The wife & I saw Aida shortly after it opened on Broadway. The reviews were pretty bad, so we were not expecting all that much. We were very pleasantly surprised. Aida is solid entertainment-a very enjoyable & well done show. It's not The Lion King(nothing is) but you will get your money's worth. And although, the Tony's did deny it a best musical nomination, it won in all 4 of the catagories it was nominated it-a 100% win. We highly recommend it and living in NY, we see a lot of Broadway shows.