For Lucia's fourth birthday, coming up April 23rd, Lorraine bought tickets to the Lion King in New York. She dropped us off right in front of the theater and picked us up afterward, which was a treat. Especially since as we walked out of the theater, big, sticky flakes of snow were whirling about in a blizzard-like fashion. The snow squall was over pretty quickly, but it coated the trees we passed on the way back to New Jersey.
This huge mask (which looks like Mufasa when he talks to Simba from the stars) loomed over us as we headed up the escalator...
...and again back down on the way out.
Pretty detailed mannequin of Rafiki in the lobby. With some random people posing for a pic.
Front row aisle seats! Yipee!
Mufasa and young Simba on Pride Rock for "Circle of Life". Mufasa and Scar's masks were interesting in that they
were mobile and controlled by the actors almost like a bike brake it seemed. Sometimes the masks came down to almost cover their faces. All the shots of Scar came out super blurry though, since I was taking these on the sly and his scenes tended to be darker.
So you can see the costumes if you haven't before, this is a picture from
Time Magazine, Nov 24, '97 Samuel E. Wright plays Mufasa. Photographer: Joan Marcus.
Simba sings "Hakuna Matata" and eats bugs after running away.
This machine was very cool and appeared twice in the show -- in the beginning with antelopes, and here at the end with the antelope skeletons, with a system of gears to make the animals leap.
Grown up Simba wonders who he is.
Timon the meerkat with Pumbaa, who raised his bum and wilted jungle plants and hyenas alike with his virulent vapors. Eliciting lots of giggles from the crowd. Every time.
Zazu, sitting on the hat of the actor who operated him. All the puppets and other animal costumes were pretty amazing in their detail and design.
This huge mask (which looks like Mufasa when he talks to Simba from the stars) loomed over us as we headed up the escalator...
...and again back down on the way out.
Pretty detailed mannequin of Rafiki in the lobby. With some random people posing for a pic.
Front row aisle seats! Yipee!
Mufasa and young Simba on Pride Rock for "Circle of Life". Mufasa and Scar's masks were interesting in that they were mobile and controlled by the actors almost like a bike brake it seemed. Sometimes the masks came down to almost cover their faces. All the shots of Scar came out super blurry though, since I was taking these on the sly and his scenes tended to be darker.
So you can see the costumes if you haven't before, this is a picture from Time Magazine, Nov 24, '97 Samuel E. Wright plays Mufasa. Photographer: Joan Marcus.
Simba sings "Hakuna Matata" and eats bugs after running away.
This machine was very cool and appeared twice in the show -- in the beginning with antelopes, and here at the end with the antelope skeletons, with a system of gears to make the animals leap.
Grown up Simba wonders who he is.
Timon the meerkat with Pumbaa, who raised his bum and wilted jungle plants and hyenas alike with his virulent vapors. Eliciting lots of giggles from the crowd. Every time.
Zazu, sitting on the hat of the actor who operated him. All the puppets and other animal costumes were pretty amazing in their detail and design.
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