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. VideoGames | [citation needed] By September 2014, the Hamburg production had passed the $1 billion in cumulative gross. She is amazed to find Simba alive, knowing that he is the rightful king. "[18] Symbolizing "voices of hope in the night",[6] the choir reminds Simba "even the longest night is followed by sunrise". Musical has found a permanent home as a fixture on 42nd Street, the Actors and musicians on Broadway have a grueling performance schedule: eight shows a week with only Mondays off. The ruling lions King Mufasa (voice of James Earl Jones) and Queen Sarabi (voice of Alfre Woodard) are welcoming the birth of their cub, Simba. The new 'Lion King' show highlights a lineup of new entertainment, festivals and special events coming to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in 2022. Rafiki returns to her tree and smears the drawing of Simba, while Sarabi and Nala quietly grieve. He is the fiercest member of the team. When Cyrus the Great, King of Persia, conquered Babylon and allowed the Jews to come back home and rebuild the temple, Jerusalem was the natural capital of Judah. "We learned from Jungle Book that when we did sessions with the actors, [they'd] stand at a stand, read the lines, look up, read the lines, look up," said producer Karen Gilchrist. the Circle of Life mythos begun in the original theatrical film. new media-player window. Rafiki hears the song on the wind, joyfully realizes that Simba is alive, and draws a mane onto her painting of Simba. Zwart, is de dag.\r'kweet niet waarheen ik moet gaan.\r\rThuis is een lege droom, leeg als de nacht.\rVader zie jij mij niet staan?\r\rJe zou me toch steunen, wanneer ik je nodig had?\rHoe vaak ik je naam ook roep, jij antwoord me niet.\rToch hou ik me staande, en wacht op een woord van jou;\rhet woord dat me wakker maakt uit deze angstdroom.\r\rWaar blijft het morgenlicht? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Nala arrives to confront Scar about the famine and Scar decides she will be his queen and give him cubs. [22][23] The tour version is very similar to the original Broadway production; however, certain scenic elements which rise out of the stage floor (such as Pride Rock, the stampede, and the grasslands) were converted to less costly configurations for the touring productions. Toen jij nog naast me stond, vader naast zoon. the warthog Pumbaa. Infused throughout the music of The Lion King is spine-tingling African rhythm and language. Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler orchestrated the original Broadway production for 23 players, including:[77] 1 wood flute soloist/flute/piccolo, 1 concertmistress, 2 violin, 1 violin/viola, 2 celli, 1 flute/clarinet/bass clarinet, 3 French horns, 1 trombone, 1 bass trombone/tuba, 1 bass player (playing both contrabass and electric bass), 1 drum player, 1 guitar, 2 mallets/percussion players, 2 percussion players (both of them at the sides of the stage) and 3 keyboard synthesizers. [37] In 2016, he performed a mashup of "Endless Night" and "Proud of Your Boy" for a Theatre Development Fund event. "Endless Night" is a song written by Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, Julie Taymor, and Jay Rifkin. The Lion King lion roams in the middle of the night in a village near Gir National Park Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. Now Scar becomes the king supported by the evil hyenas while Simba grows in a distant land. Cookie Notice With his bakora stick always on his person, Rafiki uses his wisdom to guide those . Of all the show's productions (counting the English ones), only the Brazilian and the Korean ones didn't have cast recordings released. Furious, Simba recovers and forces Scar to reveal the truth to the lionesses ("Simba Confronts Scar"). We saw it when Bambi's mother died and we saw it . The team at Disney Theatrical sent the masks of Simba and Nala in time to be prominently displayed on the desk during the concert. [41] The first one, named "The Zebra Tour", ran from September 6, 2012, to February 22, 2015, with stops in Bristol, Manchester, Dublin, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Bradford, Liverpool, Southampton, Sunderland and Cardiff. Brilliantly . The production played to 99% capacity in the week ending on. As a result of the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and subsequent evacuation of the city, the show's originally planned March 2020 Chinese run, which would have taken place in both Wuhan and Beijing, was ultimately cancelled, with performances to be rescheduled. The young lioness Nala sings "Shadowland'', another gem from the musical sung by Pearl Khwezi (the first South African cast in the role). 1997 song by Jason Raize and The Lion King Ensemble, The Lion King: Original Broadway Cast Recording, "Endless Night (from The Lion King: Broadway)", "The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)", "Theater Review: 'Lion King's circle of life still a marvel", "The Lion King - A 20th Anniversary Report by Kyle Wrentz", "Review: The Lion King still rules triumphant", "Review: "The Lion King" still rules musical jungle", "The Lion King Musical returns to the Peace Center! Simba ascends Pride Rock and roars out across the kingdom ("King of Pride Rock"). Hamlet and The Lion King Many perceive The Lion King, Disney's most successful movie to date, as Disney's only original movie; the only movie not previously a fairy tale from one country or another. Nteliseng Nkhela (German and English), Nomvula Dlamini (English and Dutch), Ntsepa Pitjeng (English, Portuguese, Mandarin and French), Thabile Mtshali (English and Portuguese), Mukelisiwe Goba (English and Spanish) and Brown Lindiwe Mkhize (English and Spanish) are the only actresses who performed as leading Rafikis in productions in two languages. [43] A French revival opened at the same Thtre Mogador on November 11, 2021. Ntomb'Khona Dlamini is the actress who served as an understudy or ensemble member for the longest time. Produced by Walt Disney Feature The final episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden is set for April 27 at 12:37 p.m. [5] The melody was based on "Lala" from the 1995 soundtrack album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. [42], A French production debuted in Paris on September 22, 2007, at the Thtre Mogador. She's performed in South Africa (20072008), Taiwan (2008), Las Vegas (20102011), American tour (2011) and Germany (20122017). She was the youngest performer ever to be given a role in the show's ensemble group. The cast of this production performed a set of the show's songs in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 2, 2001. The primetime special will premiere at 10 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+. [17] WLOS' Justin Hinton wrote that "Endless Night" and "He Lives in You (Reprise)" proved that the adult version of Simba had the best musical numbers. A Las Vegas production opened at Mandalay Bay on May 15, 2009, with previews beginning May 5, 2009. 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. The Lion King was basically meant to be a "gap year" piece of filler to give audiences something to watch while the next Disney pet project was still underway. South-African actress Shirley Hlahatse was chosen as Rafiki, marking the first time in years a completely new actress was elected for that role.[32]. [78], Most of the current productions employ a smaller ensemble of 10 musicians (flutes, French horn, 2 keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, marimba, 2 percussionists), and fill out the rest with the electronic music system KeyComp. One of the songs was adapted to a well-known Chinese pop song, "Laoshu ai dami" or "Mice Love Rice". Fan-ArtArchive| Reawakened, Simba finds his courage and heads for home. [25] The Las Vegas cast performed on the ninth season of the American dance competition Dancing With the Stars on September 23, 2009. The production played to 99% capacity in the week ending on January . Nala is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King. me with many of these files! Spanish actors Esteban Oliver and Mukelisiwe Goba were the first actors who moved from Spain into Broadway, when they respectively took over the role of Zazu and Rafiki understudy in 2014 for a couple of months. [17][19] He questions whether he should help to reclaim the Pride Lands,[21] and sings to his father: "Whenever I call your name / You're not anywhere. Zazu catches up, but they are confronted by three hyenas: Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. Enrique Segura is the actor who played Ed for the longest timespan in the show, being on it for more than a decade. The Lion King is a stage musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, with additional music and lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer. [2][3] American theatre director Julie Taymor composed the lyrics,[1] and had developed "Endless Night" as Simba's signature song for the musical. On October 28, 2022 at Rumble on 44th Street, NJPW announced Battle in the Valley for February 18, 2023 at San Jose Civic in San Jose, California.Tickets for the event sold out while only one match, Mercedes Mon vs. Kairi, had . Then Scar plots another scheme to kill Mufasa and Simba but the cub escapes alive and leaves the kingdom believing he was responsible for the death of his father. [8] "Endless Night", and the rest of the soundtrack, were recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City; the music was mixed at The Village in Los Angeles and mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering in Manhattan Beach, California. a lion and a hog. Follow Simba, Rafiki and all the other unforgettable characters in this classic Disney tale as they embark on a memorable journey from Pride Rock. [34] The Portuguese lyrics were translated by Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil. This is a long shot, but I just experienced the exact same thing. She's been part of the ensemble in France, Brazil and Mexico. Scar takes Simba to a gorge and tells him to wait there. Portia Manyike is the only actress to perform in three languages, though she was never promoted to leading cast member. 1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; Judges 14:5,6 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him, 1 Samuel 17:34-37 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: , Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular, Benaiah -- 'Yah has built up', the name of several Israelites, Jehoiada -- 'the LORD knows', the name of several Israelites, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Kabzeel -- 'God gathers', a city in southern Judah, Pronoun - third person masculine singular, Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Ariel -- 'lioness of El', an Israelite name, also a man of Moab, Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct, Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, David, in his last words, professes his faith in God's promises, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT History: 2 Samuel 23:20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam). 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