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answers.span_text: Broadway
questions: when did the lion king start on broadway
name: The Lion King (musical)
contexts: The Lion King Broadway promotional poster Music Elton John Lyrics Tim Rice Book Roger Allers Irene Mecchi Basis The Lion King by Walt Disney Animation Studios Productions 1997 Minneapolis 1997 Broadway 1998 Tokyo 1999 Japan National Tour 1999 West End 2000 Toronto 2000 Los Angeles 2001 Hamburg 2002 1st US National Tour 2003 2nd US National Tour 2003 Sydney 2004 The Hague 2006 Shanghai 2006 Seoul 2007 Johannesburg 2007 Paris 2008 Taipei 2009 Las Vegas 2011 Singapore 2011 Madrid 2012 UK National Tour 2013 São Paulo 2013 Sydney 2015 Basel 2015 Mexico City 2016 Shanghai 2016 The Hague 2018 International Tour 2019 Antarctica Awards Tony Award for Best Musical