Roaring Success.

The Tony Award-winning musical "The Lion King" opens Sept. 30 at the Pantages Theatre There are multiple venues named the Pantages Theatre: Canada

There is a Pantages Playhouse Theatre in the historic Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

. Based on Disney's animated film "The Lion King," it tells the story of Simba, a lion cub whose quest to take his rightful place as king of the beasts takes him on a journey of self-discovery. Music and lyrics were written by Elton John Sir Elton Hercules^[1] John CBE^[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. and Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winning lyricist, author, radio presenter and television gameshow panelist. . The stage version of "The Lion King" premiered in Minneapolis in 1997 and received favorable reviews for its staging and special effects.

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