What's the difference..

[Kathleen2]

Posted: 5/21/05 at 5:50pm

Last summer I saw the Lion King in Pittsburgh. A couple months or so later I saw the Broadway production of the show and didn't really see a MAJOR difference. I personally liked the off-broadway production a bit better. I don't know, maybe I'm just a bit clueless to how "non-Broadway" perfomances are.

The only difference I seemed to discover was mainly the set which is understandable considering in New York, the Lion King has their own theatre and never moves. Are there any others anyone noticed?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/21/05 at 5:56pm

By the way, what you saw was a "touring" production of a Broadway show, not an "off-Broadway" production. "Off-Broadway" is a specific term which applies to commercial and not-for-profit Equity productions occurring in specific New York City theatres with 100 to 499 seats (where special union rules apply).