Whats On Broadway?

There are a lot of shows playing on Broadway right now. But only a few seem interesting to me. The Addams Family Musical and The Lion King. Everyone has heard of The lion King, either the Disney movie or the stage musical. The stage musical is based on the Disney movie itself. The Addams Family is based of the successful television show from the 1960’s with the same name. So lets learn a little about these Broadway shows.
Lets start off with The Lion King since it is more well know. It first became a stage production in 1997. debuting on July 8, 1997, to be exact, at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The production is produced by Disney Theatrical. The show is directed by Julie Taymor. Elton John wrote the majority of the music for this production and Tim Rice did the lyrics. An interesting thing about the show is that it id currently the eighth longest running show in history. The Musical is currently playing at the Minskoff Theatre. Tickets for the show are available for this show at there box offices, and several places online including but not limited too, www.ticketmaster.con and www.minskoff-theater.com. The production is currently starring Dashaun Young as Simba. There are a total of nine showing a week so you will have plenty of chances to see it. The show as been nominated for and won several Tony Awards including Julie Taymor for Best Direction of a Musical, Disney Theatrical Productions for Best Musical, and Julie Taymor and Michael Curry for Best Costume Design for a Musical.
So I just gave you a tiny bit of information about a Broadway production that you might have known something about, how about something I doubt you know anything about. The Addams Family musical debuted on April 8, 2010. The show that features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, features Tony Award winners Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. The show is nominated for two Tony Awards Best Original Score and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Kevin Chamberlain is the nominee for that award and Andrew Lippa is the nominee for the best original score. Lippa wrote the music and lyrics for the musical production. The story within the production is a unique one. It stars the Addams family and is about a girl and her new found love interest. Seems pretty normal right? Now imagine the true princess of darkness Wednesday Addams being in love with a normal human boy. The story is about him and his parents are coming over for dinner. This is quite a shake up in the macabre Addams house hold. What are Gomez and Morticia going to do? If you would like to find out for yourself you can go see that show, it is playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with eight showing a week. Tickets range from $51.50-$136.50 and can be purchased at the theater and online.
I have introduced you to two of the many shows that are playing on Broadway stages. If you don’t think that you would be interested in either of these two shows you could easily find one that does, there are so many currently play that it is almost guarantied that you will find one you like. All it take is about five minutes of research, which can be rewarded with a once in a life time experience. If either of these shows do interest you I truly hope you get a chance to see one of them since there is nothing like a true theater experience.