The Lion King is a stage musical with a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film of the same name. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets.
Opened
1997
Performances
10,000
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Elton JohnLyrics: Tim RiceBook: Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi
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Ragtime lost Christopher Plummer, Colm Wilkinson, Elaine Stritch, to The Lion King for the Best Musical Tony Award.
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Tony Award nominee Tsidii Le Loka as Rafiki in The Lion King (1997).
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Tim Rice {Evita, The Lion King, Aidd) was introduced to Broadway with this show.
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With the theater’s operations in place, Disney opened their second theatrical venture, The Lion King, on November 13, 1997. An adaptation of their popular animated hit, Disney hired songwriters Elton John and Tim Rice to expand the cartoon’s score.
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Today we're lucky to have the Disney musicals The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast bringing in thousands of new theatregoers.
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despite the fact that Beauty and the Beast (1994) and the still-running The Lion King (1997), directed and designed by Julie Taymor, currently stand as the fifth and eighth most popular Broadway musicals of all time.
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