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Walt Disney’s Broadway production of The Lion King has extended its booking period through to 19 Aug 2012. The Lion King, now in its 15th year, is the 7th longest running show in Broadway history.

Lion King Musical 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 Musical is undoubtedly familiar to many, the art that occurs in New York theaters may be foreign to some. An extensive amount of dexterity is incorporated into every aspect of the show.

Director Julie Taymor became the first woman in Broadway history to win the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical. Directed by Julie Taymor and choreographed by Garth Fagan, The Lion King currently features Gareth Saxe (Scar), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mufasa), Tshidi Manye (Rafiki), Jeff Binder (Zazu), Ben Jeffrey (Pumbaa), Fred Berman (Timon), Adam Jacobs (Simba), Chauntee Schuler (Nala), James Brown-Orleans (Banzai), Bonita J. Hamilton (Shenzi), Enrique Segura (Ed) and, Alphonso Romero Jones II and Judah Bellamy (Young Simba) and, Khail Toi Bryant and Shaylin Becton (Young Nala). The creative team for The Lion King features Richard Hudson (sets), Michael Curry (costumes), Donald Holder (lighting) and Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound).

The Lion King won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and is the 7th longest-running musical on Broadway, surpassing the record previously held by ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ The Lion King Musical is Playing in Standing Production In Minskoff Theatre, New York NY. Buy Lion King Broadway Tickets Online, Use Code AFF$10 to Get $10 OFF on Orders over $350!

Disney’s landmark musical event, The Lion King, set a new house record at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre by grossing $2,079,616 during the sold-out eight-performance Thanksgiving week ending November 27, 2011. This figure also marked the highest single week gross in the show’s 14 year run. The previous records were set week ending 01/02/2011 when The Lion King grossed $1,993,370.

As it enters its 15th year, The Lion King remains ascendant, continuing to reign as a cultural phenomenon and one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its Broadway premiere on November 13, 1997, 19 global productions have been seen by more than 63 million people, and grossed over $4.7 billion to date. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher), The Lion King is the seventh longest-running musical in Broadway history and one of only six productions in theatre history to play for ten years or more both on Broadway and in the West End. Translated into seven different languages (Japanese, German, Korean, French, Dutch, Mandarin, Spanish), the show has been performed in 14 different countries on five continents. The Lion King can currently be seen on Broadway, on stages across North America, and in Las Vegas, Tokyo, London’s West End, Hamburg and Madrid.

The Lion King won six 1998 Tony Awards®: 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 Lion King has also earned more than 70 major arts awards including the 1998 NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the 1999 Grammy® for Best Musical Show Album, the 1999 Evening Standard Award for Theatrical Event of the Year and the 1999 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Choreography and Best Costume Design.

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Disney’s The Lion King celebrated a sold-out, record-breaking engagement at The Buell Theatre, Denver CO. The five-week return engagement concluded on Sunday, December 4, have entertained nearly 110,000 people and grossed over $8.5 million at the box office. The award-winning musical grossed over $2 million during the week of November 21, making it the highest-grossing week of any theatrical production in the venue’s history.

This is the Lion King’s third visit to Denver. The North American Tour launched in Denver in April 2002 where it played a sold-out 10-week engagement at The Buell Theatre. The production returned to The Buell Theatre in September 2006 where it played a seven-week sold-out engagement. From here Lion King moves to Baltimore MD for performances starting from Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at Hippodrome Performing Arts Center.

It is estimated that by the conclusion of the engagement The lion king will have generated a $30 million economic benefit to Denver from travel, hotels, restaurants, parking and other businesses patronized by both theatergoers and production staff. This figure is based upon a report from the Touring Broadway League, the official trade organization for Broadway and their North American Tours. The report states that on average, Broadway tours contribute to the local metropolitan area’s economy an economic impact 3.5 times the gross ticket sales.

“The return of The Lion King to Denver and its overwhelming success is a tribute to the entire Disney Theatrical team and the incredibly talented people involved in the creation of the show,” said President and COO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Randy Weeks. “Additionally, it is a testament to the ongoing commitment of the Disney company maintaining their productions at the highest possible standards. Is it possible that Lion King is better now than it was when it first opened here? I believe so.”

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The cast and crew members from Disney’s “The Lion King” spent part of their day off giving back to the community in Buffalo NY.

They prepared a meal Monday night at the Ronald McDonald House in Buffalo for families staying there while their children receive treatment at local hospitals.

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Cast member John Sloan said, “It really is invigorating for us. It’s empowering for our show. And I think it makes you a better artist, to be quite honest. Because it forces you to look outside yourself, it forces you to see the impact that you can have, that your work your art can have on somebody else.”

Lion King continues its run at Sheas Performing Arts Center through October 30th. Cast members will perform in a benefit for the Ronald McDonald House October 24th at the Alleyway Theatre.

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The hit Broadway musical “The Lion King” continues its run in Buffalo, NY for 4 more weeks.

Bridge Street’s Kaylea Nixon recently went backstage for an experience that left her “transformed.” In Disney’s “The Lion King,” Rafiki opens the show with her powerful voice. Backstage, all of Rafiki’s makeup is done nightly by makeup artist Valirie Anderson. Valirie has been with the show since 2008 and agreed to show off her skills by transforming Kaylea into the colorful character. The process usually takes 30 to 45 minutes.

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Disney’s The Lion King continues to reign across North America with a record-breaking sold-out four-week premiere engagement in Montreal which concluded on Sunday, September 4. The engagement grossed over $7 million at the box office and entertained more than 85,000 patrons during 32 performances at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, making it the highest-grossing theatrical production in the venue’s history.

It is estimated that The Lion King generated a $24 million economic benefit to Montreal from travel, hotels, restaurants, parking and other businesses patronized by both theatergoers and production staff. This figure is based upon a report from the Touring Broadway League, the official trade organization for Broadway and their North American Tours. The report states that on average, Broadway tours contribute to the local metropolitan area’s economy an economic impact 3.5 times the gross ticket sales.

“evenko is extremely proud to be part of The Lion King’s success in Montreal. We are delighted to have brought this internationally renowned Broadway musical to Montrealers” said Jacques Aubé, Executive Vice-President and General Manager of evenko. “The success of The Lion King had a substantial impact on Montreal’s economy and community and made Broadway accessible for Montrealers and tourists in the city this summer. Working with Disney was a wonderful experience and we hope to do it again in the near future.”

“The Lion King has been celebrating successful engagements throughout Canada this summer and we are especially proud of our record-breaking run in Montreal,” said Jack Eldon, Vice President, Domestic, Disney Theatrical Productions. “We are overwhelmed by the enduring response to the show and thank the city of Montreal for an incredible engagement.”

This North American National Tour has been seen by nearly 13 million theatergoers and grossed over $834 million to date. Enjoying its ninth year on the road, The Lion King continues to celebrate unparalleled achievements and delight new audiences throughout North America – The Lion King Tour Cities 2011 and 2012.

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Lion King is currently playing on tour in Syracuse, NY and moves to Buffalo, NY on October 04, 2011.

Fourteen years after choreographing “The Lion King,” Fagan still delights in talking about the stage musical, a melding of song, dance, story, masks and puppetry.

Fagan won a Tony award in 1998 for choreography. The choreographer and founder of Garth Fagan Dance attended a March performance of a touring production of “The Lion King” in Rochester, where his professional troupe is based.

The Lion King musical comes to Syracuse, NY on Tuesday, September 06, 2011 for a four-week run. It premiered on Broadway in November 1997 and continues to play there.

Based on the 1994 Disney movie, “The Lion King” tells the story of lion cub Simba, heir to his father Mufasa’s throne as ruler of the animal kingdom. Simba is remorseful believing he is to blame for his father’s death, which unbeknownst to him had been engineered by his evil uncle Scar. Guilt drives the lion cub to run away.

“The Lion King” still affects the 71-year-old Fagan in unexpected ways.

“I still bawl like a baby at the first number,” he says referring to “Circle of Life.”

“I know every step, every sound, where everyone’s going to be.

I’m checking it out to make sure things are just right. I still cry; it brings back some sort of childhood stuff that I thought I had buried.”

Memories of his daughter, who died at 3 years old in a car accident, influenced the creation of his dances.

“I never liked cats. I’m a dog person,” he says with a tinge of his Jamaican accent surfacing. But Fagan’s daughter, Sherrin, was a cat lover.

Working on a production where the big cats rule, “I had to learn how to get some respect for that,” he says with a laugh that rumbles forth.

“You use negatives to become a positive,” he says of the tragic circumstances.

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Lion King Broadway musical tour sold $5.3 million in tickets and attracted nearly 70,000 people to 32 performances, Ken Neufeld, president and chief executive of the Victoria Theatre Association said Wednesday. The “Lion King’s” local economic impact was $15 million to $18 million, Neufeld said.

The four-week run of Disney’s “The Lion King” that ended Sunday at the Schuster Performing Arts Center “exceeded our expectations in every area,” he said.

On average, Broadway tours generate an economic impact of 3.5 times the gross ticket sales to a local metropolitan area’s economy, according to the Broadway League, a national trade association.

“Restaurants were full, parking garages were doing well, the bars were full after the shows,” Neufeld said. “It was fantastic.”

Uno’s Chicago Grill on North Main Street saw nearly 10,000 customers during “The Lion King’s” engagement, doubling its typical summer business, said Joe Kiley, general manager. “We would have done about 4,500 to 5,000 normally,” he said.

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The puppet department is a big one back stage. Hundreds of costumes, masks and puppets are constantly refreshed before each performance so they look brand new. It’s a tough job and anything can go wrong, but that’s why Michael Rilley and his team of puppet magicians are on hand to make sure everything goes like it’s supposed to.

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Disney Theatrical Productions: The Lion King Welcomes Clifton Oliver As Simba to Broadway’s Minskoff Theater. Clifton Oliver took over the role as Simba starting from Friday, May 13. Dashaun Young, who played his final Broadway performance on Saturday, May 7 as Simba, will reprise the role with the Las Vegas company on Monday, June 20. Oliver originated the role of Simba in the Las Vegas production at Mandalay Bay (2009) and the Los Angeles production at the Pantages Theater (2000) and performed as Simba on the first national tour.

Clifton Oliver also starred on Broadway as Benny (opposite Jordin Sparks) in In the Heights and as Fiyero in Wicked and appeared in the Los Angeles company of Ragtime. Oliver’s Off-Broadway credits include Wig Out and Miracle Brothers (Vineyard Theatre). Touring productions include Benny in Rent (Australia) and Teen Angel in Grease (second national). Television includes a guest starring role as Mad Hoops on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.”

Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, The Lion King is currently playing at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street). The show officially opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997.

The Broadway cast of The Lion King also features GARETH SAXE as the sardonic and deviously cunning “Scar,” ALTON FITZGERALD WHITE as “Mufasa,” the great warrior and ruler of the Pridelands, and TSHIDI MANYE as the wise baboon shaman “Rafiki.” CAMERON POW portrays the prim and proper hornbilled bird “Zazu,” TOM ALAN ROBBINS is the carefree warthog “Pumbaa,” FRED BERMAN is the wisecracking meerkat “Timon” and CHAUNTEÉ SCHULER is the loyal lioness “Nala.”

The Lion King is the seventh longest-running musical in Broadway history and one of only five productions in theatre history to play for ten years or more, both on Broadway and in the West End. The Lion King can currently be seen on Broadway (its flagship production), on stages across North America, and in Las Vegas, London’s West End, Hamburg, Tokyo and Singapore.

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