My first day of rehearsal was April 1st, and until I got there, part of me thought this whole thing was just an elaborate hoax.
I don’t think that happens like that very often. They asked me to sing again, to read again, and more is always better. You start in two weeks.’ It was a good audition, I wasn’t paying attention to the signs. “When I auditioned, I’d been working on the fourth season of “The Sopranos.” And I booked this, literally, in the room. “Between the Broadway show and the tour, this is my 12th year. We’ve got weddings, births, graduations, fart jokes gone awry - really the whole circle of life, just like you’d expect. Company members shared some of their best (and most mortifying) memories of being in the show.
Right in time for the big 2-0 anniversary, “The Lion King” is at the Kennedy Center for the D.C. Maybe the secret to this enduring spark is that the audience is required to supply some of that spark themselves. Somehow, there is still this glimmer of magic, of discovery, to a show that’s nearly old enough to buy itself a beer. No, you have to make it happen - by seeing fur where there’s only skin, by picturing a sprawling savanna on an indoor stage, by visualizing a lion in the space between the costume’s mask and tail. Not even after all these years: 17 since the musical opened on Broadway, 20 since the release of the animated film. You can’t just sit there in the theater and expect “The Lion King” to happen. “The Lion King” is a feat of someone’s extraordinary imagination: yours. Nia Holloway as Nala with The Lionesses in Shadowland in “The Lion King.” (Joan Marcus Copyright Disney/Joan Marcus Copyright Disney)
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