Dominion theatre, LondonBartlett Sher's gingerly feminist take on the problematic mid-century musical has superb dancing but is ponderously paced 'Stories of the east have seldom reached the western stage with any semblance of reality," Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote shortly before the premiere of The King and I in 1951. Or, as one of the musical's Siamese characters sings of westerners, "they feel so sentimental / ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PM on January 31, 2024