Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular, This page was last edited on 15 September 2020, at 02:56. Upon leaving John worked as an actor and voice over artist worldwide including being the voice of Cartoon Network. The Lion King marks Darcel’s West End debut. For her latest Broadway production, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Taymor served as director and co-book writer. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera, English National Opera, La Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston and Washington. Garth Fagan is the recipient of the 1998 Tony® Award for Best Choreography and the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer (London, UK) as well as the Drama Desk Award, the Astaire Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work with The Lion King. Other successful stage ventures have included the Olivier-nominated London hit Shakespeare in Love, stage productions of Disney’s High School Musical, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin, and King David in concert. Broadway production credits include Disney’s The Lion King, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables. She is most known for her performances in the works of the late, world renowned choreographer Ulysses Dove. [10], As of March 12, 2020, the show suspended production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South-African actress Shirley Hlahatse was chosen as Rafiki, marking the first time in years a completely new actress was elected for that role.[26]. The musical incorporates several changes and additions to the storyline as compared to the film. Training: Bird College; Northern School of Contemporary Dance; Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive. Under Scar's rule, the Circle of Life is out of balance and a drought has hit the Pride Lands. Rafiki and the lionesses bless her for her journey ("Shadowland"). In the jungle, Pumbaa is hunted and chased by a lioness. In addition, he choreographed Joseph Papp’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie at the Kennedy Center. The Grammy Award®-winning producer, together with producing and composing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a multifaceted entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television. Most recently he served as executive producer of the Wonderful World of Disney’s production of Annie, as well as producer with the television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which was nominated for seven Emmy® Awards. He's been serving as an ensemble singer and Mufasa understudy since 2003 and stays in the Gazelle Tour cast at the present, after having performed on Broadway, Taipei and Las Vegas as well. His Broadway sound design credits include Catch Me If You Can, (Tony Nomination) Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). Reawakened, Simba finds his courage and heads for home. Theatre: Guys and Dolls (Kilworth House, Leicester); Kern Goes to Hollywood (King’s Head); Starlight Express (London, Germany and NewZealand tour); The Best of Times (Bridewell Theatreand Vaudeville Theatre); The Beautiful Game (SydmontonFestival and CambridgeTheatre); Alice in Wonderland (RSC, Barbican and Stratford-upon-Avon); Urinetown (London workshop); The Canterville Ghost (UKtour); Sweeney Todd (Theatr Clwyd); Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), Television: Grange Hill (BBC); Dodgem (BBC); The Ghostbusters of East Finchley (BBC); The Bill (ITV); The Southbank Show - The Beautiful Game (ITV). Hans Zimmer received the Oscar®, Golden Globe® and two Grammy® awards for his original film score for the film version of The Lion King. were released. Other: Makoto has also appeared in commercials for Benetton, Sony, 48 Months Go Conquer, Comedy Central, Heineken and MTV. The Lion King: Original Broadway Cast Recording is a cast recording released on 1997 by The Walt Disney Company, a recording of the songs as heard in the stage musical. [34], The show's French production debuted in Paris on September 22, 2007, in Stage Entertainment's Théâtre Mogador. Training: The Lion King Cub School; Stage Coach. The Lion King Broadway, The Lion King Original Cast List, Original Cast, Current Cast Timon falls in and is swept downstream. As of June 27, 2010, nine minutes of the Broadway version were cut, among them the entire "Morning Report" musical number. Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Theatre: Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Sunset Boulevard (UK tour); Aladdin (Bradford Alhambra); Kiss Me, Kate (Kilworth House); 42nd Street (Theatre du Chatelet); Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game and The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre); Stephen Ward (Aldwych Theatre); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible, UK tour); Ragtime, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hello, Dolly! (Cambridge Theatre); The Who’s Tommy (Shaftesbury Theatre); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Prince of Wales Theatre). After 21 landmark years on Broadway, it has welcomed more than 95 million visitorsworldwide to date, and can currently be seen in 9 productions worldwide. The tour is performed in English, with subtitles in each country's official language projected in the screen, and led by Ntsepa Pitjeng. Worldwide, its 10 Broadway titles have been seen by over 160 million theatergoers and have been nominated for 62 Tony® Awards, winning Broadway’s highest honour 20 times. Has worked as an actor, director, teacher and associate director. Current projects include scenic design for The Makropulos Case conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta for the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy, which premiered on October 11, 2011, and Tales of Hoffman at the Theater an der Wein in Vienna, Austria, that premiered on March 19, 2012. Simba's friends fight the hyenas while Simba battles Scar to the top of Pride Rock. Director, Costume Design, Mask/Puppet Co-Design, Additional Lyrics, Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director, Additional Music & Lyrics, Music produced for the stage, Additional Score. The cast features bright emerging Australian and New Zealand talent, along with a number of seasoned performers. Michael works widely as a visual and concept designer for numerous companies such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions and Universal Pictures. West End credits include: Five Guys Named Moe, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Soul Train. The cast featured 53 artists, of whom all were South African. Training: Cape Town Chorus Training Programme and Wendy Fine singing studio, Theatre: The Lion King (Holland, South Africa, Taiwan, Singapore and UK tour). Broadway production credits include Disney’s The Lion King, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables. Carlos Rivera returned to the role of Simba, which he also took in Spain four years earlier. Update: Broadway Shutdown Extends Through May 2021. Her opera productions include the Pulitzer finalist, Grendel, composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival); Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, in repertory at the Metropolitan Opera since 2004; and Oedipus Rex with Jessye Norman, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, for which she earned the International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production and an Emmy® for a subsequent film version. Mufasa leaps into the stampede and manages to save his son, but as he tries to escape, Scar throws him off the cliff back into the stampede, killing him. Dance Company (Singapore), John Mead Dance Company and Connecticut Ballet and as a dancer and choreographer for Maya Dance Theatre. The Pride Lands recover and the animals gather in celebration as Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub, continuing the Circle of Life ("Circle of Life (Reprise)"). The hyenas, who heard Scar's betrayal and are still starving, tear him to shreds. Broadway Rewind: THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Returns with Steven Pasquale! After a hotly competitive audition process, the cast for the new Australian production Disney’s The Lion King, opening at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre on December 12, 2013 has been announced. Training: The Lion King Cub School; AkomaAsa Performing Arts, Theatre: Hansel and Gretel (The Place); UNESCO Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition (City Hall London); Concrete Dreams (Southbank Centre); Narrating The Somatic: Gathering Voices, Sharing Practice (Middlesex University), Theatre: Cinderella, Dick Whittington (Manchester Opera House). Simon was awarded a Clarence Derwent Award and nominated for Helen Hayes Award (USA) for his role in The Taming of The Shrew. Segura is followed by Bonita J. Hamilton and James Brown-Orleans, who have been performing as hyenas Shenzi and Banzai for more than 5 years. In this release, the Mexican Spanish versions of, With the release of the Mexican cast recording, Spanish was the first language in which the musical was performed that spawned two different cast recordings. It played a remarkable 13 year run on Broadway and has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. The show's production will be suspended until January 3, 2021 at the earliest.[11]. Other: In 2017 Daniel was nominated for a Soberano Award in the Dominican Republic as an outstanding artist abroad. While it's a rule for all the productions of the show to have at least 6 South African performers in their casts, the South African one had a cast fully made of native actors. Other: Etian appeared as a dancer on EastEnders Does Top Hat for BBC Children in Need. Kanika was voted ‘Dancer of the Month’ by Dancing Times in April 2015. Training: The Lion King Cub School; The Space Theatre. Scar forces a confession of murder from Simba and corners him. [5][6] Over 100 million people worldwide have seen the musical and it has earned numerous awards and honors, including six Tony Awards, one for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making director Julie Taymor the first woman to earn such an honor. Of all the show's productions (counting the English ones), only the Brazilian and the Korean ones didn't have cast recordings released. After 21 landmark years on Broadway, it haswelcomed more than 95 million visitorsworldwide to date, and can currently be seen in 9 productions worldwide. His classical compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide as well as being broadcast by BBC Television and Radio. Gaia Aikman will be the first actress ever to perform as both Young and Adult Nala. Frida, starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina, received five Academy Award® nominations and two Oscars® in 2002.