Editing Rodgers and Hammerstein (section)

===''The King and I''===
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Based on [[Margaret Landon]]'s ''[[Anna and the King of Siam (book)|Anna and the King of Siam]]''—the story of [[Anna Leonowens]], governess to the children of King [[Mongkut]] of [[Thailand|Siam]] in the early 1860s—Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical ''The King and I'' opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on Broadway on March 29, 1951, starring [[Gertrude Lawrence]] as Anna and the mostly unknown [[Yul Brynner]] as the king. This musical featured the hit songs "[[I Whistle a Happy Tune]]", "[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello, Young Lovers]]", "[[Getting to Know You (song)|Getting to Know You]]", "[[We Kiss in a Shadow]]", "[[Something Wonderful (song)|Something Wonderful]]", "[[I Have Dreamed (song)|I Have Dreamed]]", and [[Shall We Dance? (1951 song)|"Shall We Dance?"]]

''The King and I'' was followed by ''[[Me and Juliet]]'', which opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on May 28, 1953. When ''Oklahoma!'' returned to Broadway on August 31, 1953, with ''The King and I'', ''Me and Juliet'' and ''South Pacific'' all still playing, Rodgers and Hammerstein had four shows appearing on Broadway at once.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=R&H's Alltime Mark With 4-Show B'way Takeover; Some Famed Precedents|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 26, 1953|page=1|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-08/page/n194/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=March 12, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

''The King and I'' was adapted for film in 1956 with Brynner re-creating his role opposite [[Deborah Kerr]] (whose singing was largely dubbed by [[Marni Nixon]]). Brynner won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for his portrayal, and Kerr was nominated as [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]. Brynner reprised the role twice on Broadway in 1977 and 1985 and in a short-lived TV sitcom in 1972, ''Anna and the King''.