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One of the Broadway producers behind "The Lion King" is being sued for allegedly bouncing more than $2 million in checks to a Madison Avenue jeweler.
The jeweler, Graff Diamonds, also said that when it tried to get back $300,000 of its bling from the producer, theatrical-family scion Scott Nederlander, he claimed that the gems were "lost," according to the company's suit in Manhattan federal court.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that the organization has surpassed a cumulative total of $3 million in grants to South African HIV/AIDS organizations through the tireless …
Over the past 75 years there have been many musicals deriving from the African-American experience.
But the manner in which director Julie Taymor and her collaborators transformed The Lion King from a high-minded children's entertainment to a ritualistic allegory is really without precedent in the annals of old Broadway.
Disney's The Lion King, which currently plays the Minskoff Theatre, becomes the seventh longest-running musical in Broadway history when it plays its 5,462nd performance Jan. 2, 2011.
The Las Vegas run of the Disney hit The Lion King, which opened in May 2009 at Mandalay Bay Theatre, has been extended by 14 months through December 30, 2011.
As the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We've asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year and to…