The King and I

If you get the opportunity to see this amazing play at the Village Theater in Issaquah I highly recommend it. The costumes and sets were outstanding and several of the actors are worth a thumbs up mention. The woman who play Mrs. Leonowens played the role equally as well as Deborah Kerr and the young woman who played Top Tim, was beautiful, had a gorgeous voice and embodied the agony of a young woman trapped by the King being in love with another man. She also was the narrator of the play within the play based on "Uncle Tom's Cabin"--

That play within the play was a major highlight for me. The costumes and dancing were superb and they had an angel come down from above to come take Eva away after she dies and he/she was an aerialist who hung from a clothe, did the splits, and then hung by one foot; I'd say it was equal to if not better the the movie scene.

The King was OK...I thought Yul Brenner was much more convincing, but then who could ever top Yul Brenner.

I thought about the enormous Buddha in one scene and the costuming and then realized how easy it must have been to obtain the really McCoy given that we have so many Thai people living in Seattle.

The orchestra was fabulous and the songs of course bring you back to the many times you probably saw the movie.

All in all a really great experience. Sit on the main floor if you can; I had a hard time hearing some of the dialogue.