The high word is out. The Lion King returns to the Netherlands.
AFAS Circustheater 25 years and to capitalize on that anniversary, let Stage Entertainment Netherlands on Tuesday during a grand press conference know that the musical the Lion King returns.
the choice is not completely out of the blue. Managing director and producer of the entertainment company Albert Verlinde traveled with three cousins from London down to let them see with their own eyes what is now the theater. “The musical turned out in the Netherlands, so I took my little cousins back to the Lyceum Theatre in London, where the musical The Lion King running successfully for fifteen years,” says Verlinde. “When I saw the magic in their eyes, I knew I wanted to bring the musical to Scheveningen.”
This The Lion King would actually be again seen in the Netherlands, was not obvious. “Because it is a story of Walt Disney and The Lion King is its crown jewel, we had to first pass Dinsey. But the organization responded enthusiastically and saw that the musical belong here. “
Reorganization
Stage Entertainment comes a lot lately in the news. And not only for positive reasons. The international entertainment company should delete jobs worldwide. Nevertheless Verlinde choose to bring great musical back to Scheveningen: “Because Stage of Joop van den Ende and Albert Verlinde Entertainment joined forces a year ago, we were prepared for everything to come. In the Netherlands, the damage is limited “
As Verlinde adds to it”. As a theater producer you should check occasionally what happens financially. But our job is to ensure that people come to the theater. So we will not cut back on our productions. “
Beauty and the Beast
The return of The Lion King means a stop on another great musical Beauty and the Beast . “The musical would go on tour, but which was too big for” know Verlinde late. “And because you The Lion King a long time to prepare in advance, we knew that the Circus had to be free in October. So it has always been intended to Beauty and the Beast would be in the theater until that time. “
Or is the musical to another theater, is not yet certain. “It depends on. At the moment that people continue to buy tickets, we might find another theater. But that’s not at issue. “
More Disney
Verlinde like to see appear more Disney movies in the theater. But not necessarily old: “I think big new Disney Titles such as Frozen it would do well in Scheveningen.” But before that, Verlinde get started with The Lion King . “We are going to deal with The Lion King . And once that is a success, Verlinde must also come here other term titles, “closes with a laugh off.
The musical is on October 20 premiered at the AFAS Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, but the ticket sale has already started on Tuesday.
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