The Lion King Comes To Place Des Arts, Montreal August 2011
Disney’s The Lion King visiting Montreal next summer, it will be settling into Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Place des Arts beginning Tuesday, August 9, with performances playing through Sunday, September 4, 2011. Opening night is set for Thursday, August 11. That’s about three weeks longer than the norm for musicals at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, which has a whopping 2990 seats to fill.
The Lion King has played recent record-breaking Canadian engagements, including a four-week British Columbia premiere in Vancouver in August 2010. The production set a new record for the single highest box office gross in Canadian theatrical history. The final week of the engagement grossed more than $1.9 million Canadian, which is more than any previous Canadian stage production has grossed in a single week. The engagement entertained more than 82,000 patrons and generated over $7.5 million Canadian at the box office during the entire run.
The on-sale date for tickets will be announced at a later date. Buy Lion King Montreal, QC Canada Online when they are available in few months.
