The Lion King stage production to be in Orlando April 17-May 13

prberk

prberk

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It will be at the Bob Carr Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando on those dates.

http://www.lionking.com/#orlando-fl

It is in Richmond now, which is why I was looking at their schedule. But I have not seen anyone here note that it will be in Orlando soon. Is this a first?

I thought that people planning WDW trips might be interested, and would not have seen local commercials. It will be interesting to see if it attracts WDW tourists through TV ads, etc.

Saw it last year in Norfolk, and it compares well to the Broadway show. It is almost as immersive (except the theatre itself is not completely transformed). But they still come down the aisles, and most of the effects are just as phenomenal.

Paul
 
Figment82

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The Lion King has come to the Bob Carr before. I haven't seen it in this particular venue (I've previously seen it in New York and Baltimore), although I probably will this time around. I have seen a handful of other shows there, and I would warn anyone planning to go - the Bob Carr is not the greatest. It has no center aisle and although I have been told they remove seats for The Lion King, I'm not expecting as lavish an experience as you might see at newer/larger/better theatres. I'm certainly not trying to dissuade anyone from going. I can't wait until the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center opens in (hopefully) 2014. Orlando certainly needs a world-class performance space.
 
prberk

prberk

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Figment82 said:
The Lion King has come to the Bob Carr before. I haven't seen it in this particular venue (I've previously seen it in New York and Baltimore), although I probably will this time around. I have seen a handful of other shows there, and I would warn anyone planning to go - the Bob Carr is not the greatest. It has no center aisle and although I have been told they remove seats for The Lion King, I'm not expecting as lavish an experience as you might see at newer/larger/better theatres. I'm certainly not trying to dissuade anyone from going. I can't wait until the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center opens in (hopefully) 2014. Orlando certainly needs a world-class performance space.
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I saw it in Norfolk, and they did not have a center aisle, either, but it was still awesome and compared well to the Broadway version (which I also feel privileged to have seen).

I wonder how attendance in Orlando is of this show compared to other locations where Disney is not so big a daily presence.

Paul

Edit: Found this thread and post from its 2006 run there: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=75319

Pongo said:
Tickets for the Orlando run of Disney's "The Lion King" go on sale Saturday. Performances run Dec. 7 to Jan. 14 at the Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 E. Livingston St., Orlando.
The Tony Award-winning musical is directed by Julie Taymor. Many characters in it are huge puppets animated by black-clad actors who voice the roles.
Much of the show's acclaim and spectacle come from its convention of sending these puppets through the aisles of the theater in a lavish parade. Of course, that means the theater needs the old "American seating design" with multiple aisles up the audience.
The Carr Performing Arts Centre has what is called a continental seating design, with seats running all the way across the row. To accommodate the production of Disney's "The Lion King," the theater will remove 278 of its seats to create aisles.

Tickets to see the show range from 21$ to 76$. Call Ticketmaster or visit www.ticketmaster.com
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Tickets haven't gone up that much, at least. It also answers the seating questions.
 
Zummi Gummi

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The tour incorporates several changes to accomodate the various venues it plays. The biggest one is that Pride Rock, which rises majestically up from the bottom of the stage in New York, now slides in from the wings. Additionally, the tour travels with 4 fewer cast members, which leads to some doubling that doesn't occur in the Broadway production. The actors playing Timon and Pumbaa, for instance, appear as gazelle during the Circle of Life.

Other changes include a re-staged Can You Feel the Love tonight, an orchestra that's often located entirely in the pit (as opposed to the boxes the percussion section uses in the Broadway production), and a modified set design for the act 2 scene at the waterfall.
 
worldfanatic

worldfanatic

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We've seen it twice.
Our first time was on Broadway, and using DVC's early booking benefit we were able to sit in the very front row. (plus we got a discount):sohappy:
Then we saw it in Vegas as part of a room package deal at Mandalay Bay and sat in the second to last row of the large theatre.

We found it amazing from both locations!!!!

It's not to be missed!
 
TheDisneyMagic

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marni1971 said:
From what I gather its the same.

So far it's Bristol September to November then Manchester December until end of March.

More dates for next year possibly to be added.
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Cheers, watched the West End version about five years ago, I loved it but the girlfriend prefers Festival of the Lion King.
 
SpenceMan01

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We saw it in Minneapolis last month and very much enjoyed it. If you're going to be in Orlando during its run there and you wouldn't otherwise have a chance of seeing it, I'd consider it a worth the time away from the parks and added expense to catch it.

For the record, in Minneapolis we had the two sets of drums flanking the stage (under the box seats), and I didn't notice Timon and Pumbaa as gazelle. But I did get chills during Circle of Life. :lol:
 
Pioneer Hall

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Nick_A said:
The tour incorporates several changes to accomodate the various venues it plays. The biggest one is that Pride Rock, which rises majestically up from the bottom of the stage in New York, now slides in from the wings. Additionally, the tour travels with 4 fewer cast members, which leads to some doubling that doesn't occur in the Broadway production. The actors playing Timon and Pumbaa, for instance, appear as gazelle during the Circle of Life.

Other changes include a re-staged Can You Feel the Love tonight, an orchestra that's often located entirely in the pit (as opposed to the boxes the percussion section uses in the Broadway production), and a modified set design for the act 2 scene at the waterfall.
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Show off :wave:
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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I saw this in Boston last year. It was very well done, but what impresses me is by comparison how good some of the in park shows actually are. A show like Finding Nemo the Musical or Aladdin a Musical Spectacular are essentially 40 minute versions of the full Broadway productions.
 
TP2000

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prberk said:
I wonder how attendance in Orlando is of this show compared to other locations where Disney is not so big a daily presence.
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I wonder that too.

The majority of entertainment options in Orlando revolve around... theme parks. Obviously I'm also a theme park fan, or I wouldn't be here.

But I do wonder what it's like living in a city like Orlando where nearly every entertainment option or decent dining option revolves around going to a theme park property for themed volcano-erupting dinners and animatronic sing-a-longs, or an upscale restaurant where the waiters still wear white plastic nametags just like the pimply-faced kid selling churros in Tomorrowland, and then you go to a Broadway show in Orlando and it's... a Disney production of the Lion King. :rolleyes:

I do wonder how ticket sales pan out in Orlando for the Lion King, compared to other smallish cities of 250,000 where the Lion King has also played? :confused:
 

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