Production Information
Previews: October 15, 1997 (33 previews) Opening: November 13, 1997 Theatres: Minskoff Theatre (6/13/2006 - ?) New Amsterdam Theatre (10/15/1997 - 6/4/2006) Production Type: Original Production Production Status: Running Run Type: Open Run Market: Broadway Running Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission Intermissions: 1 Giraffes strut, birds swoop, gazelles leap - the entire Serengeti comes to life. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly rises from the stage. This is THE LION KING. A spectacular visual feast, this adaptation of Disney's much-loved film transports you to a dazzling world that explodes with glorious colors, stunning effects and enchanting music. At its heart is the powerful and moving story of Simba, and his epic journey from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands.
Production Staff
Joseph Church
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Musical Director
Robert Elhai
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Orchestrator
Garth Fagan
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Choreographer
Bruce Fowler
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Orchestrator
Flying by Foy
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Flying Effects
Donald Holder
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Lighting Designer
Richard Hudson
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Scenic Designer
Lebo M
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Choral Director
Tony Meola
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Sound Designer
David Metzger
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Orchestrator
Geoff Puckett
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Projection Designer
Julie Taymor
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Director
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Costume Designer
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Puppet Designer
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Mask Designer
Michael Ward
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Hair Designer
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Make-Up Designer
Original Cast Current Cast Replacements
Torya
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
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Sarabi (Understudy)
Keswa
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Ensemble Singer
Zulu-Lava
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Ensemble Singer
Felipe Abrigo
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Ensemble Dancer
Sandy Alvarez
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Ensemble
Caleb Archer
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Kyle R. Banks
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Ensemble Dancer
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Ensemble Singer
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Performer (Swing)
Alexio Barboza
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Young Simba (Alternate) (Wed. Mat., Thurs., Sat. Mat. & Sun. Mat.)
Guy V. Barfield II
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Mykel Bath
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Young Simba
Don Bellamy
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Ensemble Dancer
Keith Robert Bennett
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Banzai
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Banzai
Kristina Michelle Bethel
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Ensemble
Jeffrey Binder
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Zazu
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Scar (Understudy)
Bob Bouchard
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Pumbaa
Bill Bowers
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Zazu
Sean Bradford
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Performer (Swing)
John F. Brady
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Timon
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Timon
John E. Brady
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Pumbaa (Understudy)
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Timon (Understudy)
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Zazu (Understudy)
Kylin Brady
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Ensemble Dancer
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Nala (Understudy)
Kai Braithwaite
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Young Simba (Wed. mat, Thurs. and Fri. eve., Sun. mat)
Terron Brooks
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Ensemble
C.C. Brown
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Mufasa
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Mufasa (Understudy)
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Scar (Understudy)
Sophina Brown
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Performer (Swing)
James Brown-Orleans
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Banzai
Michelle Camaya
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Ensemble
Michelle Aguilar Camaya
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Ensemble Singer
Benjamin Sterling Cannon
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Banzai
LaMae Caparas
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Ensemble
Alex de Castro
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Eric L. Christian
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Ensemble Dancer
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Simba (Understudy)
Jeremy Chu
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Kailani M. Coba
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Young Nala (Alternate) (Wed. Mat., Thurs., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.)
LaTrisa A. Coleman
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Ensemble Dancer
Tiana Coles
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Young Nala
Aaron Conley
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Young Simba (Alternate) (Wed. Eve., Fri.., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.)
Curtiss I' Cook
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Banzai
E. Clayton Cornelious
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Ensemble
Rodrick Covington
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Banzai
Alvin Crawford
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Ensemble Singer
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Mufasa (Understudy)
Bashirrah Creswell
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Nala
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Nala (Understudy)
Gabriel A. Croom
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Ensemble
Bobby Daye
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Ensemble
Garland Days
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Performer (Swing)
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Banzai (Understudy)
Mark Deklin
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Pumbaa (Standby)
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Scar (Standby)
Ruben L. Delvalle,
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Young Simba
Lindiwe Dlamini
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Ensemble Singer
Nomvula Dlamini
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Rafiki
Dan Donohue
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Scar
Michelle Dorant
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Robert Dorfman
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Zazu
Bongi Duma
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Ensemble Singer
Thuli Dumakude
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Rafiki (Alternate) (Wed Eve and Sat Mat)
C. Ross Edwards
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Performer (Swing)
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Performer (Swing)
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Performer (Swing)
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Leslie Elliard
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Ensemble Singer
Jim Ferris
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Pumbaa (Standby)
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Timon (Standby)
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Zazu (Standby)
Danny Fetter
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Alicia Fisher
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Ensemble Dancer
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Ramón Flowers
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Ensemble Dancer
Christopher Freeman
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
Tony Freeman
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Zazu
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Scar (Understudy)
Andrea Frierson-Toney
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Ensemble Singer
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Rafiki (Understudy)
Ian Yuri Gardner
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
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Ed (Understudy)
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Banzai (Understudy)
Zipporah G. Gatling
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Young Nala (Alternate) (Wed. Eve., Fri., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.)
Shelia Gibbs
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Rafiki
Reneé Elise Goldsberry
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Nala
Lana Gordon
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Shenzi
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Nala (Understudy)
Jean Michelle Grier
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Sarabi
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Ensemble Singer
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Sarabi (Understudy)
Natalie Guerrero
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Timothy Gulan
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Ed
Jeff Gurner
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Ed
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Timon (Understudy)
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Zazu (Understudy)
Bonita J. Hamilton
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Shenzi
Blake Hammond
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Pumbaa
Rajonie Hammond
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Rod Harrelson
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
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Simba (Understudy)
Netousha N. Harris
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Dameka Hayes
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Performer (Swing)
Heather Headley
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Nala
Michael Alexander Henry
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Ensemble Singer
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Mustafa (Understudy)
Michael A. Henry
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Mufasa (Understudy)
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Scar (Understudy)
Tom Hewitt
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Scar
Marva Hicks
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Rafiki (Understudy)
Jacquelyn Hodges
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Shenzi
Duane Lee Holland
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Performer (Swing)
Christine Hollingsworth
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Performer (Swing)
Charles Holt
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Ensemble
Timothy Hunter
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Ed (Understudy)
Tra 'Lynn Husbands
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Frank Wright II
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Mufasa (Understudy)
Julian Ivey
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Andre Jackson
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Ensemble Singer
Christopher Jackson
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Simba
Meena T. Jahi
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Sarabi
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Sarabi
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Ensemble Singer
Tony James
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Performer (Swing)
Nicole Johnson
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Ensemble
Mel Johnson, Jr.
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Mufasa (Standby)
Dennis Johnston
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Performer (Swing)
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Ed (Understudy)
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Simba (Understudy)
Vanessa S. Jones
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Shenzi
Cornelius Jones, Jr.
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Performer (Swing)
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Simba (Understudy)
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Banzai (Understudy)
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Ed (Understudy)
Ashley Renee Jordan
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Young Nala (Alternate)
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Leonard Joseph
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Banzai
Joel Karie
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Ensemble Singer
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Simba (Understudy)
Martin Kildare
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Scar
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Scar (Understudy)
Gregory A. King
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Ensemble Dancer
Jack Koenig
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Scar (Standby)
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Pumbaa (Standby)
Nkosi Kress
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Ensemble Dancer
Abdul Latif
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Performer (Swing)
Erika LaVonn
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Performer (Swing)
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Nala (Understudy)
Sonya Leslie
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Performer (Swing)
Gary Lewis
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Performer (Swing)
Lisa Lewis
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Ensemble Dancer
Nikki Long
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Ensemble
Brian Love
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Ensemble Singer
Brian M. Love
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Simba (Understudy)
Dennis Lue
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Performer (Swing)
Marque Lynch, Jr.
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Ensemble
Anthony Manough
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Performer (Swing)
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Banzai (Understudy)
Tshidi Manye
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Rafiki
Justin Martin
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Brandon Matthieus
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Ensemble
Brandon Louis Matthieus
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Ensemble
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Simba (Understudy)
Tristin Mays
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Young Nala
Sheryl McCallum
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Ensemble
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Rafiki (Understudy)
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Sarabi (Understudy)
Ian Vincent McGinnis
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Ensemble Dancer
Shavar McIntosh
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Ray Mercer
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Ensemble
Alexander Mitchell
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Young Simba
Sinclair Mitchell
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Performer (Swing)
Jennifer Harrison Newman
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Performer (Swing)
S'busiso Ngema
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Ensemble
Albertina Nkhela
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Ensemble
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Rafiki (Understudy)
Selloane A. Nkhela
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Ensemble
Brandon Christopher O'Neal
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Ensemble Dancer
Patrick Page
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Scar
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Scar
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Scar
Evan Dexter Parke
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Ensemble Singer
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Mufasa (Understudy)
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Scar (Understudy)
Imani Parks
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Young Nala
Angelica Edwards Patterson
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Performer (Swing)
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Rafiki (Understudy)
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Robyn Payne
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Ensemble
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Sarabi
Ashley Perry
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Young Nala (Wed. mat., Thurs. eve., Sat. mat., Sun. eve.)
Dawn Noel Pignuola
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Ensemble
Jordan Puryear
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Young Nala
Luecinda Ramseur
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Ensemble Singer
Mary Randle
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Nala
Jacqueline Rene
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Ensemble
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Nala (Understudy)
Angelo Rivera
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Ensemble
Danny Rutigliano
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Timon
David "Dakota" Sanchez
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Young Simba (Alternate) (Wed. and Fri. eve., Sat. mat., Sun. eve.)
India Scandrick
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Enrique Segura
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Ed
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Timon (Understudy)
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Zazu (Understudy)
Mpume Sikakane
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Ensemble Singer
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Performer (Swing)
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Rafiki (Understudy)
Kissy Simmons
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Nala
Jarrell J. Singleton
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Young Simba (Alternate)
Marlayna Sins
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Shenzi
Jeff Skowron
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Ed
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Timon (Understudy)
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Zazu (Understudy)
Derek Smith
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Scar
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Scar
Keena Smith
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Ensemble
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Ensemble
Wallace Smith
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Simba
Nathaniel Stampley
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Mufasa
Leonora Stapleton
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Performer (Swing)
Sophia N. Stephens
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
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Nala (Understudy)
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Halle Vargas Sullivan
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Jeremiah Tatum
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Ensemble Dancer
L. Steven Taylor
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Ensemble (Understudy)
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Mufasa (Understudy)
Ryan Brooke Taylor
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Ensemble Dancer
Josh Tower
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Simba
NicKayla Tucker
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Young Nala (Alternate)
Phillip W. Turner
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Ensemble Dancer
Shonte Walker
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Ensemble Dancer
Nayo K. Wallace
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Sarabi
Thom Christopher Warren
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Ed
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Pumbaa (Standby)
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Scar (Standby)
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Timon (Standby)
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Zazu (Standby)
Steven Evan Washington
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Ensemble Dancer
Rema Webb
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Ensemble Singer
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Nala (Understudy)
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Rafiki (Understudy)
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Shenzi (Understudy)
Alton Fitzgerald White
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Mufasa
Lisa Nicole Wilkerson
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Ensemble
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Performer (Swing)
Denise Marie Williams
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Sarabi
Kenny Redell Williams
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Ensemble
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Banzai (Understudy)
Leonard Wooldridge
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Ensemble Singer
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Ed (Understudy)
Kyle Wrentz
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Ensemble
Valencia Yearwood
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Ensemble Dancer
Sharon L. Young
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Nala
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