Broadway’s Award-Winning Best Musical comes to Rochester’s Auditorium Theater

Disney's "The Lion King"

The traveling cast of Disney's "The Lion King", winner of more that 70 awards worldwide, will be coming to Rochester, New York this coming Spring.  Awards Disney's "The Lion King" have won include Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Show Album The performance will be at the Auditorium Theatre owned and operated by the Rochester Broadway Theatre League.  Opening night is March 22 and closes on April 17.  So there are plenty of opportunities to see a once in a lifetime performance.  

Disney’s “The Lion King” is based on the life of a young lion prince, Simba who runs away from home after his uncle, Scar, convinces him that he is the cause of his father’s death. Animal characters are brought to life by unique costumes that combine body paint, masks that look like animals, giant stilts, and puppets that are moved by actors positioned behind them. 

Newsweek has deemed “The Lion King” a “landmark event in entertainment” which will include hit songs from Elton John and Tim Rice such as “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” and “Circle of Life.”  

Disney’s “The Lion King” is presented by the 2010 – 2011 M&T Bank Broadway Season.  

Times and dates are as follows:

3/22 – 7:30pm

3/23 – 7:30pm

3/24 – 7:30pm

3/25 – 8:00pm

3/26 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm

3/27 – 2:00pm & 6:30pm

3/29 – 7:30pm

3/30 – 7:30pm

3/31 – 7:30pm

4/1 – 8:00pm

4/2 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm 

4/3 – 2:00pm & 6:30pm

4/5 – 7:30pm

4/6 – 7:30pm

4/7 – 7:30pm

4/8 – 8:00pm

4/9 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm

4/10 – 2:00pm & 6:30pm

4/12 – 7:30pm

4/13 – 7:30pm

4/14 – 1:00pm & 7:30pm

4/15 – 8:00pm

4/16 – 2:00pm & 8:00pm

4/17 – 1:00pm & 6:30pm

Prices are relatively inexpensive beginning at  $22.50 continuing until $132.50. To buy your tickets to one of Broadway's best go to ticketmaster.

Rochester Broadway Theatre League Logo

Links:

http://www.rbtl.org/

http://www.rbtl.org/location-directions-and-parking.aspx

http://www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/164/820969

http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelionking/#/home/

Directing

An essential part of any production is the director.  The director gives the play or musicals a direction to head into whether it be the writer's vision or not.  The director's vision shapes the play, gives it meaning and gives the actors something to grow and learn from.  Directing may look easy to a lot of people but it requires a lot of creativity and hard work.

The director does much more than simply cast and direct the actors in the play.  They have production meetings with many different people such as the lighting director, stage manager, set crew,  and many more so that the overall feel of the production is coherent and consistent.

There are also many different types of directors, some are very spontaneous and will add and subtract things all throughout the show while others are more organized and direct.  Many follow the organized route because directing is strenuous as it is.  According to Jeanne Sanner there are ten steps to directing a play:

1.  Know the play

2.  Design the set

3.  Design the blocking

4.  Establish rehearsal schedule

5.  Establish support team/assign tasks clearly

6.  Create audition information packet

7.  Cast the show

8.  Establish a professional attitude through example - RESPECT

9.  Have reasonable, consistent expectations and maintain them for everyone

10.  Put things in perspective - Share a lot of love and have a lot of fun

But then again that is only one professional director's opinion.  For instance a lot of directors who do performances with college level actors establish the rehearsal schedule after the show has been cast.  Each situation is different in directing which calls for different and specific needs.

For more information on directing go to this link: Directing

Geva

Geva Theatre has been a major player in the Rochester community for the past 39 years.  It gives many opportunities to watch (and sometimes even perform in) classics, musicals, comedies and dramas. Geva Theatre has the privilege to claim to being New York State's most attended theatre outside of Manhattan, New York. Geva Theatre also boasts that it has a little something for everyone.


Geva theatre has 6 upcoming shows within the next month. 

I'll Be Geneseeing You Cast

I'll be Geneseeing You - Chicago's Second City wrote a show specifically for Geva and Rochester.  This show is based on local icons, current news and gossip, and history though the comedians point of view.  There is also a chance to be a part of the performance!


Second Time Around - A musical reunion put together by the Upstairs Youth Agency (city teen church group) featuring selections from musicals the group wrote 35 years ago.


Geva Comedy Improv Season 8 - Improv comedy group.


In the Hornets' Nest: Nickel and Dimed - A drama recommended for high school ages and older. This play tells the tale a person going through a rough time, working two jobs at minimum wage and takes on a third.


Separation - This production benefits Epilepsy Association of Rochester.  A Middle aged and overweight British playwright isn't able to write after a play caused an actress to spend her life in a wheelchair.


Over the Tavern - A couple tries to raise their four teenagers at the end of the Eisenhower era.  The play focuses on the writer's Buffalo childhood.

Geva Theatre Location

To Purchase tickets:

Box Office

Phone: (585) 232-GEVA (4382)sfd
Email: boxoffice@gevatheatre.org

Subscriber Services: (585) 232-1366, ext 3071
Email: vip@gevatheatre.org

Group Sales: (585) 232-1366, ext 3057

Location:
Ground Floor Lobby
75 Woodbury Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14607

Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: Noon - 8:00 PM
Saturday: Noon - 8:30 PM
Sunday: Noon – 7 PM