T wo sensationally popular musicals Disney’s The Lion King is now the third from past FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando™ seasons will return to the Walt Disney Theater in 2017–18: The Book of Mormon and Disney’s The Lion King. The pair of blockbusters are Season Options, which means that they’re not part of the standard seven-show package. How- ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� tickets — and demand is certain to be strong. The Book of Mormon is slated for December 12–17, 2017. Think of it as a slightly early — and outrageously funny — Christmas present. The show, which opened on Broadway in 2011, chronicles the misadventures of two naïve missionaries sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. It has won nine Tonys, including Best Musical. Orlando Sentinel arts critic Matthew J. Palm called The Book of Mormon “as deliri- ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ out run at the arts center in December 2014. Audiences everywhere agree. The show has continued to delight crowds in New York, London and across North America — even in the heart of Mormonism, Salt Lake City, where it had a two-week, sold-out run in 2015. The Book of Mormon was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the team behind TV’s South Park, along with Robert Lopez, co-creator of Avenue Q and composer of songs for Frozen. The second Season Option, The Lion King, last appeared in Orlando in 2012, when it packed the Bob Carr Theater for nearly a month. Its long-awaited return engagement is February 14–March 11, 2018. The show, based on the 1994 Disney animated feature, opened on Broadway in 1997 and has won six Tonys, including Best Musical. It features the familiar, inspiring songs of Sir Elton John and Tim Rice, including “Circle of Life” and the Oscar-winning “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” The Lion King, now the third-longest running show in Broadway history, is indeed a feast for the senses. “Never before,” wrote The New York Times, “has a stampede of wildebeests or a herd of veldt-skimming gazelles been rendered with such eye-popping conviction.” 68 artsLife | SUMMER 2017 — Dana S. Eagles longest-running show and the highestgrossing show in Broadway history.
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