Something Wonderful! Hoon Lee Starts Performances in The King and I on Broadway

Shall we dance? Hoon Lee will begin performances as the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I on September 29. He takes over for Jose Llana in the 2015 Tony-winning revival, which also stars Tony winners Kelli O’Hara and Ruthie Ann Miles. The production is playing at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Lee has just completed filming the Cinemax series Banshee. His Broadway credits include Pacific Overtures, Flower Drum Song and Urinetown.

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 (Lee) 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.

Directed by Bartlett Sher, the cast of The King and I additionally features Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora, Edward Baker-Duly, Jon Viktor Corpuz, Murphy Guyer, Jake Lucas, Paul Nakauchi and Marc Oka.