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After earning her first Tony Award nomination in 2005 for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, Kelli O'Hara graduated to leading lady status and has been one of Broadway's brightest musical theatre stars for ten years. After nominations for THE PAJAMA GAME, SOUTH PACIFIC, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT and THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, she was finally honored with a win for her outstanding work in THE KING AND I. There's only a month left to see Kelli O'Hara in her award-winning performance and the winner of Charitybuzz's new online auction will not only see the show with a guest from VIP seats, but meet with the enchanting star after the performance.

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Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Producing Artistic Director) has announced that 3-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie will assume the role of Anna Leonowens in its Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I beginning Tuesday, May 3 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Ms. Mazzie will play her first performance in THE KING AND I on the same night that Daniel Dae Kim makes his Broadway debut as The King of Siam.

Kelli O'Hara, who won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anna Leonowens, will play her final performance in THE KING AND I on Sunday, April 17. Beginning Thursday, March 17, Ms. O'Hara will be joined by her original co-star, Tony Award nominee Ken Watanabe, for her final weeks in the production.

Hoon Lee currently stars as the King of Siam through Wednesday, March 16. Analisa Leaming will play the role of Anna Leonowens opposite Jose Llana, who starred as the King last summer, from Tuesday, April 19 through Sunday, May 1.

Winner of four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Lincoln Center Theater's production ofRodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I boasts a cast of 51 featuring Ruthie Ann Miles (Tony Award winner - Best Featured Actress in a Musical) as Lady Thiang, Ashley Park (as Tuptim), Conrad Ricamora (as Lun Tha), Edward Baker-Duly (as Sir Edward Ramsey), Jon Viktor Corpuz (as Prince Chulalongkorn), Paul Nakauchi (as Kralahome), Marc Oka (as Phra Alack), Rocco Sisto (as Captain Orton), and Nicky Torchia (as Louis).

The production features choreography by Christopher Gattelli, based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins, sets by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Catherine Zuber (2015 Tony Award), lights by Donald Holder, sound by Scott Lehrer, and musical direction by Ted Sperling. Andrew Resnick conducts THE KING AND I's 29-piece orchestra performing the musical's original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and its dance and incidental music by Trude Rittman.