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Ta’Rea Campbell is The Lion King's New Nala

Ta’Rea Campbell is The Lion King's New Nala

Ta’Rea Campbell has joined the Broadway company of The Lion King. Taking on the role of Nala, the queen-to-be lioness, Campbell first performance at the Minskoff Theatre was on March 3. She replaces Kissy Simmons, who left the Broadway company to join the upcoming production of The Lion King in Las Vegas

A native of Philadelphia, Campbell toured for ...

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Simmons, White and Sesma to Join The Lion King in Vegas

Simmons, White and Sesma to Join The Lion King in Vegas

Broadway performers Kissy Simmons, Alton Fitzgerald White and Thom Sesma have joined the cast of the upcoming Las Vegas production of Disney’s The Lion King. The sit-down production starts previews at the Mandalay Bay Theatre on May 5, with an official opening set for May 15. The Las Vegas production joins the seven other companies of The Lion King ...

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The Lion King to Open at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

The Lion King to Open at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

The Lion King will become the first-ever Disney Theatrical Production to open in Las Vegas when it begins performances on April 20, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Theatre. Opening night has been set for May 2. Mamma Mia!, which opened at the Mandalay Bay on February 13, 2003, is scheduled to close its successful Las Vegas run on January 4 ... Read More...

Lion King Memorabilia to be Displayed at Time-Warner Center

Lion King Memorabilia to be Displayed at Time-Warner Center

In celebration of its 10th anniversary on Broadway, Disney's The Lion King will display memorabilia from the show at the Time Warner Center's Shops at Columbus Circle's from April 7 to April 27. The exhibit features two fully costumed wax figures of characters Rafiki and Scar, each developed by Madame Tussauds New York. Also on display will ... Read More...

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Dan Donohue

Age: 41

Hometown: Spokane, Washington

Currently: Making his Broadway debut as the scheming villain Scar in Disney's long-running hit musical The Lion King.

Grandma Knows Best: As early as age six, Donohue knew he wanted to become an actor, "but I didn't quite see how to do that," he says now. An early booster had no doubts: "When ...

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Nathaniel Stampley

Age: 33

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Currently: Imparting fatherly wisdom as Mufasa in the Broadway production of Disney's The Lion King.

Born to Sing: The son of a minister and a music teacher, Stampley says, "I've been singing before congregations and audiences my whole life." Young Nate did his first musical roles in high school, then faced a big ...

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Tom Alan Robbins: Pumbaa and Me: The First 10 Years

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For almost a decade, Tom Alan Robbins has been an audience favorite as Pumbaa the flatulent warthog in The Lion King. An original cast member in Disney's smash-hit Broadway musical, Robbins came to Julie Taymor's visionary production after creating roles in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Once Upon a Mattress and Sunset Boulevard, plus a stint as ... Read More...

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Patrick Page Returns to Broadway's The Lion King as Scar

Patrick Page will return to the leading role of Scar in The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre on January 31. Page had played the villainous Scar for three years before taking on the role of the Grinch in the recent Broadway production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

In addition to The Grinch, Page's other Broadway ...

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Mary Poppins Flies into New Amsterdam in 2006; Lion King on the Move

Mary Poppins Flies into New Amsterdam in 2006; Lion King on the Move

The musical version of Mary Poppins, currently running at London's Prince Edward Theatre, is coming to Broadway next fall. The show will begin performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 14, 2006 in preparation for a November 16, 2006 opening, displacing the New Amsterdam's current tenant, The Lion King. That hit tuner will end its run at ... Read More...

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Kissy Simmons

Age: "Sometimes I'm 46, sometimes I'm 18."

Currently: Making her Broadway debut in The Lion King as Nala--the strong, smart love interest of Simba, heir to Pride Rock--after performing the role in the first national tour.

Hometown: Floral City, Florida. Just an hour north of Tampa, Citrus County's Floral City boasts but a solitary traffic light and ... Read More...

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