Busa Simba

The Original Broadway Cast of Disney’s The Lion King

Costumes Designed by Julie Taymor (who also directed)

Puppets Designed by Michael Curry

Lion King icons, requested by @nocokenojoke and @broadwayllama

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On January 27, BroadwayCon will host “20 Years on Pride Rock,” an historic conversation with Tony Award-winning Lion King director Julie Taymor and Whoopi Goldberg, who originated the role of Shenzi in the 1994 animated film.

Co-presented by Playbill, Mischief Management, and Anthony Rapp, BroadwayCon runs January 27-29 at the Javits Center in New York.

The three-day weekend will include artists from A Bronx Tale, Bandstand, Frozen, Hamilton, Significant Other, War Paint, In Transit, The Great Comet, Waitress, School of Rock, Newsies, Dear Evan Hansen, Once On This Island, Hedwig, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, A New Brain, Wicked, Allegiance, Grease, Cinderella, If/Then, Something Rotten!, Rent, and many more.

Lion King icons, requested by @nocokenojoke and @broadwayllama​

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