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| RainbowJude |
LION KING in South AfricaThe Lion King has finally made it to South Africa and I'll be seeing the production on the first weekend in July. The show is opening a brand new theatre in Johannesburg and there is lots of buzz around the show at the moment, with a six-part "making of the South African production" show being screened on TV and appearances on talk shows and so on. The official site for the SA show is here.Online articles, dating from 2006 - present: 5 December: Mammoth preparations await 'King' team Article about the technical challenges of the show 17 December: Lion King completes its circle of life and heads to SA: General release about the SA production. 27 March: All hail the return of the king...: Interview with London and SA Mufasa, Sello Maake Ka Ncube. 5 April: The Lion King comes to Cresta: Article about shopping centre previews. 22 May: 'Lion King' director thrilled about African energy: Interview with Julie Taymor. 22 May: For export: Mzansi's finest: About SA performers in the London production. 22 May: How they made the magic... : Article about the TV documentary. 23 May 2007:Africa's lion is the king of the jungle: General article about the new theatre and cast. 29 May 2007: Musical comes home - where it belongs General article about rehearsals and previews. 7 June: 'Lion King' opens in South Africa: NY Times article about opening night. 7 June: Celebs gather to see The Lion King: SA press article about opening night In previews since 22 May, the show officially opens on June 6. When the reviews appear, I'll post links for those interested. Later days David |
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| pish123c |
I've spoken to a woman on another Audition website and she was one of the final actresses considered for Shenzi, the female hyena. 
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| kitty17794 |
I bet it'll be AMAZING in its native languge...  I hope they do a recording or something.
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| RainbowJude |
LION KING reviewsThe show is primarily in English, as it is everywhere else. The reviews are in.8 June: Disney’s The Lion King 8 June: It's simply spectacular Later days David |
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| wicked_boy |
There was a story about this on the news the other night.
They were saying about how Lebo wrote it with terms of his life involved. And the theatre was built specially for The Lion King. |
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| RainbowJude |
Making of...
Watching the "making of" documentary that's on here at the moment is really interesting. The first two episodes were about the auditions, and it was interesting to see the people as they were put through their paces. The really great stuff started in the third episode where they started looking at rehearsals. It's interesting to see how much this show means to people in the cast. And Julie Taymor is wonderful! Later days David |
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| xalexx543x |
Re: Making of...
Where can I find this? By the way how was the production? Im dieing to see it again - but im in US not Africa 
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