It's a great year to be named Kelli/Kelley. At this year's Tonys ceremony, Broadway leading lady Kelli O'Hara won her long-awaited Tony Award, and almost exaclty a month later, U.S. Soccer player Kelley O'Hara will compete in the World Cup finals today, July 5.
On June 7, 2015, a whole new group of Broadway community members were honored with 2015 Tony Awards for their excellence in theater this past season. From first time winners to veterans, the 2015 Tony Awards were filled to the brim with exciting wins. Some of the Tony Award winners stopped by to chat with BroadwayWorld and show off their new, shiny Tony Award statues with the classic 'spinning of the Tony' and tell us what comes to mind as they spin the Tony.
Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics released the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, earlier this week. In celebration, the company gathered at Barnes and Noble for a CD signing and performance!
Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics released the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, earlier this week. In celebration, the company gathered at Barnes and Noble for a CD signing and performance!
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Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics releases the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, available digitally and physically today, June 9.
The producers of The King and I accepted the 2015 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, and you can click below to hear their full speech!
Kelli O'Hara has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her role as Anna in THE KING AND I.
THE KING AND I has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
Ruthie Ann Miles has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for THE KING AND I. The role marks her Broadway debut.
Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics releases the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, available digitally today, June 2, and physically on June 9.
In an all-new interview with USA TODAY award-winning director Bartlett Sher discusses the hit Broadway revival of THE KING AND I, currently up for 9 Tony Awards.
The story of Anna and the King of Siam returns in a majestic, multi-Tony-nominated revival.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics will release the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam, available digitally June 2 and physically on June 9. The complete tracklist has been revealed, and fans of the musical might noticed that some songs (including the Act 1 Finale and Hello, Young Lovers Reprise) did not make the cut. The tracklist is as follows:
Kelli O'Hara and cast members from Broadway's THE KING AND I performed the classic number 'Getting to Know You' on this morning's 'LIVE'.
Kelli O'Hara and cast members from Broadway's The King and I will perform on 'LIVE' today. Be sure to set your DVR's!
Decca Broadway/Universal Music Classics will release the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I starring Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam. The critically acclaimed musical received an impressive nine Tony Award Nominations, including Best Musical Revival, Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Ken Watanabe), Best Leading Actress In a Musical (Kelli O'Hara), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Ruthie Ann Miles), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Michael Yeargan), Best Costume Design of a Musical (Catherine Zuber), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Donald Holder), Best Direction of a Musical (Bartlett Sher) and Best Choreography (Christopher Gattelli). The show has also garnered 5 Outer Critics Circle nominations including Best Musical Revival.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Producing Artistic Director, Andre Bishop) has extended the run of its critically acclaimed production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, directed by Bartlett Sher, indefinitely at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). In addition, the Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC will launch a national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production, which was recently nominated for 9 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, in November 2016 in Providence, RI. The National Tour will play multi-week and single week engagements throughout the 2016-17 touring season and beyond. Casting and additional engagements for the tour will be announced at a future date.
Pochi giorni fa (martedi 28 aprile, per l'esattezza), sono state finalmente annunciate le candidature ai Tony Awards 2015, premi che si terranno domenica 7 giugno al Radio City Music Hall (New York). Si tratta della sessantanovesima edizione dei premi che portano indelebile il nome di Antoinette Perry (da cui 'Tony'), attrice e leader dell'American Theatre Wing. I premi saranno presentati dal dinamico duo Alan Cumming ('Cabaret', 'Macbeth') e Kristin Chenoweth (nota soprattutto per aver interpretato il ruolo di Glinda nel cast originale di 'Wicked').
Kelli O'Hara stars in a Bartlett Sher Rodgers and Hammerstein revival that mimics his previous Rodgers and Hammerstein revival.
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