Archive for April 24th, 2013
Lion King Nashville Return Engagement Schedule and Cast Update
Lion King musical national tour is all set to return Nashville from May 07 to June 02, 2013. The lion King engagement is presented by arrangement with TPAC and is a subscription offering of the HCA/Tri-Star Health Broadway at TPAC series.
Casting has been announced for the Nashville return engagement of Lion King musical. Nashville’s most eagerly awaited stage production ever will leap onto the stage in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall from Tuesday, May 7 to Sunday, June 2, 2013. The show’s six-week premiere engagement in 2006 played a sold-out run at Tennessee Performing Arts Center – Andrew Jackson Hall.
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The production features Timothy Carter as “Scar”, Dionne Randolph as “Mufasa”, Nteliseng Nkhela as “Rafiki”, Mark David Kaplan as “Zazu”, Ben Lipitz as “Pumbaa”, Nick Cordileone as “Timon”, Jelani Remy as “Simba”, Syndee Winters as “Nala”, Keith Bennett as “Banzai”, Rashada Dawan as “Shenzi” and Robbie Swift as “Ed.”
The role of “Young Simba” is alternated between Zavion J. Hill and Adante Power and the role of “Young Nala” is alternated between Sade Phillip-Demorcy and Kailah McFadden.
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Lion King Tops Broadway Box Office for Week Ending 4/21/2013 with $1.83 Million
Lion King Broadway Musical Lead the list with grosses $1,835,410 and had an attendance rate of 98.2%, about 1.4% less than that of the previous week. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $24,719,511, improving around 7.26% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 14 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending April 21, 2013.
1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,835,410
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,810,911
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,670,782
4. Lucky Guy – (BROADHURST) $1,412,001
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,151,759
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,129,419
7. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,060,466
8. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $976,098
9. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,007,275
10. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $952,478
11. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $910,812
12. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $879,720
13. Once – (JACOBS) $873,375
14. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $833,047
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
