The Minskoff Theatre is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the One Astor Plaza office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1973, it is
Minskoff Theatre, showing The Lion King, May 2007
The facade of the theater from Times Square, at the base of One Astor Plaza
The Lion King is a stage musical with a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film of the same name. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features act
Minskoff Theatre
…and Sunset Boulevard in the 1980s and 1990s. Though many of the Minskoff's early productions were unprofitable, since 2006 it has housed the musical The Lion King, which became the highest-grossing Broadway musical ever in 2014. The Minskoff Theatre is on the third floor of One Astor Plaza, also known as 1515…
The Lion King on Broadway showing originally at the New Amsterdam Theater (shown); it is now showing at the Minskoff.
The Lion King in the West End
First Lady Michelle Obama joins the cast of the U.S. touring company onstage after their performance at the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House