A standout back then, but revolutionary now, how did Rodgers and Hammerstein’s graceful touch fare for C.Y. Lee’s breakthrough story?

Historic liberties notwithstanding, is there more to this take on Anna Leonowens’ and King Mongkut’s negotiations than meets the eye or ear?

Dubbed as ‘the happiest sound in all the world’, this Best Picture-winning film became the happiest sound of my childhood…and so much more.

Before becoming a musical on stage and in film, it began as a novel which lifted the lamp beside the golden door in more ways than one. How?