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Lion King on Broadway Welcomes Ntsepa Pitjeng-Molebatsi as Rafiki
Ntsepa Pitjeng-Molebatsi, who joined the ensemble of the Las Vegas production of The Lion King in 2010, steps into the leading role of Rafiki in the Broadway production at the Minskoff Theatre. Ntsepa Pitjeng-Molebatsi will take her first bow in the role of Rafiki on Dec. 10 at the Minskoff Theatre, for a limited engagement through summer 2025, with an exact end date to be announced. Pitjeng-Molebatsi takes over for Tshidi Manye, who, having exited the production in October, will step back into the role next summer. Manye is a longtime cast member, having played several long tenures as Rafiki since January 2004; she initially performed in the 2000 Toronto production.
The Main Stem cast also currently features Stephen Carlile as Scar, L. Steven Taylor as Mufasa, Cameron Pow as Zazu, Ben Jeffrey as Pumbaa, Fred Berman as Timon, Vincent Jamal Hooper as Simba, Pearl Khwezi as Nala, and James Brown-Orleans, Bonita J. Hamilton, and Robb Sapp as, respectively, the Bonzai, Shenzi, and Ed. Austin Elle Fisher and Annika Reese Franklin share the role of Young Nala, while Albert Rhodes and Jacob Pham alternate as Young Simba.
Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar -winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.”
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Broadway’s The Lion King roared onto the scene in 1997, just three years after the release of the animated classic. The Lion King officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997, transferring to the Minskoff in 2006. Lion King Musical on Broadway is 27 years and counting.
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Lion King’s 27th Broadway Anniversary – Surprise Appearance by Show’s Original Young Nala
Lion King Musival on Broadway Celebrates 27th Anniversary on November 13, 2024. And to mark the milestone, the cast surprised the crowd with Kajuana S. Marie, who created the role of Young Nala at the age of 10 when the show opened in 1997.
Broadway’s The Lion King roared onto the scene in 1997, just three years after the release of the animated classic. The Lion King officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997, transferring to the Minskoff in 2006. Lion King Musical on Broadway is 27 years and counting.
Kajuana S. Marie held back tears in an emotional curtain call appearance on Nov. 13. “I absolutely was here the opening night of the show because I am actually the very first Young Nala,” Marie said, in video from the moment shared to The Lion King’s social media channel.
“A surreal moment,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories, reposting the video.
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Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar -winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.”
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Lion King on Broadway Will Celebrate 27th Anniversary
It’s good news for Broadway, Lion King on Broadway Will Celebrate 27th Anniversary on November 13, 2024. The famous show, which began performances in 1997, features the same Elton John and Tim Rice songs as the animated movie, as well as additional music and lyrics by Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer.
Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar -winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.”
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Broadway’s The Lion King roared onto the scene in 1997, just three years after the release of the animated classic. The Lion King officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997, transferring to the Minskoff in 2006. Lion King Musical on Broadway is 27 years and counting.
Buy Lion King Minskoff Theatre Tickets Online and Enjoy the record-breaking, the most popular Broadway musical ever. Celebrating 27 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King continues ascendant as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world.
Click for Lion King North America Tour Updates!
Lion King Set to Return to Broadway this September
It’s good news for Broadway, which needs these productions if it is going to be able to rebound from months and months without revenue. “The Lion King” is a 23-year old juggernaut is set to return to Broadway this September along with other hit musicals Wicked, Hamilton. Disney fans have been eagerly awaiting the chance to see “The Lion King” on Broadway since the COVID-19 shutdown, over a year ago.
Broadway will fully reopen its doors this September, welcoming theater-goers from the city and all over the world once again for the first time in 18 months as New York charges forward in its unprecedented pandemic recovery. This Disney staple will reopen at the Minskoff Theatre on September 14, 2021. The famous show, which began performances in 1997, features the same Elton John and Tim Rice songs as the animated movie, as well as additional music and lyrics by Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer.
Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar®-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony® Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.”
Broadway’s The Lion King roared onto the scene in 1997, just three years after the release of the animated classic. The Lion King officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997, transferring to the Minskoff in 2006.
Buy Lion King Minskoff Theatre Tickets Online and Enjoy the record-breaking, the most popular Broadway musical ever.
The Lion King on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show
The Lion King musical on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show with its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30, 2103 surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.
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Having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway last month, The Lion King finds itself in a position unprecedented in the history of Broadway. Already the highest-grossing show in Broadway history, the show is routinely the #1 Broadway show in a given week, a feat previously unimaginable for a show at this stage in its life.
The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.
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Lion King Behind The Scenes Video – Setting The Scene
Lion King has unveiled a new behind the scenes look at the staging, story, scenery and success of the musical titled “Setting The Scene”.
View the new “Setting The Scene” featurette for The Lion King below.
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Director Julie Taymor, associate director John Stefaniuk, producer Thomas Schumacher and more discuss the incredible visual design of the screen-to-stage adaptation in the new featurette, part of the ongoing Road To Pride Rock series.
“It’s a tale that every culture, everybody understands – but how it’s told is very original,” Taymor astutely observes.
“Children and adults alike suspend their disbelief knowing that it is theatre – that we are not really in a savannah; that we are not really in a jungle – and they go with you,” Taymor assertively adds.
The Lion King musical plays at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.
The Lion King to Celebrate 16th Anniversary on Broadway
The Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Lion King, currently playing at the Minskoff Theatre, will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Wednesday, November 13. The production, which opened on Broadway in 1997, is slated to surpass Les Miserables and become Broadway’s fourth-longest-running show in December. The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.
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Directed by Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), The Lion King features a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, with additional musical material by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer. The book was adapted by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi. Other members of the creative team include Michael Curry, Steven Canyon Kennedy, Michael Ward, John Stefaniuk, Marey Griffith, Clemente Ishmael, and Doc Zorthian.
The cast features Gareth Saxe, Alton Fitzgerald White, Tshidi Manye, Jeffrey Kuhn, Ben Jeffrey, Fred Berman, Aaron Nelson, Chantel Riley, James Brown-Orleans, Bonita J. Hamilton, Enrique Segura, Cole Bullock, Caleb McLaughlin, Teshi Thomas, and Kaci Walfall.
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Lion King Broadway Cast Update – Jeffrey Kuhn and Tshidi Manye Join the Company
Disney’s The Lion King Broadway welcomes Jeffrey Kuhn, in the role of Zazu, and Tshidi Manye, who rejoins the production as Rafiki.
Jeffrey Kuhn makes his Lion King debut as the prim and proper hornbilled bird, Zazu. Jeffrey Kuhn has been seen in the Broadway productions of The 39 Steps, Spamalot, Wicked, Assassins, Ragtime, and Off-Broadway in John Guare’s 3 Kinds of Exile (Atlantic). Kuhn’s regional credits include An Enemy of the People (Centerstage), Next Fall (St. Louis Rep), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre), Sea of Tranquility (Old Globe), Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony & Cleopatra and many others (Stratford Festival), Barrington, Alliance, Pittsburgh Public, and Cincinnati Playhouse. Tour: The Who’s Tommy.
Tshidi Manye, Broadway’s longest-running Rafiki, returns to the Broadway production, having recently spent four months playing the role to critical acclaim on the North American Tour. Tshidi Manye toured Europe and Japan with M. Bongeni Ngema in the hit musical Sarafina. She made her Broadway debut in The Lion King in 2004. Other stage credits include Rafiki in the Toronto production, Daughter of Nebo by Hillary Bletcher, Mfowethu by Gibson Kente, and The Stick by Aubrey Sekhabi. Manye is honored to have performed with legendary artists such as Paul Simon, David Byrne, Hugh Masekela, Jabu Khanyile, and Vusi Mahlasela. Albums: Sisters of Joy, Wildflower.
The Lion King musical 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.
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Lion King Musical Broadway Tickets Onsale through 06 Jul 2014
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 Company Welcomes Aaron Nelson to Play Simba
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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