Elton John "THE LION KING" Tim Rice / Julie Taymor 2001 Toronto, Canada Playbill

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This is a beautiful December 2001 playbill from the Original Canadian production of the landmark ELTON JOHN, TIM RICE, ROGERS ALLERS and IRENE MECCHI musical "THE LION KING" at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (The Original Broadway
production began previews on October 15th, 1997
at the New Amsterdam Theatre
, officially opened November 13th, 1997, moved to the Minskoff Theatre on June 13th, 2006 and is still selling out nightly
. The Toronto production opened April 25th, 2000 and ran for 1560 performances, closing in January 2004.) ..... The production starred TED ATHERTON, EUGENE CLARK, PHINDA MTYA, JAY TURVEY, MARK TERENE, ERIC WOOLFE, STEVEN ALLERICK, SASKIA GAREL, JASON LEE JACKSON, RHONDA ROBERTS, BILL PERRY, YANICK ALLWOOD, WHITNEY ARTHUR, JORDAN FRANCIS and HAILEE SISERA ..... Side note: "THE LION KING" is the highest grossing production in Broadway history and the most successful title in entertainment history, with a cumulative gross in excess of billion. The stage production of "THE LION KING" has already earned more worldwide than the biggest films in movie history: more than the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy combined, more than the six "Star Wars" films combined, and more than "Avatar" and "Titanic", the two highest-grossing films in movie history, combined ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by ELTON JOHN ("Aida", "The Lion King", "Billy Elliot: the Musical", "Lestat") and TIM RICE (Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Chess", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Aida", "Beauty and the Beast", "King David", "The Lion King", "Aladdin"); Book by ROGERS ALLERS and IRENE MECCHI adapted from the screenplay by IRENE MECCHI, JONATHAN ROBERTS and LINDA WOOLVERTON; Additional Music and Lyrics by LEBO M. MARK MANCINA, JAY RIFKIN, JULIE TAYMOR and HANS ZIMMER; Sets designed by RICHARD HUDSON; Costumes designed by JULIE TAYMOR; Choreographed by GARTH FAGAN; Directed by JULIE TAYMOR; Produced by DAVID and ED MIRVISH by arrangement with DISNEY ..... DETAILS: The 92 page playbill measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team as well as individual head shots of each of the cast members ..... BONUS: Includes two extensive articles on the production and Julie Taymor with several full color photos (several shown in the scanned images) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.