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Film: THE GIRAFFE and FIND ME GUILTY (directed by Sidney Lumet). TV: THE SOPRANOS, LAW & ORDER, 100 CENTRE ST., HOMICIDE. I've also included a snippet from a conversation I had with the tour's head carpenter at the time, Billy Kimbley, as the show was loading into DPAC a few days before the run began.īen Lipitz's previous stage credits included RED, HOT, AND BLUE (Goodspeed Opera, Papermill Playhouse) JUST SO (Goodspeed Opera) ART DIRTY BLONDE LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Cleveland Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Walnut St. So what I decided to do is share with all of you the aforementioned interview. Ben recently passed away on April 18th at the age of 58. At the time, he was in the show as Pumbaa, a part he played for more than 6,000 performances through both the tour and Broadway productions. Prior to that, I was able to interview actor Ben Lipitz for BroadwayWorld by phone. In 2013, Broadway in Tucson announced its new relationship and celebrated its 10th anniversary in its new venue, University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall, where it now presents five to six full week shows as well as special events each season.Back in 2016, the national tour of THE LION KING played a month-long engagement at the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina. 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.
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