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| Jose Llana photo by Matthew Murphy |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"The classic musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II offer rich characters, intriguing storylines and an abundance of well written and beautiful songs. Their 1951 musical The King and I, which focuses on the relationship between the King of Siam and an English schoolteacher in the 1860s, is full of intrigue and rewarding characters as well as an abundance of classic show tunes. The National Tour of the recent award-winning Lincoln Center production comes to Tempe for a week-long run in a production that is as rich and rewarding as Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved show. " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
"...Jose Llana...is superb — ...brings a poignancy to his odd-couple interplay with Anna (Elena Shaddow), the English schoolteacher .... Llana and Shaddow sing beautifully, and the national tour brings all the theatrical razzle-dazzle that any fan of classical musicals could want....it’s great to see Asian-American actors represented in a show with Asian characters...At the same time, many of the cultural assumptions underlying the story are, at the very least, dated...." - Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic (click here to read the complete review)
" last evening’s... opening night performance...was the first time actor Elena Shaddow took to the stage as the English schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens. ...Looking and sounding practically perfect, ...the clarity of Shaddow’s voice is...a pleasure to hear....Jose Llana has the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of...Yul Brynner...Llana...has successfully broke the mold and made the character his own....while there is splendor in the visual design, and in the performances of both Shaddow and Llana whose chemistry works well, it’s the Rodgers and Hammerstein score that remains nothing short of magnificent " -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
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