Browse by Tags

• 1997
• 9/11
• after-party
• Aida
• Apollo Theater
• Audrey II
• Broadway
• Broadway musical
• Broadway production
• canapé
• caterer
• celebration
• Chicago
• Cipriani 42
• Denver
• Detroit
• Disney
• Disney Theatrical
• Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square
• family
• Floral City
• Florida
• Germany
• international production
• Japan
• Joan Marcus
• Johannesburg
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Julie Taymor
• Kissy Simmons
• Local One
• Mexico
• Michael Jackson
• Minskoff Theatre
• movies
• music
• musical
• Nala
• Nathaniel Stampley
• New Amsterdam Theatre
• New York City
• opening night
• original cast
• Paris
• picket line
• production supervisor
• puppetry
• Rafiki
• reunion
• road company
• Ron Kunene
• Scar
• scenery
• Shadow Land
• Show Palace Dinner Theatre
• Simba
• South Africa
• stagehands
• stagehands union
• Steve Doc Zorthian
• the boys: the sherman brothers' story
• The Circle of Life
• The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• The King of Pop
• The League of American Theatres and Producers
• The Lion King
• The Montecasino Teatro
• theater
• Thomas Schumacher
• Times Square
• TLK
• Tony Award
• Tony Award winner
• Tshidi Manye
• unsung hero
• unsung heroes
• Young Nala
• Young Simba

• Broadway comes roaring back to life, and so does Disney's "The Lion King"

  Jim Hill brings you an update on the 10th anniversary celebration for this Tony Award-winning musical. Which was kind of thrown off-schedule by last month's stagehands strike Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, theater, Broadway, musical, The Lion King, Disney Theatrical, New York City, Julie Taymor, New Amsterdam Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, Tony Award winner, NYC, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, gala performance, international production, Local One, stagehands union, The League of American Theatres and Producers, stagehands, road company, Broadway musical, canapé, caterer, after-party, Cipriani 42, original cast, Thomas Schumacher, Tony Award, South Africa, The Montecasino Teatro, Johannesburg, The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, celebration, scenery, picket line, reunion, TLK, Mexico, Young Nala, Young Simba, Ron Kunene, family, unsung heroes, unsung hero, opening night, 1997, Broadway production

• Stage version of Disney's "The Lion King" is an international success, but ...

  ... in an interview with Jim Hill, production supervisor Doc Zorthian reveals how this long-running musical receives a somewhat different reception in every new country it's presented in Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: music, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, New York City, Japan, Julie Taymor, Minskoff Theatre, Tony Award winner, NYC, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, gala performance, Steve Doc Zorthian, Tshidi Manye, puppetry, Scar, Rafiki, Germany, Paris, Joan Marcus, The Circle of Life, production supervisor, international production

• Tune Thursday: Broadway's "Lion King" balances spectacle with intimate storytelling

  As this Tony Award-winning musical gets ready to celebrate its 10th anniversary in NYC, Jim Hill chats with Nathaniel Stampley. Who talks about how the sacrifices that his own father made as well as the recent birth of his daughter informs Stampley's performance of Mufasa Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, music, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, New York City, Chicago, Julie Taymor, Minskoff Theatre, 9/11, Simba, NYC, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, gala performance, Nathaniel Stampley, Detroit

• Tune Thursday: Sorry, but Kissy Simmons won't kiss-and-tell about her time in Broadway's "The Lion King"

  In honor of the upcoming 10th anniversary of this Disney Theatrical production, Jim Hill chats with Kissy Simmons, the actress who's now playing Nala in this long-running musical spectacular Read More... Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:05 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, New York City, Minskoff Theatre, Tony Award winner, 9/11, Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, Nala, Simba, Show Palace Dinner Theatre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aida, Apollo Theater, NYC, Kissy Simmons, Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square, Floral City, Florida, Audrey II, Denver, Shadow Land, Times Square, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, gala performance