Minskoff Theatre

Address: 200 West 45th Street - New York, NY 10036 - Theatre District - Southwest corner of West 45th Street & 7th Avenue. Enter from a covered alley between West 44th & 45th Streets.

Closest subway: 1, 2, 3, to 42nd Street. Walk north on Broadway to 45th Street, then west to the theatre.

PERFORMANCES:

Tue - Sat: 8:00 pm

Wed & Sat: 2:00 pm

Sun: 3:00 pm

Seating Capacity: 1,710

Now Playing: The Lion King

The Lion King:

The Lion King, now nearly nine years old, has just moved to the Minskoff Theater (to make way for the forthcoming musical Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam).

The show is a visual feast, to the great credit of Julie Taymor, who directed and designed the costumes and (with Michael Curry) the astonishing puppets that are The Lion King's most vaunted attraction. It's based on the hit Disney animated feature, which is itself more or less a transplant of Hamlet to the African jungle. The familiar score from the film, including "Circle of Life" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" is augmented with several additional African-style songs.

MUSIC BY:
Elton John

LYRICS:
Tim Rice

BOOK:
Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi

DIRECTOR:
Julie Taymor

SETS:
Richard Hudson

LIGHTING:
Donald Holder

COSTUMES:
Julie Taymor

CHOREOGRAPHER:
Garth Fagan

PUPPETS & MASKS:
Julie Taymor & Michael Curry

ADDITIONAL SONGS:
Hans Zimmer, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, & Jay Rifkin