From mcginnr@iastate.edu Fri Apr  4 08:53:09 1997
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 16:28:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ryan McGinnis <mcginnr@iastate.edu>
Reply-To: tlk-l@nwoca.ohio.gov
To: tlk-l@nwoca.ohio.gov
Subject: Disney Theatrical update -FWD from rec.arts.disney.animation
Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 08:32:36 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: tlk-l-error@nwoca.ohio.gov

On 4 Apr 1997 00:51:40 GMT, in rec.arts.disney.animation
zm4@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu (Zarina  Mustapha) wrote:

>Greetings everyone,
>
>On April 2, Disney made history again in Times Square.  The New Amsterdam
>Theatre, once home to the legendary Ziegfeld Follies, was rechristen by
>Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, New York Governor George Pataki and New
>York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.  The $34-million beautifully restored theatre
>is scheduled to open to the public May 15-23 with a limited engagement of
>Menken's and Rice's musical oratorio "KING DAVID." 
>
>Disney will hold the the world premiere of "Hercules" at this theatre on
>June 14th, and there will be a parade after the show from 42nd Street to
>66th Street.  In other words, I will wake up on June 15th morning
>wondering, "Am I in Disneyland??"  :-|
>
>Anyway, Disney's 3rd musical, "THE LION KING" will try out for eight weeks
>starting July 8 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis and opening July 23.
>The show will preview at The New Amsterdam Theatre Oct. 10 for a Nov. 13
>press opening.
>
>So far, 2 cast members for TLK:TM are confirmed:
>
>Geoff Hoyle as Zazu 
>(his bio at http://performingarts.net/Shafman/Hoyle/index.html)
>
>Tsidii Le Loka as the female Rafiki.
>
>
>That's all for now.  Will be back with more details on Disney & Broadway.
>
>Cheers,
>-Zarina
>zm4@columbia.edu
>http://www.columbia.edu/~zm4/BeautyandBeast/
>"A book has one leg on immortality's trophy when the words are for
>children but the meanings are for men."		-- Author unknown.
>
>
>


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