letterman."

WILLIAM POON
Ensemble

LCT: debut. International tour: Beauty and the Beast. Off-Broadway: Kung Fu (Signature, reading). Regional: Peter Pan, James and the Giant Peach (DTC Summer Stages); Showcase (NC Institute of Dance). Concert: Carnegie Hall (An American Christmas Carol). Film: Portraits in Dramatic Time, The Engine. TV: "Deadbeat," "Creative Galaxy," "Dora and Friends."

BRIAN RIVERA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: The Orphan of Zhao, Major Barbara (American Conservatory Theater); American Night, Hamlet (California Shakespeare Theater); Yellowjackets (Berkeley Rep); Posibilidad (San Francisco Mime Troupe); Fakú Americanus, Alleluia: The Road (Campo Santo); Macbeth (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival); The King and I (Sierra Repertory Theatre). TV: "Trauma," "Cuff Me If You Can."

BENNYROYCE ROYON
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Artist of Light. Dance: Alaska Dance Theatre, Armitage Gone! Dance, Cas Public, Bad Boys of Dance, Sidra Bell Dance New York, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Juilliard Dance Ensemble. Choreography: Point Park University, New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Ballet, Bennyroyce Dance.

LAINIE SAKAKURA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Flower Drum Song, Fosse, The King and I, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (all original cast). Off-Broadway: The Pajama Game (Encores!), Where's Charley?, Fiorello. NYC: Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Armida (Metropolitan Opera). Ballet: Ballet Hispanico, Laveisalex Company. Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Choreography.

ANN SANDERS
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: If/Then, Leap of Faith, Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), Beauty and the Beast (Belle). Off-Broadway: Falsettoland (Trina). International: Miss Saigon (Ellen). National tour: South Pacific. Regional: Shrek, Hair, Carousel, Allegiance. TV: "Elementary," "The Big C," "Unforgettable," "All My Children," "As the World Turns," "Johnny and the Sprites."

IAN SARACENI
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: Merrily We Roll Along (Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute). Commercials/voiceovers: Charmin, FedEx. Edge Studios.

ATSUHISA SHINOMIYA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. National tour: The King and I. International: West Side Story (Musical Theater Basel, Switzerland), Chikai no Coin (Botchan Theatre, Japan; Maly Theatre, Russia). Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Peter Pan, Universal Studios Hollywood. Japanese: Miss Saigon, The Pirate Queen (Imperial Theatre), Buddha, Trails. Education: BM, Kunitachi College of Music (Japan); AMDA.

MICHIKO TAKEMASA
Ensemble

LCT: debut. National tour: The King and I. Regional: The King and I (California Musical Theatre, Harbor Lights Theater, Reagle Players, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Casa Mañana, Gateway Playhouse, Mountain Playhouse), Miss Saigon (North Shore Music Theatre), Big River (Gallery Players), Sayonara (La Comedia Dinner Theatre). International ballet: Swan Lake, Don Quixote.

KEI TSURUHARATANI
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Regional: Damn Yankees (Ogunquit Playhouse), Trip of Love (Theatre Brava!), Aida (Shiki Theatre Company). Opera: La Sonnambula, Giulio Cesare, The Magic Flute, Les Troyens, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni, Nixon in China (Metropolitan Opera); Les Ballets Grandiva (Taipei, Kuala Lumpur).

CHRISTOPHER VO
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Broadway: On the Town. Off-Broadway: Kung Fu. National tour: Come Fly Away. Regional: In Your Arms (NY Stage & Film), Miss Saigon (North Shore Music Theatre), Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse). Concert dance: Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Eliot Feld, Aszure Barton & Artists. TV: "Smash."

ROCCO WU
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Off-Broadway: Water Monitor (New World Stages). Regional: South Pacific (Aaron Copland School of Music). Other: Michael Jackson Relived 2 (Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts). Film: Fanatikal. TV: "Mysteries of Laura."

XIAOCHUAN XIE
Ensemble

LCT/Broadway: debut. Theater: Robert Wilson's Snow on the Mesa; Istitudo Nazionale del Dramma Antico's Prometheus, Baccanti; Annie-B Parson's Snow Falls in the Winter. Dance: former soloist of the Martha Graham Dance Company; Clive Barnes Award nomination.

TIMOTHY YANG
Ensemble

LCT: debut. Performance: Palisades Center winter ice skating show, Christmas party storytelling on stage, pianist at recital for the Piano School of Rockland and Westchester. Commercials: Liberty Mutual Insurance, Amplify.com, Shriner's Hospital for Children. Print advertisements: Toys "R" Us, Verizon. PSA: Kid spokesperson in an anti-bullying campaign.