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GRREAT WHITE WAY Broadway doesn't often
see a smash the size of ''The
Lion King.'' The day after the largely
rapturous reviews appeared, the
show set a Disney-size record: more than
$2 million in box office
receipts. The company's gamble of teaming
up the avant-garde director
and theater artist Julie Taymor with the
Mass-Market Mouse had paid
off. The result? Visual heaven. Though the
story, of a young lion
(Jason Raize, left) coming in to his own,
seemed less compelling on
stage than on the movie screen, the
musical demonstrated that Disney's
deep pockets can easily support its taste.
The question is, What does
that mean for the future of Broadway?
(Joan Marcus/Marc Bryan-Brown/Disney)
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