Photo Coverage: INSIDE THE LION KING Bryant Park Pop-Up Exhibit!
by Jennifer Broski
- Dec 3, 2012
'Inside The Lion King,' the first immersive, pop-up exhibit ever created for a Broadway show, arrives adjacent to Bryant Park, on 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas, for a limited time to celebrate 15 years of The Lion King in New York City. More than 65 million people have experienced The Lion King, but never before like this. In this free exhibit, fans of all ages will experience and interact with 86 museum-quality artifacts including hand-made puppets, sculpted masks, elaborate artisan costumes and extraordinary sets that have appeared in productions from around the world. Check out photos from inside the exhibit below!
Photo Coverage: THE LION KING Celebrates 15 Years on Broadway!
by Jennifer Broski
- Nov 19, 2012
Broadway's landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire creative team, who collectively won six Tony® Awards for their work on the show, reunited for the sold out performance. BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage from the festivities below!
Photo Flash: THE LION KING Celebrates 15th Anniversary - Go Inside the Rehearsal!
by Kelsey Denette
- Nov 19, 2012
Broadway's landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire creative team, who collectively won six Tony® Awards for their work on the show, reunited for the sold out performance. Check out photos below!
BWW Photo Exclusive: THE LION KING Cast Records for 'Carols For A Cure'
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Sep 5, 2012
CAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BC/EFA. These CDs boast the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tours. A full track list for this year's 14th edition has not yet been announced, but the cast of Broadway's THE LION KING was already hard a work recording their track for the album. Check out our exclusive photos from their recording session below!
Photo Coverage: Happy 14th Broadway Birthday LION KING!
by Peter James Zielinski
- Nov 14, 2011
Disney's landmark musical event, THE LION KING celebrated 14 years on Broadway last night, November 13th at the Minskoff Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: THE LION KING Sings for 'Carols for a Cure'
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Oct 7, 2011
The thirteenth edition of Carols for a Cure is now in production and each week BroadwayWorld has been bringing you photo coverage from inside the recording studio. Next up in the line-up is THE LION KING, who recorded their interpretation of Silent Night.
Photo Flash: Bachelorette Ali Visits THE LION KING
by Jessica Lewis
- Sep 8, 2010
It was another version of 'Circle of Life' on-stage at Broadway's THE LION KING Friday night, September 3, when The Bachelorette's Ali Fedotowsky and fiancé Roberto Martinez were joined by both of their families to take in the show. Following the performance, they joined cast member Dashaun Young (Simba) back-stage where he presented them with a gift from the cast. Ali and Roberto were all smiles when they received the custom-made Playbill in which they got star billing.
Photo Flash: THE LION KING Welcomes New Cast Members
by Charlie Piane
- Jun 17, 2010
Broadway's landmark musical event THE LION KING recently welcomed to the company: GARETH SAXE as the evil and power-hungry lion Scar; ALTON FITZGERALD WHITE as Mufasa, the great lion warrior and ruler of the Pridelands; CAMERON POW as the prim and proper hornbilled bird Zazu; BEN JEFFREY as the carefree warthog Pumbaa; FRED BERMAN as the wisecracking meerkat Timon; and CHAUNTEÉ SCHULER as the loyal lioness Nala. Jeffrey, Berman and Schuler will mark their Broadway debut with The Lion King. Produced by Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions, THE LION KING is currently playing at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street).
Photo Coverage: Whoopi Goldberg's Joins THE LION KING for a Night
by Walter McBride
- Jan 15, 2010
Disney Theatrical Productions welcomed Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg (moderator of ABC's 'The View') to the cast of Broadway's landmark musical event, THE LION KING - for one night only - on Thursday, January 14 at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street, NYC).
Photo Coverage: 'LION KING' Hits 5000!
by Peter James Zielinski
- Nov 11, 2009
Disney's landmark musical event THE LION KING celebrated 5000 Broadway performances on Thursday, November 5 at the Minskoff Theatre. Only eight other musicals have reached this milestone, including Disney's Beauty and the Beast. THE LION KING is the ninth longest-running musical in Broadway history and the first American musical to welcome 50 million guests worldwide.
Photo Flash: THE LION KING Visits the White House
by Robert Diamond
- Sep 16, 2008
President George W. Bush and President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana joined cast members from Disney's Tony Award-winning Broadway production of THE LION KING on stage in the Rose Garden at the White House Monday evening, Sept. 15, 2008, following their performance at the State Dinner in honor of President Kufour's visit to the United States.
Photo Flash: 'The Lion King' Atop The Empire State Building
by BWW
- Nov 10, 2007
This weekend, Disney's The Lion King, the world's most spectacular musical, will receive another honor as the legendary Empire State Building will be lit in 'Lion King Yellow' in recognition of the landmark production's 10th anniversary on Broadway.