More than 83,000 people attended performances downtown at the Tucson Music Hall, making The Lion King the most well-attended, longest-running production in Tucson theatre history! In 2010, Broadway in Tucson partnered with UApresents (Now Arizona Arts Live) for a three-week, sold out engagement of the blockbuster musical Wicked at UA Centennial Hall which led to a new collaboration with Arizona Arts Live as the home of Broadway in Tucson.
In 2006, Broadway in Tucson broke box office records with six wildly successful weeks of performances of Disney’s The Lion King. Since that first season, Broadway in Tucson has brought more than 1,100,000 patrons to the touring Broadway experience. Broadway in Tucson’s debut season opened in September 2004 with the Arizona premiere of Movin’ Out at the Tucson Music Hall. Broadway in Tucson/A Nederlander Presentation is part of the nationally recognized Nederlander Producing Company of America.