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It is brought to life by imaginative and colourful sets, world-class puppets, action-packed adventure and spectacular new songs that will inspire everyone to \u201cmove it move it\u201d in the aisles!<br>In a major coup for western Sydney, <em>Madagascar The Musical<\/em> will be performed at the spectacular 2,000 seat Sydney Coliseum Theatre, the first of its kind in the rapidly growing region of Greater Western Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like the movie, <em>Madagascar &#8211; The Musical<\/em> follows all the favourite crack-a-lackin\u2019 friends as they escape from their home in New York\u2019s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien\u2019s Madagascar! Alex the lion is the King of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York\u2019s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends \u2013 Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hip hip hippo \u2013 have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public without a care in the world. Or so they thought. 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