|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Mufasa,
The Lion
King.
©Disney.
Photo by
Matthew
Murphy |
|
|
Lion
King
Leaps
Back to
Detroit
Opera
House
March
12:
Brings
Special
Nights
to
Detroit
Audiences
Simon
Weinstein
- Media
Matters/Entertainment
Tell Us
Detroit
News
DETROIT
-
Disney's
The Lion
King
returns
to
Detroit
with
tickets
on sale
Friday,
March 6.
The
Broadway
hit
opens
March 12
at the
Detroit
Opera
House
for a
four-week
run
through
April 5.
Streamlined
Schedule
Performances
run
Tuesdays-Fridays
at 7:30
p.m.,
Saturdays
at 2 and
7:30
p.m.,
Sundays
at 1 and
6:30
p.m.,
plus
Thursday
matinees
March 12
and 19
at 1
p.m.
Tickets
available
at
www.ATGDetroit.com
or the
box
office;
Extra
Magic
Packages
include
premium
seats
and
merchandise.
Local
Musicians
Featured
Detroit-area
talent
leads
the
orchestra:
Music
Director
Karl
Shymanovtiz
(Southfield/Warren),
guitarist
Robert
Tye
(Detroit/Birmingham),
flutist
Darlene
Drew
(Detroit/Dearborn
Heights),
and
keyboardist
Eric
Banitt
(Marquette).
Special
Nights
Kids
Night on
Broadway
(March
12):
Kids
free
with
adult
ticket
Girl
Scout
Night
(March
13):
Pre-show
Q&A and
patches
City
of
Detroit
Night
(March
18):
Resident
discounts,
post-show
Q&A
Divine
Nine/HBCU
Night
(March
20):
Reception,
meet-and-greet,
$5/ticket
to NPHC
scholarships
Production
Highlights
The
North
American
tour—longest-running
and
most-attended
Broadway
tour—has
drawn 25
million
over 23
years
across
90+
cities.
Globally,
127
million
have
seen 30
productions
since
1997,
with six
1998
Tony
Awards
including
Best
Musical
for
Julie
Taymor's
groundbreaking
direction,
masks,
and
puppets
(200
total,
including
18-foot
giraffes
and a
four-person
elephant).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I
HI TECH NEWS
I
SPORTS
I
