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The Lion King reopened at the Lyceum in July 2021. The theatre flooded on May 11, 2020, while the theatre was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cast of the West End production were invited to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in 19, in the presence of senior members of the British Royal Family. The show opened in the West End's Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1999, and is still running after more than 7,500 performances. Over 100 million people worldwide have seen the musical and it has earned numerous awards and honors, including six Tony Awards, one for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making director Julie Taymor the first woman to earn such an honor. It is Broadway's third longest-running show in history, and has grossed more than $1 billion, making it the highest grossing Broadway production of all time.
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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 after more than 9,000 performances. The musical debuted on July 8, 1997, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Orpheum Theatre and was successful before premiering on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 15, 1997, in previews, with the official opening on November 13, 1997. 8.1 The Lion King: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
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3 Differences between the musical and film.
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