

The show received 5 Tony Award nominations including a nomination for Ms. Also in 1996, she directed Juan Darien at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. She gained widespread recognition for directing and co-designing The Green Bird at the New Victory Theatre in 1996. Taymor's work has ranged from original musicals to Shakespeare plays to films and operas. These clips will play with the standard free RealPlayer. One is the RealPlayer which can be downloaded for free and the other is the RealPlayer Plus, a more feature rich application that you must pay for. In order to listen/watch the following clips you will need to download and install the RealPlayer which is available from There are two versions that you can download. Taymor's presentation at The New Amsterdam Theatre. In cooperation with Disney, Playbill On-Line is pleased to present the following RealAudio/Video clip excerpts from Ms. The cast of the West End production were invited to perform at the Royal Variety Performance 2008 at the London Palladium on December 11, in the presence of senior members of the British Royal Family.Outer Critics Circle Award winner Julie Taymor recently spoke with an invited audience at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on the subject of the making of the new Broadway musical, The Lion King. The show debuted in the West End's Lyceum Theatre on Octoand is still running. It is now Broadway's ninth longest-running show in history. On June 13, 2006, the Broadway production moved to the Minskoff Theatre to make way for the musical version of Mary Poppins, where it is still running. The musical debuted July 8, 1997, in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Orpheum Theatre, and was an instant success before premiering on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on Octoin previews with the official opening on November 13, 1997.

The show is produced by Disney Theatrical. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets. The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M.
