Can You Feel The Love? The Lion King Makes Broadway History Again!

Long may The Lion King reign over us on the Great White Way! By playing its 6,681st performance on November 30, the Disney musical has become the fourth longest-running Broadway show in history. The musical surpassed the record previously held by the original Broadway production of Les Miserables.

The Lion King has recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on the main stem, as well as becoming the first Broadway show in history to gross more than $1 billion. Over the course of its run on the Great White Way, the production has played below 80 percent capacity less than a dozen times.

The stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning 1994 Disney film, The Lion King tells the classic journey of young royal heir Simba. Directed by Julie Taymor, with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, The Lion King opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997, at the New Amsterdam Theater, before transferring to the Minskoff in 2006. The Lion King won six Tony Awards in 1998 including Best Musical.

The show currently stars Aaron Nelson as Simba, Chantel Riley as Nala, Alton Fitzgerald White as Mufasa, Tshidi Manye as Rafiki, Gareth Saxe as Scar, Jeffrey Kuhn as Zazu, Fred Berman as Timon and Ben Jeffrey as Pumbaa.