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"The Lion King is very commercial, but what they've let me do is very experimental.  I was totally Suprised"
 
 

NEW YORK--From the very first minutes of The Lion King, you feel yourself on new ground--no, in a whole new world.  Disney's newest stage musical doesn't jus leave it's blockbuster animated-film roots behind.  It's a diffrent kind of Broadway creature.
    Animals -- a savannah's worth. played by actors with stilts, mask and tails -- saunter down the aisles of the New Amsterdam Theater swaying to the sounds of the Circle of Life. It's a theatrical
flourish as intoxicating as any you've ever experinced. and then?

Cast and Crew
 
| The Making of the Lion King | The Talent |  Leap of Faith | Making the Lion Roar | The Music |