{"id":54,"date":"2010-06-19T07:11:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T07:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2010-06-19T07:11:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T07:11:01","slug":"the-lion-king-north-american-tour-opens-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/the-lion-king-north-american-tour-opens-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lion King North American Tour Opens In Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lion King Keller Auditorium Portland Oregon<\/p><\/div>The Portland return of Disney’s The Lion King opens tonight, Friday, June 18 at 7:30pm at Keller Auditorium<\/a> for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, July 11. In Portland, The Lion King plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, Sunday evenings at 6:30pm, Saturday matinees at 2:00pm and Sunday matinees at 1:00pm, with additional performances on Thursday, June 17 at 1:00pm and Thursday, July 8 at 1:00pm. Great seats are still available!<\/p>\n

The North American touring production of The Lion King has been seen by over 12 million theatergoers and grossed over $775 million to date. The tour is one of seven productions running worldwide, along with New York City<\/a>, London<\/a>, Hamburg<\/a>, Paris, Tokyo and Las Vegas<\/a>. Having already played 60 cities across North America, The Lion King continues to entertain audiences in new cities. The current schedule is listed below. For more information and dates, please visit www.LionKingBroadwayTicketsOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lion King began as a 1994 animated feature-length film developed and produced by the Walt Disney Company. The story, a coming of age parable set among animals indigenous to its setting, the African savanna, tells the tale of Simba, the lion cub who rises to be the King of the jungle. <\/p>\n

The three evil hyenas are played by Omari Tau (“Banzai”), Andrea Jones (“Shenzi”) and Ben Roseberry (“Ed”). The role of “Young Simba” is alternated between Jerome Stephen, Jr. and Elijah Johnson and the role of “Young Nala” is alternated between Jamariana Tribble and Madai Monica Williams.<\/p>\n

Lion King is performing at Keller Auditorium in Portland, OR<\/a> – June 16 to July 11, 2010
\nTues., Wed., Thurs*., Fri. 7:30pm
\nSaturday 2:00pm & 7:30pm
\nSunday 1:00pm & 6:30pm
\n*Thursday, June 17 – Special 1:00pm matinee performance
\n*Thursday, July 8 – Special 1:00pm matinee performance
\n*Thursday, June 24 – Signed performance for the hearing impaired<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start as low as $23.25 and can be purchased online at www.LionKingBroadwayTicketsOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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