Variety, September 18th, 2000
SOUTHBURY, CONN. Disney was the first movie studio to conquer Broadway, in a big way, with three smash-hit musicals -- "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King" and "Aida" -- now running simultaneously in New York, and with touring and/or sit-down replicas of the first two bringing in millions and "Aida" clones surely soon to follow.
This season brings two more studios onto the Broadway scene. First, Fox Searchlight Pictures, at an estimated $7 million or so, is fully financing the musical version of its hit movie "The Full Monty," which was tried out for an extended run at San Diego's Old Gl...
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