The Lion King: Two and a half years after opening on Broadway, it's still the hottest ticket on the Great White Way and tonight the Toronto instalment opens for a planned 22-month run. Musical theatre at its spectacular best, The Lion King resembles nothing you've ever seen before. 8 p.m., $20-$115, Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W, Toronto; 416-872-1212.
Writing With Our Feet: A theatrical reading of Dave Carley's play about a Montreal agoraphobic besieged by a wildly eclectic troupe of ghosts.Performed by Michael Riley, the play will be taped for a later radio broadcast. 8 p.m., $12-$15, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front St. W., Toronto; 416-205-5555.
ART
Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Etching: The 82 prints on show, touring from the famous collection at New York's Morgan Library, display the full range of the Dutch artist's celebrated talent. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., $8.50, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street W., Toronto; 416-977-0414.
ROCK
Joe Satriani: A guitarist's guitarist, Satriani pushes the jazz-rock fusion envelope farther than we ever thought possible. 8 p.m., $25.50-$49.50, Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto; 416-870-8000.
Bluebird North: This series is based on the premise that there is a story behind every song, and that songwriters are as anxious to tell it as listeners are to hear it. Greg (Goddo) Godovitz, ex-Wacker Bob (The Iceman) Segarini, and The Crash Test Dummies' Ellen Reid sing and tell tonight. $10-$12, 8:00 p.m., The Rivoli, 334 Queen Street W., Toronto, 416-596-1908.
JAZZ
Gene DiNovi: The erudite Toronto jazz pianist kicks off a week's worth of Ellingtonia at the Montreal Bistro tonight. Through April 29, 9 p.m., $8-$10, 65 Sherbourne St., Toronto; 416-363-0179.
FILM
After Life: An utterly original and carefully shaped film from the gifted Japanese writer-director, Hirokazu Kore-eda. Faintly reminiscent of the angel movies of the mid-forties with a much humbler, matter-of-fact view of death.(***, Liam Lacey). The Bayview (Bayview Village Plaza, 416-222-5495) and The Cumberland (159 Cumberland, 416-699-5971).