Archive for January, 2012
Lion King Minneapolis MN Backstage – Behind the Scenes Video
Lion King is currently playing on tour in Minneapolis, MN. The Lion King is back where it all started. Minneapolis is the first city in North America to host the show four times. The Broadway hit made its world premiere in Minneapolis in 1997 and has gone on to become the 7th longest running show on Broadway. It’s been seen by more than 54 million people in 14 countries on five continents.
J. Anthony Crane, who plays Scar, took KARE 11 Sunrise backstage to show off what you don’t see from the audience. Watch the Video Below:
Lion King will be in Minneapolis MN through February 12, 2012 before moving to Richmond, VA where the Landmark Theatre performances begin on February 15, 2012. Buy Lion King Orpheum Theatre Tickets Online, Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Orders over $350!
Lion King Peace Center-SC Tickets Update
Disney Theatrical Productions and The Peace Center announced that tickets for the long-awaited production of Disney’s The Lion King will go on sale to the public on Saturday Feb. 11 at 7 a.m. at the Box Office.
Lion King performances at The Peace Center will begin on Tuesday June 12, 2012 for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday July 8, 2012. Lion King will close on June 11, 2012 at Ziff Opera House At The Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami FL before moving to Greenville SC.
Ticket buyers are invited to special box office opening festivities on Feb. 11 at The Peace Center where the first 100 people in line will get a Lion King CD and T-shirt and all others in line will receive a Lion King T-shirt (one item per order, while supplies last). Guests will be treated to music and contests, food and drinks. Doors to The Peace Center will open and box office sales will begin at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Lion King Peace Center-SC Performance Schedule:
Tuesday through Thursday – 7:30 p.m.
Fridays – 8 p.m.
Saturdays – 2 p.m and 8 p.m.
Sundays – 1 p.m and 6:30 p.m.
Special matinee on Thursday, July 5 – 2 p.m.
No performances on Wednesday, July 4.
“The Lion King” made its Broadway premiere on Broadway on Nov. 13, 1997. It won six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Scenic Design (Richard Hudson), Best Costume Design (Julie Taymor), Best Lighting Design (Donald Holder), Best Choreography (Garth Fagan) and Best Direction of a Musical, making Taymor the first woman in theatrical history bestowed with the honor. The North American touring production of “The Lion King” has been seen by more than 13.5 million theatergoers and grossed more than $875 million to date.
Lion King play at Peace Center-SC through July 08, 2012. Buy Lion King Greenville SC Tickets Online, Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Orders over $350!
The Lion King Stars Talk About Their Roles in Minneapolis
Lion King is currently playing on tour in Minneapolis, MN. Performers J. Anthony Crane and Nick Cordileone from the touring production of The Lion King talk about their roles in the award-winning musical with KARE – Both stars have local roots in Minnesota, and are happy to be performing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
- Watch the Video Below:
Lion King will be performing at Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis through February 12, 2012. Buy Lion King Minneapolis MN Tickets Online. Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Orders over $350!
Lion King Return To Minneapolis, MN and Continue Through February 12, 2012
The Lion King returned to Minneapolis MN, it will mark a return of the multibillion-dollar global juggernaut to the venue where it first roared to life in 1997. The Lion King Orpheum Theatre Performances started on January 11, 2012 and Continue through February 12, 2012.
The Elton John-Tim Rice musical also is a homecoming of sorts for two Twin Cities-connected cast members. J. Anthony Crane, who plays the antihero Scar in this classic drama about jealousy, murder and paternal love, spent many summers in the Twin Cities, where his parents were born and where his grandfather and great uncle ran a pharmacy and a movie theater.
“I’ll be visiting south Minneapolis to see where my family served the community all those years,” said Crane, who grew up in California with his doctor father and physical therapist mother and now lives in New York. “This is the place that influenced so many of our dreams.”
Nick Cordileone, who plays the wiseacre Timon, grew up in New Hope, Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park. His mother and stepfather still live in northeast Minneapolis and he expects a busload of relatives to come see the show.
“From being on Lake Minnetonka to watching the Vikings and the Twins, the Twin Cities formed the building blocks of my brain,” said Cordileone. “It is the place where I learned the joy and pain of being a long-suffering sports fan, something that I can use in my character.”
“Lion King” was built in Minneapolis by visionary director Julie Taymor. It combined her inventive visuals with bold puppetry, a propulsive pop score and Garth Fagan’s choreography to make the Disney movie come to spectacular life. After its sold-out Twin Cities premiere, the show transferred to Broadway in October 1997, where it won six Tonys and has remained a box-office champion.
Read the complete story {Via StarTribune.com}
Lion King play at Orpheum Theatre-MN through February 12, 2012. Buy Lion King Minneapolis MN Tickets Online, Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Orders over $350!
The Lion King Box Office Record at Hippodrome Performing Arts Center
The Lion King grossed $1.5 million at the Hippodrome Theatre. The one-week haul was the most for a Broadway production at the Hippodrome, officials said in a press release. So far, “The Lion King” has grossed $5.3 million with a week remaining in its engagement in Baltimore. The show runs through January 8, 2012.
The show is estimated to generate a $21 million economic impact in the city, through travel, hotel, restaurant and parking spending by audience members and production staff. That is based on a rule of thumb established by the Touring Broadway League that shows’ economic impact is 3.5 times gross ticket sales.
Success of Broadway shows and other touring productions are key in the Hippodrome’s business model. The theater had faced challenges attracting shows because a shortcut in the $63 million renovation of the theater led to massive utility bills that made it too expensive a stop for many productions.
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