Aida (musical)

Aida
Logo from the Broadway production
Music	Elton John
Lyrics	Tim Rice
Book	Linda Woolverton Robert Falls David Henry Hwang
Basis	Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Antonio Ghislanzoni
Productions	1998 Atlanta 1999 Chicago 2000 Broadway 2002 US Tour
Awards	Tony Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album

Aida (also known as Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida) is a musical based on the opera of the same name written by Antonio Ghislanzoni with music by Giuseppe Verdi. It has music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and was originally produced by Hyperion Theatricals.

Aida premiered on Broadway on March 23, 2000, running for 1,852 performances until September 5, 2004. It was nominated for five Tony Awards and won four, including Best Original Score. It was also named by Time as one of the top ten theatre productions of the year.

The original Broadway cast recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. A song from the show, "Written in the Stars", recorded by Elton John and LeAnn Rimes, reached No. 2 in the Billboard US adult contemporary music chart.