• The Cats of Christmas
    The King and I  |  Essays

    The Cats of Christmas

    Brendan Lemon  |  Dec. 16, 2015

    The sign transfixing my wandering eye this week as I patrolled the Beaumont hallways was headed “25 Cats of Christmas."

  • Students Are Back in the House
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    Students Are Back in the House

    Brendan Lemon  |  Dec. 4, 2015

    It never fails: there’s always the moment in a student-matinee talkback when someone wants to know about the child actors.

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    Putting on a Show

    Brendan Lemon  |  Dec. 1, 2015

    It’s 15 minutes to curtain, and I’m sitting on a sofa in THE KING AND I's male-ensemble dressing room, talking to Kelvin Moon Loh about the cast’s contribution to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’s annual Gypsy of the Year talent show.

  • Catching Up With Hoon
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    Catching Up With Hoon

    Brendan Lemon  |  Nov. 9, 2015

    Hoon Lee, currently giving a commanding, playful performance as the King of Siam, did not emerge from the womb stage-struck.

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    Water - and More - for Elephants

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 22, 2015

    “We beg to put before you…Lasayen & Mbegu. The foster Elephants of THE KING AND I Family.”

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    Andrew Resnick Takes the Baton

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 8, 2015

    Of all the musical experiences that have shaped Andrew Resnick, who has just become Conductor of THE KING AND I, perhaps the liveliest took place at the annual summer arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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