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Lion King musical is currently performing at Benedum Center in Pittsburgh PA through September 29, 2013.

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The entire cast was top-notch, but L. Steve Taylor leads the pack as Lion King Mufasa – Reviewed BY Alan W. Petrucelli at Pittsburgh City Paper.

Sometimes the circle of life whimpers.

Sometimes it whispers.

When it comes to The Lion King, it roars.

The mammoth Disney musical — the story of lion cub Simba, who must avenge his father’s death — has returned to Pittsburgh. This PNC Broadway Across America touring production is a bit smaller-scale, but it’s still a mane event.

Much of the show’s success will always be attributed to Julie Taymor’s innovative and ingenious costume design. Strip away the skins and stripes, and this is a show about animals. The actors must appear as animal-like as possible — and each rhino and zebra and hyena and elephant and gazelle and cheetah and wildebeest costume carefully showcases both man and beast.

The entire cast was top-notch, but L. Steve Taylor leads the pack as Lion King Mufasa. Here too is where Taymor’s costume genius is at its best: Taylor’s mask can either rest on his forehead or cover his face. Resting, Mufasa is regal, dignified, powerful. Mask comes up, and the father of Simba is sensitive and vulnerable. Such subtle symbolism proves, especially on repeated viewings, the brilliance of the work.

Sets are simple, almost minimalist, but serve the action superbly.

There wasn’t one glitch to bitch about on opening night.

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Lion King Broadway musical playing at Minskoff Theatre has extended its booking period through to 06 Jul 2014. The musical opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 13 Nov 1997, following previews from 15 Oct. On the 13 Jun 2006 the musical moved to the Minskoff Theatre. The Lion King, now in its 16th year, it is the 5th longest running show in Broadway history.

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Lion King musical is based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same, tells the story of the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king.

Lion King Broadway Main Cast:
Gareth Saxe as Scar
Alton Fitzgerald White as Mufasa
Buyi Zama as Rafiki
Jeff Binder as Zazu
Ben Jeffrey as Pumbaa
Fred Berman as Timon
Aaron Nelson as Simba
Chantel Riley as Nala
James Brown-Orleans as Banzai
Bonita J. Hamilton as Shenzi
Enrique Segura as Ed

The Lion King won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Director Julie Taymor became the first woman in Broadway history to win the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical.

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Lion King Broadway musical grossed $1,680,327 and had an attendance rate of 99.4%, about 0.1% more than that of the previous week. Lion King is just behind the Book of Mormon ($1,692,289) which had climbed to the top of the list this week. The 24 shows on the boards grossed $18,374,971, slipping around 9.45% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending September 08, 2013.

1. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,692,289
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,680,327
3. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,507,607
4. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,373,885
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,277,120
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,099,556
7. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $894,516
8. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $802,535
9. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $790,714
10. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $785,299
11. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $773,583
12. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $686,831
13. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $666,148

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

The Lion King tour in Charlotte (August 06 to September 01, 2013) was a sold-out four week engagement. Lion King broke the Belk Theater’s box office record for highest-grossing week when it grossed $1,399,576 for the week ending September 1, 2013. It grossed over $5.5 million at the box office and entertained more than 63,000 patrons.

This was The Lion King’s third sold-out engagement in Charlotte, following a five-week premiere in 2003, and a six-week return in 2007 at the Belk Theater.

“The Lion King has once again taken Charlotte by storm during its four-week run, and the response we’ve seen from both audiences and the community has been exciting,” said Tom Gabbard, Blumenthal Performing Arts President. “We especially want to thank our friends at Disney Theatrical Productions and The Lion King for their help in returning this amazing production to Charlotte. They truly represent the ‘best of Broadway’ that we strive to deliver each season, and we can’t wait to have them back again.”

“We were thrilled to return to the great city of Charlotte, where The Lion King has always been so warmly welcomed and embraced,” said Jack Eldon, Vice President, Domestic, Disney Theatrical Productions. “We thank the Charlotte community and our partners at the Blumenthal Performing Arts for another sensational engagement and look forward to returning in the near future.”

From here Disney’s Lion King touring production moves to Pittsburgh PA and performing at Benedum Center through September 29, 2013.

Lion King North American tour scheduled through August 2014 in Dallas (Music Hall at Fair Park), Tempe (ASU Gammage Auditorium), Los Angeles (Pantages Theatre), Honolulu (Blaisdell Concert Hall), Seattle (Paramount Theatre), Atlanta (Fabulous Fox Theatre GA), Toronto (Princess of Wales Theatre) and Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center Opera House).

Lion King Broadway Musical still ahead of the list at the box office with grosses $1,818,423 and had an attendance rate of 99.3%, about 0.7% less than that of the previous week. The Book of Mormon roared to 2nd position leaving behind Wicked in the list with over 100% capacity. The 23 shows on the boards grossed $20,496,643, improving around 2.23% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending September 01, 2013.

1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,818,423
2. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,745,146
3. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,692,789
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,683,060
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,428,092
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,335,417
7. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $990,567
8. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) 969,849
9. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $958,454
10. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $806,878
11. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $804,982
12. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $802,255
13. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $773,583

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Lion King musical returns to Pittsburgh PA and currently performing at Benedum Center from Tuesday September 03 to Sunday September 29, 2013.

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The North American touring productions of The Lion King have been seen by more than 14 million theatergoers and grossed over $983 million to date. The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, a Pittsburgh Cultural Trust theater, is a focal point of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District with 2,800 seats. The Lion King musical had previous runs in Pittsburgh in 2004 and 2008 and 2008 engagement was record-breaking in Pittsburgh.

The Lion King Benedum Center Schedule:
Tuesday Sep 03 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday Sep 04 – 7:30 PM
Thursday Sep 05 – 7:30 PM
Friday Sep 06 – 8:00 PM
Saturday Sep 07 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday Sep 08 – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Tuesday Sep 10 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday Sep 11 – 7:30 PM
Thursday Sep 12 – 7:30 PM
Friday Sep 13 – 8:00 PM
Saturday Sep 14 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday Sep 15 – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Tuesday Sep 17 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday Sep 18 – 7:30 PM
Thursday Sep 19 – 7:30 PM
Friday Sep 20 – 8:00 PM
Saturday Sep 21 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday Sep 22 – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Tuesday Sep 24 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday Sep 25 – 7:30 PM
Thursday Sep 26 – 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Friday Sep 27 – 8:00 PM
Saturday Sep 28 – 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sunday Sep 29 – 1:00 PM

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Lion King Musical on Broadway still lead the list with grosses $1,875,882 and had an attendance rate of 100.0%, about 0.7% more than that of the previous week.

The 24 shows on the boards grossed $20,604,712, slipping around 5.99% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 25, 2013.

1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,875,882
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,708,781
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,698,210
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,635,009
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,401,954
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,320,097
7. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,068,863
8. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $1,003,459
9. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $966,952
10. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $831,600
11. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $811,958
12. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $809,180
13. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $762,714

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Since debuting on Broadway in 1997, the Lion King Musical has become one of the most celebrated and loved musicals of all time. It is already the fifth longest running show in Broadway’s history.

In addition to the successful performances at the Minskoff Theatre in New York, the Lion King Summer Tour will continue through the United States, hitting Charlotte, NC at the Belk Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA at Benedum Center, the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, TX, the Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, AZ and the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Over 10 cities will get to experience the Lion King musical during 2013 – 14 Tour.

Disney The Lion King national tour traversing the North America and Canada. So far announced, The Lion King musical will be touring through August 2014.

U.S. and Canada Tour of Disney The Lion King:

Charlotte NC (Belk Theatre) – Aug’ 06 to Sept’ 01, 2013

Pittsburgh PA (Benedum Center) – September 03 to 29, 2013

Dallas TX (Music Hall At Fair Park) – October 02 to 20, 2013

Tempe AZ (Gammage Auditorium) – Oct’ 22 to Nov’ 17, 2013

Los Angeles CA (Pantages Theatre) – Nov’20, 2013 to Jan’ 12, 2014

Honolulu HI (Neal S. Blaisdell Center Concert Hall) – Jan’ 14 to Mar’ 09, 2014

Seattle WA (Paramount Theatre WA) – Mar’ 11 to Apr’ 06, 2014

Atlanta GA (Fabulous Fox Theatre GA) – April 10 to 27, 2014

Toronto ON (Princess of Wales Theater) – Apr’ 30 to June 15, 2014

Washington DC (Kennedy Center Opera House) – June 17 to Aug’ 17, 2014

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The fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, Lion King Broadway Company Welcomes Aaron Nelson to Play Simba starting from Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Minskoff Theatre.

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Aaron Nelson to Play Simba from August 27

Aaron Nelson is the first Simba since Jason Raize created the role nearly sixteen years ago to play Broadway without having previously been a member of another Lion King company.

Aaron Nelson is making his Broadway debut as a brand new member to The Lion King family. A proud Chicagoan, Aaron received his BA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. His regional theater credits include columbinus 2.0 (American Theater Company), Rent (American Theater Company), and Dreamgirls (Theater 47). He made his television debut as “Kyle” in NBC’s “Chicago Fire.”

In its 16th year, The Lion King remains ascendant; it is the highest-grossing Broadway show in New York history and one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its Broadway premiere on November 13, 1997, 21 global productions have been seen by more than 70 million people and, cumulatively, run a staggering 104 years. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher), The Lion King is only the second show in history to generate five productions worldwide running 10 or more years.

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Lion King Broadway musical still in the $2 Million Club at the top of the list with the grossing $2,112,788 and had an attendance rate of 99.3%, about 0.7% less than that of the previous week. Wicked ($1,871,050) musical is just behind the Lion King.

The 23 shows on the boards grossed $21,839,391, slipping around 4.82% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 15 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending August 18, 2013.

1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,112,788
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,871,050
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,741,615
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,649,031
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,437,843
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,329,084
7. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,167,085
8. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,025,358
9. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $1,023,367
10. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $980,547
11. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $953,280
12. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $904,461
13. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $812,903
14. Annie – (PALACE) $806,640
15. Once – (JACOBS) $708,350

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}