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With "Phantom of the Opera" closing and "Chicago" becoming the longest-running musical on Broadway, "The Lion King" is slated to achieve its milestone 10,000th performance this coming weekend, May 6, 2023. #TheLionKing -
Mufasa And Simba In A New Poster Of "The Lion King" By Cyclops Print Works Artists
The Disney all-time favorite "The Lion King" comes to life in a new poster created by the artists of Cyclops Print Works. In line with this, a newly released Blu-ray edition is made available for purchase on August 29. -
'Lion King' Casts John Kani and Alfre Woodard For Its Remake
The 1994 second highest grossing film of all time returns on June 2019. Director Jon Favreau and writer Jeff Nathanson will enhance Lion King Remake with talented film stars to give life to Simba and others. -
M.I.A. Samples ‘The Lion King’ On New Track: Stream, Download 'B4 Disney Shut It Down' [LISTEN]
Following M.I.A.'s recent collaboration with Baauer and G-Dragon on the bass-heavy banger titled "Temple," the UK rapper is back with two new tracks: "MIA OLA" which samples from The Lion King's "Circle Of Life," and "Foreign Friend." Upon release, she took to Twitter to urge "FLYPIRATES" and "DJs" to stream, download and share the politically-charged tracks "B 4 Disney shut it down!" -
'Chicago,' 'Cats,' 'The Lion King' and More: Broadway's 7 Longest Running Theater Productions
This week marks several important dates for long-running Broadway productions, as Grease closed on this date during 1980 after 3,883 performances—at that point the record for longest running show in history in the New York theatre district—and just this week Mamma Mia! pulled the plug after getting to no. 8 all time with 5,582 total performances. So yes, the record has lengthened greatly since Grease first closed its doors. The following are the 7 longest-running Broadway plays in history, including Cats, Chicago, The Lion King and more: -
Broadway Ends 2014 Big: 'The Lion King,' 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' and 'It's Just A Play' Set Theater Records
We at Music Times are getting tired of writing about things being down during 2014-album sales were down, it seems like digital single sales will be down, and we just reported that piano sales are way down-but good news: One thing was up toward the end of the year and it wasn't vinyl sales. Broadway productions in New York City brought in huge numbers. More than 30,000 more viewers showed up for shows than they did during Christmastime 2013. Of the 36 shows currently in production on the Great White Way, 19 broke $1 million. -
Thanksgiving Week Marks Huge Rise in Revenues for Broadway; 'Wicked' and 'The Lion King' Bring in Big Hauls
If your dad is anything like ours, he hates all of the Broadway medleys that dominate the first hour or so of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He's out of luck because that's one of the biggest advertising moments of the year for the New York theater district, as Thanksgiving week is one of the biggest sales periods for the Great White Way. This year the 36 plays showing generated revenues of more than $34.1 million, an all time high for the time period.
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