
It was nearly 15 years ago that I first saw The Lion King on a Broadway stage, during previews for the show at the New Amsterdam Theatre. And as a giant elephant and rhino paraded down the aisle, the audience started roaring, and an overwhelming set of animals, from giraffes to gazelles, filled the stage, I realised straight away that an instant hit was being born. As Ben Brantley wrote in his New York Times n…
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:00AM on March 27, 2012