#Broadway The Lion King

[sunshine-zenith]

Every now and then I remember the CGI remake of the Lion King and it’s solid cast, and I wish we’d gotten a professionally filmed version of the Broadway musical instead

So here’s Nala and Simba, loosely modeled after Beyoncé and Donald Glover

[my-km-me]

My Ideal Lion King Gijinkas in order from top to bottom

Mufasa: This masterpiece fanart of this fine male is by Sakimichan

Scar: This fanart that captures the increasing insanity of this deranged male is by Pugletz

Older female Sarabi (around the time of adult Simba)

Kid Simba & Kid Nala fanart by www.deviantart.com/lila-me

Live Action Kid Simba & Kid Nala from Broadway

Adult Simba by www.tumblr.com/sukifoof-art

Disney Princess Nala: Beyoncé, with her pet lioness (Adult Simba would have his pet lion). Pic from Chantelle Shamoon

Kovu: fanart by Pugletz

Disney Princess Kiara: Chloe Bailey

Timon & Pumbaa by www.tumblr.com/artsam

Kion (male)

Disney Princess female Rani

Zazu (in the middle of the "I Can't Wait to be King" song segment): fanart by Pugletz

Jasiri (female)

Fuli (female): Diamond White

Rafiki: John Kani

Zira: Florence Kasumba

The Pride Lioness nekos fanart by www.deviantart.com/lila-me

Nala's mother teaching kid Nala to hunt by telling her to observe and watch her and the other nekos. Fanart by www.deviantart.com/lila-me

Ed, Shenzi, and Banzai fanart by www.tumblr.com/julia-beatrice

Vitani (lesbian) and Nuka fanart by www.tumblr.com/tuherrus

Live Action Queen Nala and her pride

My Ships (The artists themselves have nothing to do with my proships so don't harass them)

Romantic

Kion + Fuli

Kion + Jasiri

Kovu + Kiara

Mufasa + Scar foemance

Simba + Nala

Other ships I'm fine with: Mufasa + Sarabi, Timon + Pumbaa, Banzai + Shenzi, Vitani + Kiara, Kion + Rani, Azaad (vitiligo) + Fuli, Ono (albino) + vitiligo Anga, Bunga + Binga, Beshte + Imara, Tiifu + Zuri, and Hodari + Kinyonga (T4T)

Platonic

aroace Zazu

Kiara & Kion

[Kion & Fuli] & Bunga & Beshte & albino Ono

Kovu &/vs. [Zira & Nuka & Vitani]

Mufasa & Simba

Simba & Kiara

Simba & Kion

Simba & Timon

Simba & Pumbaa

Other ships I'm fine with: Mufasa & Rafiki, Mufasa & Zazu, Simba & Rafiki, Sarabi & Simba, Nala & Kiara, Nala & Kion, Sarabi & Kiara, Timon & Bunga, and Pumbaa & Bunga

(Headcanon: Blue eyes may be gray.)

[demifiendrsa]

EGOT winning american film, television, and broadway actor James Earl Jones has passed away on September 9, 2024 at the age of 93.

Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. He received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Claudine. Jones gained international fame for his voice role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, beginning with the original 1977 film. Jones' other notable roles include in Conan the Barbarian, Matewan, Coming to America, Field of Dreams, The Hunt for Red October, The Sandlot, and the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King. Jones reprised his roles in Star Wars media, The Lion King (2019) remake, and Coming 2 America.

Jones' television work includes playing Woodrow Paris in the series Paris between 1979 and 1980. He voiced various characters on the animated series The Simpsons in three separate seasons. He then was cast as Gabriel Bird, the lead role in the series Gabriel's Fire which aired from 1990 to 1991. For that role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for his fourth Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. He played Bird again in the series Pros and Cons, which ran from 1991 to 1992; that earned him his fifth and final Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. He then had small appearances in the series Law & Order, Picket Fences , Mad About You, Touched by an Angel, Frasier. His role in Picket Fences earned him another Primetime Emmy Award nomination, one for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. His later television work includes small roles in Everwood, Two and a Half Men, House, and The Big Bang Theory.

Jones' theater work includes numerous Broadway plays, including Sunrise at Campobello (1958–1959), Danton's Death (1965), The Iceman Cometh (1973–1974), Of Mice and Men (1974–1975), Othello (1982), On Golden Pond (2005), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008) and You Can't Take It with You (2014–2015). He was also in various off Broadway productions and Shakespeare stage adaptations such as The Merchant of Venice (1962), The Winter's Tale (1963), Othello (1964–1965), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). His roles in The Great White Hope (1969) and Fences (1987) earned him two Tony Awards, both for Best Leading Actor in a Play.

[tennelleflowers]

Idk if anyone has done this before, but this is my humble offering in the hopes we will hear KH news soon

[yen-sids-tournament]

The Lion King: Animated (1994) v Live Action (2019)

You do not have to see both to vote, but it might have been helpful.

Feel free to share opinions or explanations with comments/tags/rbs

[holly-mckenzie]

Jamari Johnson Williams as Hades in Act I of Hadestown

[puppetdaily]

Zazu from The Lion King on Broadway

[periru3]

It's time for a showdown of the winners (and closest runners up) of all my Tony-winners-by-decade polls, or as I like to call it...

Previous closed polls: 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 00s - 10s

And for bonus points, in the tags put which shows you're angriest/most surprised didn't win for their respective decades

[starlitangels]

Tell me which Redacted boi loves which Broadway musical

Go

I’ll start. I feel like Vincent enjoys Phantom of the Opera for the Sheer Drama™ of it all and we Stan our favorite vampire Prince Drama Queen

[terrible-musical-theatre-ideas]

The Lion King, but the hyenas are replaced with the Heathers. The rest of the show is exactly the same.

[autisticlion]

I saw the lion king musical for the first time not long ago, and wow!!!

I cried multiple times.

It was so beautiful. It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to my hearthome.

[dance-world]

Marcus Williams - photo by Tarrice Love

[schmergo]

I really loved seeing the West End production of The Lion King last month and was especially intrigued by the costuming and puppetry. In honor of the tour coming to DC, I wanted to share some cool info about Mufasa and Scar’s costumes from the stage production!

Mufasa’s costume was designed to represent wisdom, strength, and above all else, balance. His mask and mane are rounded and symmetrical in a design reminiscent of the sun and its rays as well as the “Circle of Life.” The golden tones of his costume represent sunlight and also tie him to the other lions. He uses two swords in moments of action and animal instinct throughout the play, representing the lion’s forelegs. Many elements of his costume are inspired by the Maasai people.

Scar’s costuming achieves opposite goals from Mufasa’s. His entire look is one of assymetry and imbalance, as he threw off the legitimate circle of life, line of succession, and even the local ecosystem in the course of his story. His mask is angular with a spiky mane that only sticks straight up. The actor’s makeup is painted on as a disdainful sneer- one eyebrow raised, one lip higher than the other- that makes him look snarky but also asymmetrical. The same goes for his lounging postures, leaning on one hip.

The actor leans on a cane throughout the show, which he also uses as a weapon. It reads as a foppish, aristocratic affectation, but also perhaps a sign of a physical injury in addition to his facial scar. If Mufasa’s two swords represent his forelegs, Scar’s single cane may represent an injured or even partly missing foreleg.

Every actor who plays a lion in the musical wears a corset, and each one is unique, but Scar’s is the most different of all. The “boning” of his corset actually looks like exposed bones, emphasizing his character’s gaunt, angular frame as seen in the movie. Even his pants come to sharp points, representing his haunches. There are more exposed bones on his elbows and a ruff of bones that looks like a bony hunched back attached to his back as opposed to Mufasa’s flowing fabric cape. This definitely amped up the Richard III vibes in a show already full of Shakespearean echos— and all those bones also clearly tie him in with themes of death!

Both Scar’s and Mufasa’s “lion heads” are used interchangeably as headpieces and masks at different times in the show. The actors “puppeteer” the position of the mask with a mechanism controlled by a switch in the palm of their hands.

What are some of your favorite musical theatre costumes?

[onceuponapuffin]

Fanatic Intervention Part 10!!

Part 10 whaaaaaat??

Alright, so idk if any of you have actually been to NYC, so I played it safe on that end. But I have been (just once), and if you haven't ever heard of Ellen's Stardust Diner, I highly recommend you run (not walk) to Youtube or TikTok or something and search it up. Those folks are amazing, and I had to give the place a nod. Because come on, Aziraphale would LOVE to be served by singing waitstaff.

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You had all gone downstairs for dinner that night (you were not dressed fancily enough, but no one noticed so you pretended you weren’t feeling inadequate the whole time). Aziraphale ate, Crowley watched, you watched them while you ate, Anathema just ate because she’s the only rational one in the group here, let’s be honest. The second you got back into the room apartment suite, you crashed and were dead to the world until morning.

And so, you wake up, yawning and needing coffee, but otherwise alright. You make your way out of your bedroom, and find Anathema sitting at the large dining room table surrounded by papers, tarot cards, rune stones, crystals, a pendulum, and books. She’s frantically writing on a piece of paper.

“Good morning!” You say as you approach her. She looks up from her work.

“Oh, good morning. How are you feeling?”

“I’m alright thanks. What time is it?”

“Um...about 12:30.”

“Gosh, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. A lot happened yesterday and you needed to recoup,” she replies with a shrug. You are so grateful for her understanding, but decide to put the effort into not dwelling on it.

“How’s it been?” You ask, nodding at her papers. Anathema sighs.

“Well, I haven’t made any headway yet.”

“Anything I can do?”

The doorbell rings. There’s a doorbell?? Of course there is.

“Oh!” You hear Aziraphale call from one of the living rooms. “That will be the crepes! ENTAAH!” You snort a laugh through your nose. From here you can’t tell if there’s a feather boa, but you can practically hear a feather boa in his voice – you don’t need to see one. Anathema sighs.

“I need...I NEED for you to get one of them out of my hair for a bit. If one isn’t ordering room service, the other one is prank calling the front desk. There’s a mountain of toiletries in the living room, and the doorbell won’t stop ringing. It’s driving me crazy.”

As if on cue, you hear Aziraphale calling from the door: “Crowley! We have enough shampoo!”

Well, babysitting supernatural entities wasn’t exactly the way you thought this would be going, but who are you to argue with Anathema? You nod.

“Any preference which one?”

“No. Just...one of them.”

“Yeah, okay. Give me five minutes.”

“Thank you.” She puts her head in her hands for a moment while you go to get yourself ready.

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You and Aziraphale walk down the sidewalk towards Times Square, sipping on frappucinos. Aziraphale had been skeptical about the drink until he saw the mountain of whipped cream and the caramel drizzled on top.

“Have you been here before?” He asks you casually. You shake your head.

“No, but I spend a lot of time on the internet. So I’ve heard things. You can learn a lot just by lurking.” You swirl your straw around the frozen coffee to mix in the last of the whipped cream. “Have you? I mean you and Crowley have been practically everywhere, right?”

“I’ve been once. But it was a very long time ago now. I came for the World’s Fair in 1939. Marvelous, really, the technology at the time. Not nearly as fascinating as how technology ended up evolving of course.”

“Technology isn’t your thing, though,” You say, raising an eyebrow.

“I prefer to admire it from a distance, but I can appreciate it all the same.”

You think about how he has a driver’s license, and the ancient computer in his bookshop. Besides, how would he make tea without a kettle. It makes sense.

“So,” Aziraphale begins, “What is this venture that you need me to accompany you for?”

“Oh I think you’ll like it,” You say with a smile. Aziraphale raises his eyebrows quizzically.

“Oh?” He asks, intrigued, as he takes another sip of his drink.

“Broadway,” You say. Aziraphale’s face lights up.

“Oh!”

“I figure,” You say, “What a shame it would be to spend time in New York City without seeing a show on Broadway. And I’m not sure I trust Crowley’s theatre manners.”

“I understand why you would have that opinion. He can be rather a handful,” Aziraphale says thoughtfully, as though he hadn’t been driving Anathema to insanity himself. “But I assure you, I’ve seen nothing less than exceptional behaviour from him when the two of us have gone together.”

“Well yeah, but that’s with you. There’s a difference,” You tilt your drink towards the angel to emphasize your point. He hums thoughtfully. “So,” You continue, “I figure you and I go see a couple shows. I think we have time for two of them so how about I pick one, then you pick one?”

“I think that sounds like a rather splendid day, in fact,” he says, finishing off his drink and disposing of it in the nearest recycling can.

“Great,” You say, “My pick first.” You dispose of your empty drink container as well, and pause to let the suspense build. “And I choose The Lion King.”

Aziraphale’s face scrunches up.

“Is it bebop?”

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Dear Reader, Aziraphale likes Lion King. He does not, however, like I Just Can’t Wait to Be King, or anything to do with Timon and Pumbaa. He is an angel that can forgive many things, but apparently he draws the line at “bebop” and fart jokes.

“I just don’t understand why it was necessary,” he says with a wince afterwards, “And in an adaptation of Hamlet of all things!”

“You say that like your friend Will didn’t write a thousand dick jokes.”

“I suppose,” Aziraphale doesn’t sound convinced. “The rest of it was lovely though,” he adds in a brighter tone, “Breathtakingly artistic, in fact.”

“It really was, wasn’t it?” You say with a sigh. In your hand you hold a bag full of merchandise from the show’s gift shop. Aziraphale bought an artbook. “Do you have a choice lined up?”

“I do indeed,” Aziraphale smiles and waves his hands in a rainbow-motion, “The Phantom of the Opera.” His face has so much joy in it.

Watching Aziraphale experience things is mesmerizing. The ways his face moves, the way his voice shifts around when he gets all excited, the way he gasps so audibly when the performance surprises him. It’s an incredible thing to behold, and you absolutely understand why Crowley spends so much time doing it.

“Well before we go see Phantom, I need some food.”

“Oh! Do you have any ideas where to go?” He leans towards you conspiratorially. “Any secrets you heard while Lurking?”

“Well,” You reply, playing into his game, “I have heard stories of a place called Ellen’s Stardust Diner, and I think you’ll like it.”

“And what makes you think that?” His eyes are sparkling with intrigue. Damn. You have to try and keep your knees from buckling, it’s so intense.

“Two words,” You say, “Singing. Waitstaff.” You hadn’t thought Aziraphale’s face could get brighter, but it does, and so you add the cherry on top, the trump card, the finishing blow: “And they take requests.”

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Dinner was great, dessert was fabulous, Aziraphale was willing to put up with the bebop. Especially after you suggested he request a ballad, and they not only took it, but did a wonderful job of it. Phantom was long, but you both enjoyed yourselves.

Why am I suddenly speeding through this, dear Reader? I’m glad you asked.

When the both of you finally return to the hotel, it’s late. Anathema is still hard at work and you notice a definite...lack of Toiletry Mountain. Crowley is sat demurely at the kitchen table with a glass of whiskey.

“Are you okay?” You ask him carefully.

“I don’t wanna talk about it,” Crowley replies. You look at Aziraphale and shrug. The angel shrugs back before going to grab himself a drink, and you go see Anathema.

“Hey,” You say, “How’s it going?”

“Oh, much better!” She says, looking up at you brightly, “I managed to get things under control, and I got some very promising readings from the top of the Empire State Building.”

“I’m sorry, you went where? How??”

Anathema smirks and glances over at Crowley, then back at you.

“A witch has her ways.”

“And what happened to all the shampoo?”

“I made him give it back and apologize.”

“I...what….” You sputter. It takes all you have to sit down in a chair instead of just fall over. “How do you do this?” You ask, impressed.

“What do you mean?”

“In every fanfiction, in every alternate universe, how do you do this?” You gesture at the kitchen where you know Crowley is still quietly sat, listening to Aziraphale recount your day. Anathema smiles broadly and slides her glasses back up her nose.

“You can’t expect me to give away all my secrets, now.”

Have you ever before been in a room where you so intensely love everyone in it? If not, you have now.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🖤

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[sunshineandlyrics]

Tell me you're a Nepo baby without telling me you're a Nepo baby.

North West was chosen over other kids who auditioned to play young Simba at The Lion King's 30th Anniversary at the Hollywood Bowl (25 May 2024) x