Desc: The King and I: Directed by Gary Halvorson, Bartlett Sher. With Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ruthie Ann Miles, Dean John-Wilson. Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the King brings to teach his many wives and children.