{"id":1562,"date":"2016-11-15T17:01:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2016-11-15T17:04:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:04:26","slug":"lion-king-musical-on-broadway-turns-19-third-longest-running-broadway-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/lion-king-musical-on-broadway-turns-19-third-longest-running-broadway-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion King Musical on Broadway Turns 19 &#8211; Third Longest Running Broadway Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the Disney animated film of the same title, The Lion King, which opened November 13, 1997, Celebrates it&#8217;s 19th anniversary Sunday, November 13. Recently having played its 7,900th performance, The Lion King surpassed the original run of that other feline-themed musical, Cats, in 2015 to become Broadway&#8217;s third-longest-running show. The Lion King, which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre, is currently playing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-minskoff-theatre.html\">Minskoff Theatre<\/a> in Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>The Broadway shows that has run longer than Lion King are Chicago &#038; The Phantom of the Opera.<\/p>\n<p>Lion King musical is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The current Broadway cast: &#8220;Scar&#8221; is played by Gareth Saxe. L. Steven Taylor is &#8220;Mufasa,&#8221; Tshidi Manye is the baboon shaman &#8220;Rafiki,&#8221; Cameron Pow portrays the hornbilled bird &#8220;Zazu,&#8221; Ben Jeffrey is the warthog &#8220;Pumbaa&#8221; and Fred Berman is the meerkat &#8220;Timon.&#8221; Mufasa&#8217;s son, &#8220;Simba,&#8221; the lion prince born to be king, is played by Jelani Remy, and Adrienne Walker is the lioness &#8220;Nala.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Top 15 longest running Broadway musicals as of November 9, 2016:<\/p>\n<p>1. The Phantom of the Opera: 11,981 performances.<br \/>\n2. Chicago: 8,302 performances.<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/\">The Lion King<\/a>: 7,915 performances.<br \/>\n4. Cats: 7,485 performances.<br \/>\n5. Les Miserables: 6,680 performances.<br \/>\n6. A Chorus Line: 6,137 performances.<br \/>\n7. Oh, Calcutta!: 5,959 performances.<br \/>\n8. Mamma Mia!: 5,773 performances.<br \/>\n9. Beauty and the Beast: 5,461 performances<br \/>\n10. <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked<\/a>: 5,433 performances<br \/>\n11. Rent: 5,123<br \/>\n12. <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.jerseyboysbroadwayticketsonline.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.jerseyboysbroadwayticketsonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey Boys<\/a>: 4,564<br \/>\n13. Miss Saigon: 4,092<br \/>\n14. 42nd Street: 3,486<br \/>\n15. Grease: 3,388<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/ticketnetwork.7eer.net\/c\/87164\/120057\/2322?subId1=lionking&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketnetwork.com%2Fticket%2Flion-king-new-york-ny-events.aspx');\"  href=\"http:\/\/ticketnetwork.7eer.net\/c\/87164\/120057\/2322?subId1=lionking&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketnetwork.com%2Fticket%2Flion-king-new-york-ny-events.aspx\">Buy Lion King New York NY Tickets Now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the Disney animated film of the same title, The Lion King, which opened November 13, 1997, Celebrates it&#8217;s 19th anniversary Sunday, November 13. 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