The Lion King is a Broadway musical adaptation of Disney’s animated film that plays at the Minskoff Theatre in Midtown Manhattan. With a score by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and direction and visual design by Julie Taymor, the production is notable for its inventive masks, puppetry, and choreography that reinterpret the film for the stage. It is a Tony Award–winning, long-running staple of Broadway and an internationally produced theatrical phenomenon.
