Getting to Know You! Jose Llana Begins Performances in The King and I Revival on Broadway

Shall we dance? Jose Llana will begin performances as the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I on July 14. Llana steps in for Tony nominee Ken Watanabe and will remain in the production through September 27. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the 2015 Tony-winning revival also stars Tony winners Kelli O’Hara and Ruthie Ann Miles, and is playing at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Llana recently starred as President Marcos in Here Lies Love opposite Miles off-Broadway. His Broadway credits include Wonderland, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Flower Drum Song, Rent, Streetcorner Symphony and the 1996 production of The King and I, in which he performed the role of Lun Tha. On screen he has been seen in Hitch and Sex and the City.

The King and I is set in 1860’s Bangkok and tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam (Llana) and Anna Leonowens (O’Hara), a British schoolteacher, whom the imperious King brings to Siam to tutor his many wives and children. The musical’s score includes Getting To Know You, Hello Young Lovers, Shall We Dance, I Have Dreamed and Something Wonderful.

The cast of The King and I additionally features Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora (who also appeared in Here Lies Love with Llana), Edward Baker-Duly, Jon Viktor Corpuz, Murphy Guyer, Jake Lucas, Paul Nakauchi and Marc Oka.

Hoon Lee will begin performances as the King on September 29.