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THERE IS SIMPLY NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT
Million Audience Members Worldwide
Major Theatre Awards Internationally
Productions Around The World
Longest Running Broadway Show
A PERFECT MARRIAGE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND ART.
There are 6 indigenous African languages sung and spoken throughout the show: Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Congolese
A Feast for the Eyes and Ears.
THE MOST EXCITING, MOST INVENTIVE, MOST MOVING THEATER THAT HAS EVER COME TO BROADWAY.
The tallest animals in the show are the exotic giraffes in the song “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King.”
There are more than 232 puppets in the show, including rod, shadow and full-sized puppets.
It took 37,000 hours to build the puppets and masks.
Scar’s mask weighs 9 ounces and Mufasa’s mask weighs 11 ounces. Each mask is roughly the weight of one banana.