Aida
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Aida on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
Aida Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Musical
- Aida is 2 hours and 30 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: February 25, 2000
- Show Opened : March 23, 2000
- Show Closed: September 5, 2004
Elton John and Tim Rice's musical, Aida, follows two lovers as they handle the perils of cultural expectation during the time of the Pharaohs in Egypt.
What's Aida Like?
Aida tells the story of an enslaved Nubian princess, who falls in love with her capturer the Egyptian captain Radames.
The low-caste Aida unexpectedly becomes the handmaiden to the Pharaoh's daughter, Princess Amneris, who is set to marry the captain Radames.
As the forbidden love grows between Aida and Radames, Aida must choose between her heart's desire and her responsibility to lead her people back to freedom. She must also navigate the bitter envy of Amneris that is sure to destroy them all.
Is Aida Good for Kids?
Aida is suitable for all ages, although children under the age of eight years old may fail to understand some of the plot and language used.
The ethical dilemma of the show may also be lost on a young people. The scenes of sex and violence are mild and are rated PG.
Aida on Broadway Background
Aida had its World Premiere under its original title "Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida" at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA on September 16th, 1998 and ran until November 8th, 1998. The Atlanta production featured Heather Headley (Aida), Hank Stratton (Radames) and Sherie Rene Scott (Amneris).
The newly revised production of Aida opened on November 12th, 1999 at the Cadillac Palace in Chicago, IL and ran through January 9, 2000 featuring Ms Headley as Aida, Ms Scott, as Amneris and Adam Pascal joining the cast as Radames for the Chicago run.
Robert Falls took over as director in Chicago, replacing Robert Jess Ross; and set designer Bob Crowley replaced Stanley A. Meyer. Also part of the new Chicago team was choreographer Wayne Cilento.
Theatre Information
Palace Theatre
1554 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
New York, NY 10036
Seats:
1,648
Entrance:
Broadway, between 46th and 47th Street
Theatre
Information
Aida Marquee
Gallery
Cast Members
- Aida
- Heather Headley
- Amneris
- Sherie Rene Scott
- Radames
- Adam Pascal
- Zoser
- John Hickok
Producers
Hyperion Theatricals
Production Credits
- Direction
- Robert Falls
- Choreographer
- Wayne Cilento
- Scenic Design
- Bob Crowley
- Costume Design
- Bob Crowley
- Lighting Design
- Natasha Katz
- Sound Design
- Steve Kennedy
- Lyrics
- Tim Rice
- Music
- Elton John
- Book
- Linda Woolverton
- Book
- David Henry Hwang
- Book
- Robert Falls
Creative Team
- General Manager
- Marshall Purdy
- Company Manager
- Michael Sanfilippo
- Casting Director
- Telsey & Company
- Press Agent
- Boneau
- Advertising Representative
- Serino Coyne
- Production Stage Manager
- Clifford Schwartz