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The Lion King - the most successful title in musical theatre history - passes another historic milestone this week, welcoming its 100,000,000th guest worldwide. Since its Broadway premiere on November 13, 1997, 25 productions have played in 100 cities around the world on every continent except Antarctica.

Last night, Saturday Night Live parodied Beauty and the Beast with a sketch titled 'Teapot and the Beast.'

Disney on Broadway is celebrating its 25th anniversary! With that big milestone, comes a big announcement.

25 years ago today, Disney's first musical opened on Broadway. Beauty and the Beast, based off of the 1991 animated film, went on to run for over 13 years and played a total of 5461 performances. 

In honor of Disney celebrating 25 years on Broadway, company members from Frozen, Aladdin, The Lion King, and more performed a medley of Disney songs!

The Broadway Green Alliance and the Broadway League have announced that Disney Theatrical Productions is the recipient of the 2019 Green Broadway Award which was presented at the Broadway League's Biennial Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Green Broadway Award honors an individual, show or organization for outstanding achievement in making Broadway more environmentally friendly.

Broadway's award-winning best musical THE LION KING presents brand new production footage as it celebrates 21 years on Broadway and nine productions running concurrently across the globe. Check out the all new production footage below!

Disney Channel's musical film adaptation of Freaky Friday officially aired on Friday, August 10. The musical featured an original score written by Broadway veterans Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal, If/Then). The pair penned nine original songs for the musical and you can watch the cast, including Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff, sing six of them in the clips from the film below!

While some of the most cherished Disney musicals (from Beauty and the Beast to The Little Mermaid) made a splash on the big screen before arriving on Broadway, others have forged their own paths into the hearts of audiences. Tonight, August 10 (8:00-9:45 p.m., EDT/PDT), Disney Theatrical Productions will celebrate its first stage-to-television collaboration with the Disney Channel in adapting its original stage musical Freaky Friday for a worldwide televised premiere.

Just last night, the best of Broadway gathered at the Beacon theatre to celebrate the film's premiere and BroadwayWorld was there! Below, watch as the cast is joined by James Monroe Iglehart, Hailey Kilgore, Jenn Colella, Julia Murney, Taylor Louderman, Paige Davis and more to decide: If you could trade places with one Disney character, which would you choose?

To celebrate the debut of the Frozen Original Broadway Cast Recording, the show has just released a brand new, behind-the-scenes music video of its best known song and Act I closer, "Let It Go." This is the first time that the Broadway version of the song, and Caissie Levy's (Elsa) thrilling vocal performance, have been heard outside of the St. James Theatre. The video takes the viewer into the recording studio with Levy and into the backstage and onstage worlds of the cast of the Broadway production of Frozen. "Let It Go" won the Academy Award® in 2014 for Best Original Song.

For the first time, Disney's legendary stage musical, The Lion King, goes where no musical has gone before. The seventh continent. The Lion King has played on every continent except one. Opening on April 1st 2019, in a 2000 seat ice theatre, in Antarctica. Below, watch as the team behind Disney's The Lion King takes you behind the scenes as it plans its most challenging production ever. 

Disney's new Broadway musical Frozen celebrates its opening night at the St. James Theatre tonight, Thursday, March 22, 2018 and we've finally got a look at footage from the show via a just-released trailer!

Frozen Fridays have commenced with the first of four new songs written by Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musical Frozen!

What does it take to transform into one of Broadway's nastiest villains? We're taking you backstage at the Minskoff Theatre to check in with Stephen Carlile, who plays Scar in one of Disney's most beloved musicals, The Lion King. Find out how he gets into character every night below!

In honor of the show's 20th anniversary, The Lion King cast members Adrienne Walker, who's been playing Nala on Broadway since July of 2016, and Agust n Arg ello, currently starring as Simba in Mexico City's production, released a performance of 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' in Spanish and English. EW exclusively released the video, which you can watch here.

20 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King continues ascendant as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. CBS Sunday Morning takes viewers on a journey back into building this massive production. Hear from Thomas Schumacher, Julie Taymor, Elton John and more below.

Visit the alpine forest this winter as Pinocchio makes its world premiere at the National Theatre. You can now check out the brand new trailer below! On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto's workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean.

Today we celebrate a tremendous landmark for one of Broadway's favorite shows, The Lion King, as it observes 20 years on the Great White Way.

Elton John surprised the audience last night at the performance celebrating The Lion King's 20 years on Broadway.