The King and I

Thu 3 Dec to Sun 13 Dec. 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, 92037. Mike Cohen, Executive Director, 858.457.3030. Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center - [email][events]

Directed by Joey Landwehr December 3 – 13, 2009 Generously Underwritten in part by The Sally Katz and Scott Houts Charitable Fund East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting visual and musical masterpiece of enormous fascination. This is the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna, who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860's. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch, over time, both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. With a dazzling score featuring such songs “I Whistle A Happy Tune”, “Getting To Know You”, and the ever-popular “Shall We Dance?” t