(Oct. 11 1:00 AM) - Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment will present the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. THE LION KING will begin performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited six-week engagement through October 11. The opening night is Friday, September 4 at 8pm.
(Oct. 5 3:11 PM) - The North American Tour of Disney's THE LION KING celebrated its 3,000th performance at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage, AK on Sunday, October 4 becoming one of a rare few touring productions to achieve this milestone. The touring production has played 56 cities across North America and has been seen by over 7 million theatergoers and grossed over $446 million to date.
(Oct. 2 10:47 AM) - The Anchorage Daily News reports that Frank Orville Brink, considered one of the leading pioneers of theater in Anchorage, died just over a week ago from Alzheimer's disease in Eureka Sprinigs Ark. He was 93. In addition to his work as a director in theater, Brink was also a newsman, broadcaster, filmmaker, archivist and author.
(Sep. 4 12:34 PM) - The Anchorage premiere engagement of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Friday, September 4 at 8pm at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement of 6 weeks through October 11, 2009.
(Sep. 4 7:00 AM) - Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment will present the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. THE LION KING will begin performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited six-week engagement through October 11. The opening night is Friday, September 4 at 8pm.
(Sep. 2 7:00 AM) - Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment will present the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. THE LION KING will begin performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited six-week engagement through October 11. The opening night is Friday, September 4 at 8pm.
(Sep. 1 8:19 AM) - Let the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra bring you to the edge of your seat! Join the ASO for a spectacular 09/10 season and let them be your guide to fanciful reveries, introspection, drama and adventure. Subscribers get first priority seating and the first chance to purchase tickets to ASO's Halloween Family Concert and Charlie Chaplin's "Gold Rush."
(Aug. 18 8:52 AM) - The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Entitled THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, the play will be performed in New York at Lincoln Center, over 100 other theaters across the country on October 12, 2009.
(Aug. 12 6:15 PM) - Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment will present the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. THE LION KING will begin performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited six-week engagement through October 11. The opening night is Friday, September 4 at 8pm.
(Aug. 7 5:32 PM) - Adapted from two best-selling memoirs, Julie Powell's Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, and Julia Child's My Life in France, Nora Ephron's film, Julie & Julia is the first major motion picture to be based on a blog. Julie & Julia is set to be released on August 7.
(Aug. 7 7:00 AM) - Adapted from two best-selling memoirs, Julie Powell's Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, and Julia Child's My Life in France, Nora Ephron's film, Julie & Julia is the first major motion picture to be based on a blog. Julie & Julia is set to be released on August 7.
(Jul. 31 2:43 PM) - As we continue to widen and deepen our regional editorial coverage, BroadwayWorld.com is looking for writers in a slew of new cities, states and countries that we've recently expanded into.
(Jul. 1 6:22 PM) - Actor Harve Presnell, star of stage and screen productions of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" has passed away from cancer at age 75. Presnell died June 30th of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, according to Gregg Klein, Presnell's agent.
(May. 1 5:01 PM) - Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment announced today that tickets for the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING will go on sale to the public on Saturday, May 2 at 7am at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.