‘King and I’ creates elegant evening at Sacramento’s Music Circus
With the opening notes of the overture, the new Music Circus production of “The King and I” felt special. As musical director and conductor Craig Barna dropped his baton and the music rose, director Stafford Arima’s lavish production had a sense of both elegance and poignant drama. Arima’s intimate staging gives the classic American musical a fresh nuanced appeal. Christiane Noll plays Anna …