#anna leonowens

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Grey/Silver dresses Round 1- Group D: Anna Leonowens, The king and I (pics set) vs Queen Victoria, The young Victoria (pics set)

[costumeloverz71]

Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) Blue travel dress.. Anna And The King (1999).. Costume by Jenny Beavan.

[sugaldean]

I'm so normal about them

I don't think about them 23/24h

[princesssarisa]

Since I posted a similar poll about the Gelphie ship in Wicked, I thought I'd offer one about another famous subtextual pairing from an older, more "classic" musical. If you think about it, Elphaba and Glinda's relationship arc is similar in some ways to Anna and the King's, with Glinda corresponding to the King and Elphaba to Anna, except that Elphaba is the one who "dies" in the end.

I admit it's been years since I last saw The King and I. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a story of an unlikely and complex yet ultimately strong male/female friendship, with just a hint of potential romance that might have been. But I was a little girl then; there were probably dozens of signs of unspoken feelings that I was too young to notice. So I just thought I'd see what other people think.

[roseunspindle]

Mrs. Anna Leonowens

[droughtofapathy]

Donna Murphy and Kelli O'Hara were both at Hell's Kitchen this afternoon, and I am connecting the pieces on this one, trust me.

[broadwaydivastournament]

BROADWAY DIVAS SUPERLATIVES: Wait...WHAT???

Elaine Stritch's first orgasm during "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?": Crazy cantankerous Elaine Stritch was never one to mince words. Perhaps a crowning achievement in her many instances of raw candor, Elaine revealed the story behind her first-ever orgasm in an interview with "30 Rock" co-star Alec Baldwin in 2013. Elaine starred in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway and during the national tour, 1963 and 1965, respectively. She would have been in her late thirties.

"But I wanted to tell something intimate about myself to John [Turturro] about when he was interviewing me. I told him that when I was doing Virginia Woolf and when George and Martha had their scene together and George said, 'Our son is dead.' You know, that big scene? 'Our son,' he yells in my face, 'is dead.' And I went 'No!' At the height of my force, I said no to him. And I had an orgasm for the first time in my life... So this is how important that moment was on stage to me. This is unbelievable, you don't know." -source

Gertrude Lawrence (almost) drops dead during "The King and I": On August 16th, 1952, one of the great stage divas of this world--and rumored lesbian--Gertrude Lawrence collapsed backstage after a Saturday matinee of The King and I. She was admitted to a hospital shortly thereafter, and by early September, the Tony-winning star was declared dead. She was buried in the iconic champagne "Shall We Dance?" gown, and became the first person for whom Broadway dimmed the marquee lights for. She was 54. And so began the long-standing King and I curse (I say tongue-in-cheek) where every subsequent Anna Leonowens has had some terrible tragedy befall them. -source

Julie Andrews declines her Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria": We live in a cruel and unforgivable world where Julie Andrews does not have a Tony Award. The closest she came was in 1996 where she was nominated for Victor/Victoria. As the sole nomination for the show, Julie announced that she would withdraw her name for consideration in protest on behalf of her egregiously overlooked costars and creative team. She was thought to be a locked win at the time, and though her name did remain officially on the voting ballot, the award ultimately went to Donna Murphy for The King and I, making an awkward situation for everyone involved. -source

Marin Mazzie's "pussy on fire" incident during "Passion": Well, I'll let her tell you all about it.

Patti LuPone and the ALW Memorial Pool: Patti LuPone and the infamous lawsuit that cost ALW a million dollars for breaking her Sunset Boulevard contract. Patti had an iron-clad contract that stated she would be transferring with the production to Broadway, but news broke that she would be replaced by Glenn Close. Patti, who was at the theatre when she found out, went absolutely batshit and trashed her entire dressing room. Her feud persists to this day with several ups and downs, as is her right as a Diva-with-a-capital-D.

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Honorable mentions:

Stephen Sondheim sex dungeon

Bob Fosse's womanizing and finally him collapsing in separated wife Gwen Verdon's arms and dying shortly after.

The affairs of Broadway

Anti-vaxxer Laura Osnes tanking her promising Broadway career and now performing as a circus singer.

[everything-lauramkelly]

Anna Leonowens reminds all Americans to go out and VOTE today 🗳

[princesssarisa]

I forgot that she had played Anna! That must have been a memorable production!

Angela Lansbury, The King & I.

[muffy-artist]

i guess i never posted this to my tumblr????? anyways, i'm gonna be in a garfield show opening on october 28 @ 5:30 pm at the anna leonowens in halifax, ns

come say hellooooooooooo

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Gertrude Lawrence: London Calling! (1923 West End); Tonight at 8.30 (1936 West End); Liza Elliott in Lady in the Dark (1941 Broadway); Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1952 Broadway)

Jane Froman: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934 Broadway); Keep off the Grass (1940 Broadway); Artists and Models (1943 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Gertrude Lawrence:

these pictures make me go insane a little. sir that should be me!!

Jane Froman:

so beautiful. a disability hero icon legend

[voltives]

someone needs to make the full list of white actresses who have played anna leonowens in the king and i because i for one think a wasian actress should play anna.

[homo-ousios]

Ransom Stoddard, Jimmy Stewart’s character in the man who shot liberty valance

Two-syllable compound verbs starting with "g" that didn't make the cut:

gainsay

gatecrash

ghostwrite

globetrot

goalkeep

gunfight

[roseunspindle]

Mrs. Anna Leonowens

[70s80sandbeyond]

Deborah Kerr as Mrs. Anna Leonowens in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "The King and I" (1956)

[operaqueen]

Deborah Kerr, as Mrs. Anna Leonowens, in the GORGEOUS film adaption of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. 20th Century Fox, 1956.