It is "The Lion King," and it turns 25 years old on Broadway this month. ![]() That show in a trial run in Minneapolis would soon transfer to Broadway and start a stunning streak that regularly lands it among the weekly top earners and becomes young people's introduction to theater. ![]() We were just overwhelmed and we knew we had something." When the animals came down the aisle everybody shot up," recalls director-writer Julie Taymor. "The audience started screaming so early. ![]() NEW YORK (AP) - In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats.
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