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• Tune Thursday: Why "The Lion King" gets the lion's share of the attention on the Las Vegas Strip

  Jim Hill talks about the ambitious promotional plan that the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino and Disney Theatrical put together to help hype this new sit-down production of that Tony Award-winning musical Read More... Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theater, Broadway, musical, ABC, promotion, The Lion King, Disney Theatrical, Dancing with the Stars, Julie Taymor, Las Vegas, hotel, Hairspray, The Producers, Broadway musical, stage version, promotional campaign, shows, show, 1997, Avenue Q , Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, lion, stage show , 1996 , stage, Mandalay Bay, Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, Mandalay Place, Raleigh Studios, The Lion King Exhibit, The Strip, video marquee, key card, Results Show, Las Vegas Strip

• "From the Deep Blue Sea to the Great White Way" charts Ariel's journey to Broadway

  Jim Hill reviews Michael Lassell’s latest making-of book for Disney Theatrical Productions. Which reveals how Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” went from being an Academy Award-winning animated feature to becoming a popular musical for the stage Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: theater, Broadway, Andreas Deja, Ron Clements, John Musker, Lunt-Fontanne Theater, Julie Taymor, ASIFA-Hollywood, Tom Sito, Broadway musical, stage version, animated feature, Thomas Schumacher, Michael Lassell, stage, Woodbury University, The Little Mermaid, designer, Fletcher Jones Foundation Library, 20th anniversary

• Tune Tuesday : "Shrek the Musical" gets off to a great start in Seattle

  WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead in this preview piece about DreamWorks Theatrical's Broadway-bound production. Which is a musical adaptation of DW's Academy Award-winning animated feature Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, music, theater, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, Walt Disney, The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company, New York City, YouTube, Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Julie Taymor, NYC, LA, Academy Award, movie, Broadway musical, stage version, 2008, animated feature, 2001, Donkey, ogre, Shrek, Fiona, opening night, Broadway production, Big Green Ogre , Great White Way, Jeanine Tesori , David Lindsay-Abaire , Jason Moore , Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater , Lord Farquaad , Academy Award winner, December , November, childhood, stage show , design team, August, director , stage, audience, Big Apple , New York, creative team , DreamWorks Theatricals, Broadway-bound, musical adaptation, DW, Academy Award-winning, movie-based musical, theater community, Ponyo, playset, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, 9 to 5 : The Musical, world premiere, Ahmanson Theater, Shrek the Musical, out-of-town, opening, librettist, composer, designer, Tim Hatley, swamp, spoilers, Momma Ogre, Poppa Ogre, Big Bright Beautiful World, opening number, title character, introductory number, I Know It's Today, Cloris Leachman, Brian D'Arcy James, outhouse, backstory, second act, challenge song, I Think I Got You Beat, choreographer, Rob Ashford, New York audiences, Broadway Theatre, playhouse, Walt Disney Company, 1928, movie theater, strategy, the Colony Theater, Colony Theater, Steamboat Willie, Fantasia, Snow White, diecast

• 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: Timon tells tails ... er ... tales about his time on Broadway

  In honor of the 10th anniversary of the stage version of "The Lion King," Jim Hill chats with Danny Rutigliano. The veteran stage performer who -- for nearly a decade now -- has been playing the world's most famous meerkat (Outside of Flower, of course) Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, music, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, The Walt Disney Company, New York City, Max Casella, Julie Taymor, Danny Rutigliano, Bill Clinton, Minneapolis, The Sopranos, New Amsterdam Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, The President of the United States, Tony Award winner, meerkat