Leaping far beyond its celluloid inspiration, the stage version improves upon nearly every aspect of the hit 1994 animated film, from visual artistry and storytelling to Lebo M's score and the newly African-ized pop songs of Elton John and Tim Rice. "Julie Taymor's staging of Disney's The Lion King is a marvel, a theatrical achievement unrivaled in its beauty, brains and ingenuity. If this is Disney's idea of a theme park, we are delighted to report that the theme is quality." The unprecedented production is worth every penny. The show and the playhouse are enchanting. Such is the transporting magic wrought by the opening 10 minutes of The Lion King, Taymor has introduced a whole new vocabulary of images to the Broadway blockbuster." You can only marvel at the exotic procession of animals before you: the giraffes and the elephants and the hippopotamuses and all those birds in balletic flight. How to get tickets for the performances at Arizona State University's Gammage auditorium. Suddenly, you're 4 years old again, and you've been taken to the circus for the first time. The Lion King is coming back to metro Phoenix in July 2022. "Seen purely as a visual tapestry, there is simply nothing else like it. The show appeals to our primal, childlike excitement in the power of theater to make us see things afresh." Most important - against all odds - it has innocence. it's a gorgeous, gasp-inducing spectacle. Taymor's imaginative ideas seem limitless. "Awe-inspiring! Broadway theater is alive again. Tickets starting at 147.66 Buy Tickets 'The breathtakingly staged Broadway adaptation of Disneys king of the cartoon jungle is an instant theater classic.' Review by Chris Willman from. "The breathtakingly staged Broadway adaptation of Disney's king of the cartoon jungle is an instant theater classic."
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