Character Study: THE KING AND I Tony Award Winner Kelli O'Hara Prepares Backstage

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Kelli O'Hara prepares to play Anna Leonowens backstage at THE KING AND I on Broadway.

[@caitlinf2554]

Kelli: My name is Kelli O’Hara, and I play... Me: A BLESSING TO THIS EARTH!

[@musicaltheatresongstress4997]

I don't know if I'm the only one but something about Kelli's voice is soothing

[@nikkosalvador3374]

musicaltheatre songstress i wish she has an audiobook

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Nikko Salvador SAME

[@HeyItsSarah30]

musicaltheatre songstress no you’re not!

[@PrettyEquestrianGirl]

I saw Kelli in "The King and I" October 2015 and it was my first Broadway show and it was the most amazing experience EVER! Everyone in the cast is so talented!! I'm glad I can say it was my first show.

[@manuelorozco7760]

That’s really wonderful. I saw a shortened regional production of the King & I as a kid. It was one of my first exposures to live musicals. But my first full length show with no cuts was Wicked.

[@71crm]

Now I really wish I gone to the stage door to meet Kelli

[@PrettyEquestrianGirl]

Same, but my dad was waiting for ny mom and me and he doesn't have patience for this kind of stuff.

[@christopherstinch]

As someone who has worked with her repeatedly in close quarters, she is the kindest, most delightful, patient person in the world...and would have definitely been gracious and met you...

[@kathleendowling3036]

There's a part of me that wishes that whenever she meets new people she introduces herself as "Tony Award Winner Kelli O'Hara"

[@Jessi4JC]

She is such a lovely person.

[@emmayeemusic]

Kelli is so, so beautiful!! Her Anna is wonderful!

[@dp95xxx70]

She is so stunning.

[@MellyBellyMelody]

That wig is so cool!

[@manuelorozco7760]

Ms. O'Hara looks stunning in a wig. I've seen her as Nellie in South Pacific and Mrs. Darling in NBC's Peter Pan Live!

[@rocknroll20024]

Thank the theater Gods she won the Tony Award for this role

[@OliviafinkStar]

I definitely did not expect to tear up at this video, but I did! I love Kelli so much, and she is just such an amazing woman.

[@abialston8476]

BLESS HER

[@Confessional24]

Met her at the stage door, such a class act!!

[@joecates3371]

no one is more perfect for mrs anna in the king and i the stage play but kelli o hara

[@manuelorozco7760]

Joe Cates Except Laura Michelle Kelly

[@montsegrsm5]

Why is she so perfect? I just wanna hug her like those kids!!

[@allegramiles902]

Love her!!

[@franklesser5655]

Kelli O'Hara is a goddess!

[@jakeeg6580]

Love her! When is she going to the West End?

[@manuelorozco7760]

This summer in the London transfer of the King & I

[@amy-ks9kk]

Yay Kelli!

[@ashtoneva4926]

It's up now. just check out the Broadway.com and they'll have it. I see it almost everywhere I go relating to Broadway stuff

[@maddoxbane244]

I know Kelli's Understudy personally :-)

[@MellyBellyMelody]

I've seen quite a few bts videos and always wonder why they have to do their own makeup? Don't they have people to help them with their makeup?

[@timnco2752]

A lot of artists prefer to do their own make-up. It's their way to focus before a show and to become their character. 😊

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

I love the fact theatre doesn’t believe redhead actors existn

[@manuelorozco7760]

She does look stunning in the wig

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

@@manuelorozco7760 you can see every join, oh how theatre should sort its casting out

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@dsmproductionsofficial131 What do you mean?

[@lotus_dream]

i'm just going to say this... the king and I is incredibly racist. You can't sugar coat it. I like the musical, but it is still really racist

[@elphie93]

I have a similar thing with Carousel i.e. the music is beautiful but the portrayal of domestic violence is incredibly problematic

[@BEE-mp9vk]

I'm a pooping unicorn There's nothing racist about it. It's about two very different cultures meeting and learning and loving each other.

[@manuelorozco7760]

laurenelphie93 I never seen Carousel but I love You’ll Never Walk Alone