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With its bright colors, catchy tunes, elaborate costumes and lovable, and not so lovable, characters, 'The Lion King' returns to Louisville to wow crowds for a fourth tour Oct.

Here are five things to know before you see PNC Broadway in Louisville's production of Disney's 'The Lion King': How long is the show in Louisville? And if it's the first time you'll be taking your kids to meet Simba, Scar, Nala, Pumbaa and the rest of 'The Lion King' gang, Hooper and Sanders have some professional pointers on that topic, too. If it's been a while since you've seen the pop culture phenomenon, we'll help refresh your memory. There have been productions in Africa, Asia, Mexico and Europe, most notably in London’s West End, where it has been continuously playing since 1999. Louisville shows 2019: Your ultimate fall arts guide to Broadway, ballet and theaterįrom the original animated film that debuted in 1994 to the 1997 Broadway musical performance, “The Lion King” remains one of the highest-grossing and longest-running shows in history. In its 20-plus years on Broadway, the show has grossed $1.4 billion on Broadway and $7 billion worldwide, according to MarketWatch. It reaches so many generations, it's absolutely amazing.' 'It's a phenomenal show because it is timeless and it continues to run because it continues to reach audiences that are made up of kids, families and older couples. 'It's not a kids show, it's an everybody show,' said Sanders, who appears in the chorus of the traveling Broadway production.

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Now grown men with kids of their own - Sanders is a University of Kentucky graduate and a former worship pastor at Southeast Christian Church and Hooper is an actor married to Louisville native and actress Blair Robertson - each has come full circle in a theatrical performance famous for 'Circle of Life' and a dozen other memorable and award-winning songs. Next week as the house lights dim and the sun rises onstage at the start of PNC Broadway in Louisville's more than two-week run of Disney's 'The Lion King,' the audience will see Sanders and Hooper onstage in a cast filled with actors who first saw the show as kids.

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It's not hard to imagine Darian Sanders and Jürgen Hooper as young boys sitting in dark movie theater sipping cokes through a straw, crunching on kernels of popcorn and gazing wide-eyed at Disney's 'The Lion King' on the movie screen.Ĭhances are good that may also have been your first exposure to the Disney classic more than 20 years ago. Watch Video: Scenes from Disney's Lion King