Tim Rice News

Hoy Julie Taymor ha visitado por primera vez los ensayos de El Rey León en los Teatros del Canal. En este clip os ofrecemos un avance del reportaje que os ofreceremos pronto. El espectáculo llegará al Teatro Lope de Vega el 21 de Octubre, protagonizado por Carlos Rivera como Simba, Daniela Pobega como Nala, Sergi Albert como Scar y David Comrie como Mufasa.

On Tuesday 13th September the London Company of the award-winning stage musical The Lion King played its 5000th performance at the Lyceum Theatre in London's West End. Now in its 12th record-breaking year, The Lion King has been seen by almost 10 million people in the UK and 60 million people worldwide, making it one of the most successful productions in theatre history.

On Tuesday 13th September the London Company of the award-winning stage musical The Lion King will play its 5000th performance at the Lyceum Theatre in London's West End. Now in its 12th record-breaking year, The Lion King has been seen by almost 10 million people in the UK and 60 million people worldwide, making it one of the most successful productions in theatre history.

San Diego Musical Theatre has announced that Broadway star, Eric Kunze (Les Mirserables, Miss Saigon, Damn Yankees) will now play the title role of Joseph in the first production of its 2011-2012 season of shows, the San Diego premiere of the Megamix version of, the seven-time Tony nominated musical, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice, musical direction by Don LeMaster, choreography by Johnny Dean Harvey & Chad Everett Allen and directed by Ron Kellum (who starred on Broadway in JOSEPH).

Scarborough Music Theatre is adding additional performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

ReVision Theatre will present the East Coast Premiere of The Break-Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical, produced by Special Arrangement with Red Shoes Productions. With music and lyrics by Lori Scarlett, and book by Patricia Cotter (based on her play). This production is set to be directed by Peter Schneider, with Musical Direction by Aaron Gandy, and choreography by Christine Lakin.

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There is no reason to be bored or at home during Spring as Adelaide blooms an entire nursery worth of shows to be seen. Unable to highlight all of them due to the large volume of high quality productions on offer, here are just a few highlights of what to catch over the coming months in Adelaide.

Fountain Hills Youth Theater announces the opening show of their 2011-12 Season with Beauty and the Beast Jr., book by Linda Wolverton, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, music by Alan Menken.

As previously reported, producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders will produce a revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical EVITA, opening on Broadway in April 2012.

The Syracuse premiere of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Friday, September 9 at 8pm at The Oncenter Crouse-Hinds Theater for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, October 2, 2011.

Audiences are following the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Click below for an inside look at the munchkins in rehearsal- part 2!

According to The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Tony Award winner Heather Headley will once again be headed back to the stage: this time, she'll be stepping into the shoes of Whitney Houston's role in THE BODYGUARD, which is being adapted for a West End theatre.

El clásico de Disney regresa a la gran pantalla totalmente remasterizado en 3D a finales de Diciembre, y el próximo 30 de Noviembre se lanzará la Edición Diamante en DVD y Blu Ray, coincidiendo también con la llegada del musical a Madrid el próximo 21 de Octubre en el Teatro Lope de Vega.

Casting has been announced for the Denver return engagement of Disney's THE LION KING. Denver's most eagerly awaited stage production will return to The Buell Theatre from Wednesday, November 2 to Sunday, December 4.

Disney's THE LION KING continues to reign across North America with a record-breaking sold-out four-week premiere engagement in Montreal which concluded on Sunday, September 4.

Hockadoo! The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced today that Broadway veteran Adam Pascal will join the cast of MEMPHIS as 'Huey Calhoun.' Pascal will begin performances on Tuesday, October 25th. Chad Kimball will play his final performance on Sunday, October 23rd. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Kimball recently suffered nerve damage in his neck as a result of performing the demading role he created on Broadway nearly two years ago and has had to miss several performances of late.

The production will star world renowned music artist Ricky Martin as Ché and, making her Broadway debut, Olivier Award Winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger as Evita, reprising her celebrated performance from the 2006 critically acclaimed production in London's West End. Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage and Tony Award winner Rob Ashford will also return to direct and choreograph, respectively. This is the first new Broadway production of the seven-time Tony Award-winning musical since it debuted on Broadway more than 30 years ago. Before the revival opens, though, Martin is still performing his chart toppers in concert. On September 4, he performed in Uraguay - check out photos from the event below!

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Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel previously announced that tickets for CHINGLISH would go on sale to the general public on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 at 12:00am.