![]() “The show is still as wonderful and as joyous as it’s always been, of course, tinged with some sadness, but that’s part of life,” Reilly said. That said, the notion of coming out of the pandemic will decidedly be in everyone’s mind onstage and off. ![]() The good news for the current production of “The Lion King” is Reilly said there are basically no changes since it last came to Cleveland in 2019. ![]() So Zazu is difficult on basically every front.” “It’s also a matter of building up that stamina of having those muscles that you don’t use in everyday life. “It’s not the large muscles in your arms that it takes to operate him but it’s the tiny muscles in your hands and forearms. In 2013, Broadway in Tucson announced its new relationship and celebrated its 10th anniversary in its new venue, University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall, where it now presents five to six full week shows as well as special events each season.“It’s only a four-pound hand puppet bird but Zazu has dual controls so you need both hands to operate,” Reilly said. More than 83,000 people attended performances downtown at the Tucson Music Hall, making The Lion King the most well-attended, longest-running production in Tucson theatre history! In 2010, Broadway in Tucson partnered with UApresents (Now Arizona Arts Live) for a three-week, sold out engagement of the blockbuster musical Wicked at UA Centennial Hall which led to a new collaboration with Arizona Arts Live as the home of Broadway in Tucson. In 2006, Broadway in Tucson broke box office records with six wildly successful weeks of performances of Disney’s The Lion King. Since that first season, Broadway in Tucson has brought more than 1,100,000 patrons to the touring Broadway experience. ![]() ![]() Broadway in Tucson’s debut season opened in September 2004 with the Arizona premiere of Movin’ Out at the Tucson Music Hall. Broadway in Tucson/A Nederlander Presentation is part of the nationally recognized Nederlander Producing Company of America. ![]()
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