Tim Rices Aida Tickets

Tim Rices Aida Tickets Information

Tim Rices Aida, known also as Aida and as Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, is a spectacular American musical jointly created by Tim Rice and Elton John. Its music is by Elton John and its lyrics are the work of Tim Rice. Its book is written by three established people in the world of musicals; Robert Falls, David Henry Hwang and Linda Woolverton. It is based upon the masterpiece of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi. This musical had its first premiere in Atlanta in 1998 and then premiered on Broadway in 2000. Since then, it has many productions, national tours and international tours becoming one of the most produced musicals today as well as one of the most popular. This is an award winning musical watched by many live with Tim Rices Aida tickets in hand with its awards including Tony Awards and even a Grammy Award.

Tim Rices Aida is a musical that is produced by none other than Walt Disney Theatrical. Its Broadway premiere that occurred in 2000 ran for around four years and saw over eighteen hundred performances, become one of the longest running musicals on Broadway. It has seen not one but two US tours as well as international productions occurring in around twenty countries of the world. Even today, it still sees many international productions as well as regional productions in cities, schools, colleges and theatres. This is a musical that has won four Tony Awards out of five Tony Award nominations, a feat achieved in 2000. These Tony Awards were given to the musical in honor of its having the Best Performance by a Leading Actress and for having the Best Musical Score.

Tim Rices Aida the musical is also critically acclaimed as well as commercially acclaimed. In 2000, the same year the musical debuted on New York City ’s Broadway, it was ranked by Time magazine as being amongst its list of Top Ten Theatre Productions. The very first US national tour of this musical led to it receiving nine different Broadway Theatre Award nominations out of which it won five awards. These included awards for being the Best Musical, having the Best Direction and containing the Best Actress and the Best Actor. The music that was the foundation of this musical was also honored when it won the Grammy Award for having the Best Musical Show Album out of all musicals. This was an award given to the original Broadway cast recording of the musical.

Songs from Tim Rices Aida the musical also went on to top the Billboard charts. The song Written in the Stars by LeAnn Rimes and Elton John ranked number two on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Music charts and number one on the Canadian music charts. International productions of the musical have taken place in Amsterdam , the capital of Netherlands , in Mexico , in Osaka within Japan , in Estonia , in Essen within Germany , in Israel , in Hungary and the Philippines . In Japan alone, this musical has seen productions in four different cities, two German cities and two cities in Hungary . Two US tours took place in 2000 and 2002, one Dutch tour, one Canadian tour, one German tour and one International tour.

Tim Rices Aida the musical is based wholly upon the opera by Giuseppe Verdi of the same name as well as the opera’s scenario written by Auguste Mariette. The version of the opera followed by the musical was however that by Leontyne Price who turned the opera into a children’s version as a storybook.

Originally, Tim Rices Aida the musical was to be turned into an animated movie by Disney but was instead turned into a musical under Disney Theatrical, the company responsible for many of the greatest musicals including the Lion King. This musical has an Egyptian setting with the story taking place during the times of the Pharaohs. As such, it would definitely to those fond of Egyptian mythology, many of whom have had the chance to see this award winning musical live by grabbing Tim Rices Aida tickets.