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Meet the original Broadway cast of The King and I on Broadway, and find out who was in the Original Cast, what parts they played and more.
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The cast album featured Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner, with the children’s parts sung by adult cast members. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in the year 2000. Learn more about the 1951 Original Broadway Production of The King and I at the Official Rodgers & Hammerstein website.
The King and I [Original 1951 Cast] by Gertrude Lawrence released in 1951. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
The King and I [Original 1951 Cast] by Gertrude Lawrence released in 1951. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
The original cast recording of The King and I was issued in 1951 on Decca Records, with Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff and Doretta Morrow. [1] The Broadway cast recording was directed by John Van Druten, with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and musical director Frederick Dvonch. [2]
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The original cast recording of The King and I was released by Decca Records in 1951. While John Kenrick admires it for the performances of the secondary couple, Larry Douglas and Doretta Morrow, and for the warmth of Lawrence's performance, he notes that "Shall We Dance" was abridged, and there are no children's voices – the chorus in ...