![]() ![]() As Aida and Radames come to know each other, they fall in love. ![]() His father, Zoser, has arranged for him to marry her so that he can have greater power in Egypt. Radames sends Aida to serve Amneris as a handmaiden. A statue of Amneris, a female Pharaoh, comes to life and transports the audience to ancient Egypt, where Egyptian army captain Radames is returning from an expedition through the land of Nubia, where he has captured the majestic Aida, the daughter of the Nubian king. In the Egyptian wing of a modern art museum, a man and a woman touring the exhibit catch each other’s eyes. Love, power, and destiny collide in a timeless tale retold in a contemporary idiom. The original Broadway production ran for a total of 1 852 performances. The musical features a book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang, and a score featuring music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. A children’s storybook adaptation of the opera by Leontyne Price inspired this retelling of the opera, which Disney originally intended to produce as an animated film. Tickets are available at the Palace Theatre Box Office (1564 Broadway, NYC), through Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4747, or online at Visit on Antonio Ghislanzoni and Giuseppe Verdi’s opera of the same name, Aida premiered on Broadway on 23 March 2000, following developmental runs in Atlanta and Chicago. 25, 2000.Īida plays Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM. Set and costume design is by Bob Crowley lighting design is by Natasha Katz, and music produced and supervised by Paul Bogaev.Īida began performances at the Palace Theatre on Feb. The libretto is by Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls & David Henry Hwang. Her co-stars include Will Chase (Radames), Lisa Brescia (Amneris) and Micky Dolenz (Zoser). The Broadway production of Aida earned back its investment in 99 weeks and to date has generated profits of $12 million.Īida "tells the story of a forbidden love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess forced into captivity, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love."Īida currently stars Deborah A. Aida is the only production to open during the 1999-2000 theatrical season still running on Broadway. The Original Broadway Cast recording has sold almost 500,000 copies since its release in 2000. The musical won Tonys for Best Score (Elton John & Tim Rice), Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Heather Headley), Best Lighting Design (Natasha Katz) and Best Set Design (Bob Crowley). Aida won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Aida will have run 232 weeks and played 1,852 performances, surpassing such long running hits as La Cage Aux Folles (1,761), Hair (1,750), Evita (1,567) and Mame (1,508). The musical inspired by the Verdi opera of the same name opened March 23, 2000. It's a real crowd pleaser, and we've seen lots of young people and new theatregoers night after night coming to see Aida. ![]() You've got to hand it to them: Tom Schumacher and the Disney Theatrical group have made this show work. Nederlander, chairman of the Nederlander Organization, which operates the Palace Theatre, said in a statement, "I think it's fair to say that no one expected Aida to be the huge success it has been on Broadway. 5, our productions of Aida continue in multiple languages around the world, and, starting this summer, regional and community theatres across the country will put their own creative interpretation on Aida through our partnership with Music Theatre International (MTI)." While we will end our Broadway run on Sept. Although we were not even nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical, we were very proud when Aida went on to receive four Tony Awards, including Best for Elton John and Tim Rice. From its earliest developmental production in Atlanta, to its opening night in Chicago in 1999, we absolutely knew this was a show that needed to be on Broadway. ![]() Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions said in a statement: " Aida is a show that has delighted us and defied all expectations. New Disney productions opening this year include Mary Poppins - in association with Cameron Mackintosh - bowing this fall in London's West End, and On The Record, a new musical celebrating Disney's catalog of famed songs, which will launch with a U.S. Original Aida stars Adam Pascal and Heather Headley.ĭisney Theatrical Productions continues on Broadway and internationally with 13 productions including The Lion King, which will celebrate its seventh anniversary this fall, and Beauty and the Beast, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary on Broadway. ![]()
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