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Disney's The Lion King opens tonight in South Africa at the new Montecasino Teatro in Johannesburg

Disney's The Lion King will play its 4,000th performance on Broadway on Sunday, May 27 at the 1:00pm matinee.

Preview performances of Disney's The Lion King began last night (Tuesday, May 22) in South Africa at the new, 1850-seat Montecasino Teatro in Johannesburg.

March 16 in Johannesburg, South Africa is the first day of rehearsals for the official 10th anniversary production of Disney's The Lion King

Disney's The Lion King, celebrating its 10th year of sold out performances, has set a new box office record at the Minskoff Theatre by grossing $1,466,908.67 during the eight-performance week of December 26 - 31, 2006

Thomas Schumacher, President, Disney Theatrical Productions, along with South African licensees Lebo M, international recording artist and co-composer of THE LION KING, and Pieter Toerien, veteran theatre producer, today announced Disney's award-winning musical THE LION KING, will open on June 6, 2007 in Johannesburg.

The long-awaited return engagement of Disney's The Lion King will begin in LA on November 16 for a limited eight-week engagement at the Pantages Theatre, where The Lion King previously had a record-breaking two and a half year run

Disney Theatrical Productions and Madame Tussauds have come together to create life-size wax replicas of 'Rafiki,' the baboon shaman, and 'Scar,' the villainous lion, from the landmark Tony Award-winning production The Lion King.

The Lion King will begin performances at Shanghai's Grand Theatre, July 18th

Disney's The Lion King will surely bring home the lion's share of popularity in the 2006 Philadelphia theater season.

From July 18th through October 8th, the Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King will be seen at The Shanghai Grand Theatre in Shanghai, China

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

Disney has announced that Tarzan will being previews on March 24, to open on May 10, 2006.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today announced details of the 2005-06 Kimmel Center Presents Broadway at the Academy series. Four spectacular family musicals, including two of Broadway's biggest smash hits, will highlight the 2005-2006 season. The new 2005-06 Broadway at the Academy season will include: DOCTOR DOLITTLE (Sept. 21 - 25, 2005); ANNIE (November 22 - 27, 2005); WICKED (limited engagement begins March 22, 2006; subscribers' week March 22 - 26) and THE LION KING (limited engagement begins June 8, 2006; subscribers' week June 13 - 18).