Lion King: The Broadway Musical

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The Lion King: The Broadway Musical is now playing in many venues across the United States! Buy tickets at TicketsNow.com.

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The Lion King: The Broadway Musical celebrated its world premiere at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, on July 8, 1997. Now playing at the Minskoff Theater on Broadway, and in a variety of other locations around the globe, this musical version of Disney's greatest animated feature ever has already drawn rave reviews for its dazzling special effects and staging, the inspired music by Tim Rice, Elton John, Hans Zimmer, and Lebo M., and for its nearly magical performance by a cast using masks and puppetry combined with live acting to convey the atmosphere of The Lion King.

“I wanted to go for elegance, not cute.” -- Julie Taymor, director

This production broke new ground in theatrical technology, attempting to bring to the stage such vast and sweeping elements as the rolling African savannah and the famous wildebeest stampede in which Mufasa is killed by his brother Scar. Far from shrinking from the challenge or toning down the scale of the film, director Julie Taymor succeeded in the superhuman feat of reproducing the film's vastness through ingenious staging techniques and experimental methods worthy of Walt Disney Theatrical, producers of the wildly popular Beauty and the Beast Broadway musical, which also debuted at the Orpheum.

• Doug Muth's TLKoB FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Review by Andy Heroff
• Review from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 8/1/97
• Article from Time Magazine, 7/28/97
• Review by Dean Mancina (brother of Mark Mancina)
• Report by Dean Mancina of the New York Premiere
• Disney's Official TLK Musical Website
• LovedTheShow.com - Tribute to TLKoB by Holly Anderson
• The Raize Resource - Memorial site for the late Jason Raize, the original Broadway Simba
• König der Löwen: Das erfölgreichste Disney-Musical

Current Broadway Cast (November 2005):

(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

RAFIKI Tshidi Manye MUFASA Alton Fitzgerald White SARABI Jean Michelle Grier ZAZU Jeffrey Binder SCAR Derek Smith YOUNG SIMBA Jarrell J. Singleton Aaron D. Conley YOUNG NALA Zipporah G. Gatling Kailani Coba SHENZI Bonita J. Hamilton BANZAI Benjamin Sterling Cannon ED Enrique Segura TIMON Danny Rutigliano PUMBAA Tom Alan Robbins SIMBA Josh Tower NALA Kissy Simmons

ENSEMBLE SINGERS Bobby Daye Lindiwe Dlamini Bongi Duma Jean Michelle Grier Michael Alexander Henry Keswa Ron Kunene Sheryl McCallum S'bu Ngema Mpume Sikakane L. Steven Taylor Rema Webb Kenny Redell Williams ENSEMBLE DANCERS Kylin Brady Camille M. Brown Michelle Aguilar Camaya LaTrisa A. Coleman Cabriel A. Croom Michelle Dorant Gregory A. King Lisa Lewis Ian Vincent McGinnis Ray Mercer Ryan Brooke Taylor Steven Even Washington

The Original Broadway Cast Recording CD is currently available from Walt Disney Records, in music stores everywhere.

Images and sound files provided courtesy of Sean Silvernail and Paul Summers, and newpaper images provided by Adam Browne, Kristin Cheddar, and Whitepelt.

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