#lion king the musical

[locallibrarylover]

*by live theatre i mean plays, musicals, operas, ballets, concert versions of musicals, staged readings, & things of that nature. EDIT: YES this includes amateur, local, kids, high school, & community theatre. almost every show i've seen has been local

if you want, list the names of the shows you've seen in the tags!

#(if you saw this before no you didnt. i wanted to add more options) #anyways! very curious about how much live theatre people on here see. #personally i've 22 shows? those being: sleeping beauty (ballet). mary poppins. the lion king. the sound of music. once on this island. #little shop of horrors. mamma mia! chess. annie. music man jr. jesus christ superstar. joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. #something rotten! sam's room. the blender. bad auditions by bad actors. the 10 worst breakups of all time. drugs are bad. fairy tale court. #peter and the starcatcher. a christmas carol. & robin hood! all of those have been local/community except lion king ^_^ #(yes i also redid this because i forgot about robin hood & sleeping beauty...) #musings

[fuckitandallthatjazz]

#polls #beetlejuice #musicals #deh #hamilton #wicked #broadway musicals #theater #heathers #mean girls #mamma mia #les mis #waitress #ride the cyclone #hsm #six the musical #aladdin #lion king #annie #hadestown #little shop of horrors #my personal favorites are 35MM and little shop #guys and dolls #chicago #35mm musical #ordinary days

[plague-vulture]

Theatre is great i found a box full of plastic mice n rats while looking for a cow puppet that's our stand-in baby simba

#theatre #lion king the musical #shitpost #musical theatre

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#tw death #the lion king #alanis morissette #music #memes #meme #lol #funny #tweets #tweet #twitter

[holly-mckenzie]

Jamari Johnson Williams as Hades in Act I of Hadestown

#broadwayedit #musicaltheatreedit #musicalgifs #hadestownedit #hadestown #hadestown the musical #hadestown broadway #gifs #(c) Sbeve/QuoxWoodTrees #mine* #was this one of my favourite boots of the show? #yes! #was he giving blade/matrix vibes in this outfit? yes #was he giving scar of lion king fame in terms of the acting? yes #do these gifs do his voice any justice.... no

[mx-anthony-janthony-crowley]

they're on a walmart date

#i couldn't stop thinking about it 😭 #good omens #good omens art #my art #aziraphale #crowley #snake!crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable husbands art #ignore the fact that i don't know how snakes look😭😭 #art #david tennant #michael sheen #good omens fanart #neil gaiman #*lion king music* #robin draws B)

[fansids]

Being in multiple fandoms is so tough as an artist cause I want to draw everything, but I have time to draw nothing ahhhh. Even when I do just picking what I want to do is it's whole issue.

#I want to do next gen mlp cause that was something I've thought about since I was like 12 #I want to expand on my lmk aus #I want to draw more Meows Morales and Friends stuff cause it's adorable #I want rant and rave about the mess that is Helluva Boss and make redesigns and rewrites for funsies #...I also want the four years of my life I spent waiting for it to get good back #I want to draw Epic The Musical stuff but I CANT DRAW PEOPLE #I want to make art for the animated movies I liked as a kid like Lion King and Balto #I want to make jttw art #suffering. sobbing. dying. so much to do no time

[periru3]

It's time for a showdown of the winners (and closest runners up) of all my Tony-winners-by-decade polls, or as I like to call it...

Previous closed polls: 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 00s - 10s

And for bonus points, in the tags put which shows you're angriest/most surprised didn't win for their respective decades

#bwaypolls #polls #poll #broadway #tony awards #musicals #musical theater #hairspray #hadestown #in the heights #rent #the lion king #les miserables #les miz #sweeney todd #fiddler on the roof #the sound of music #my fair lady #stephen sondheim #sondheim #andrew lloyd webber #alw #lmm #lin manuel miranda #rogers and hammerstein #disney

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Preliminary Round #11

Top two will make it into the bracket

The Lion King only has one more spot though.

Songs below the cut

I Want More - Villain: Claudia

Descole's theme live version - Villain: Jean Descole (It was the live version that was submitted)

In Circles/_n C_rcl_s - Villain: Sybil Reisz

Going to include the propaganda for this one because it seems important: "sadly can't get this across with the ost recording, but Sybil is being taken over by the Process, in game, the song gradually switches from In Circles to _n C_rcles, and grows more distorted as Sybil is Processed more and more"

Ya Got Trouble - Villain: Harold Hill

Evil Like Me - Villain: Maleficent

Be Prepared Reprise - Villain: Scar

The Madness of King Scar - Villain: Scar (and hyenas)

Chow Down - Villain: Hyenas

Isabella's Lullaby - Villain: Isabella

#villain song showdown #preliminary round #lestat #lestat the musical #professor layton #transistor #the music man #descendants #the lion king #the lion king musical #the promised neverland #tpn #tournament poll #Youtube

[duhmemo]

Odysseus at the end of Im just a man

#Im just a man #and i’m currently obsessing over epic the musical #epic the musical #lion king #Odysseus yeets baby

[marchmusicalmadness]

Musical Madness

Meow, it’s a cat fight! How much do we control our destiny? Do you let the past hurt you or do you try for a new life? How do you translate animals to the stage? All these unanswerable questions will be answered in the heaviside layer. It’s the circle of life!

#musical theater #cats musical #lion king #the lion king #polls #tumblr polls

[bestmusicalworldcup]

So this performance features members of the current Broadway/National Tour casts of The Lion King, Aladdin, and Frozen, the cast of Hercules that is headed to Germany next year for what I suspect could possibly end up being a pre-Broadway run, and the American casts of Newsies, who have not performed since the national tour ended 7 years ago?

I'm tempted to say this means Disney is plotting something, but I don't want to get my hopes up for what could just be a fun tribute and nothing more.

#musicals #newsies #the lion king #aladdin #hercules #Youtube

[velvet4510]

Note: I’m not including “Lavender’s Blue” from Cinderella (2015) because it was not written for the movie. It’s a 17th century English folk song.

#disney live action #live action remake #the little mermaid 2023 #aladdin 2019 #beauty and the beast 2017 #the lion king 2019 #disney music #disney songs #disney polls #music poll #naomi scott #josh groban #celine dion #elton john #dan stevens #beyonce #awkwafina #halle bailey #jonah hauer king #wild uncharted waters #evermore #speechless #spirit #never too late

[infinityinakiss]

me just casually watching around the world in 80 days and vibing to the theme song that was composed by HANS ZIMMER AND CHRISTIAN LUNDBERG. WHAT THE FUCK.

#yes the man who composed the theme for inception interstellar the lion king dune and literally countless blockbusters #also composed music for that little bauble of a show that stars david tennant running around with a mustache on #was not expecting that crossover #yeah i was just listening to the theme song and wondering why it sounded so epic and cool #cause fucking HANS ZIMMER #david tennant #bbc #pbs masterpiece #bbc is so unhinged #around the world in 80 days #phileas fogg #hans zimmer #abigail fix #jean passpartout #atwi80d

[erikahenningsen]

42 cadina?

42. “Stop being so cute.”

Regina's been inviting Cady to hang with her a lot.

Just Cady and Regina, no one else.

At first, Cady just thought Regina felt sorry for Cady when she and Aaron broke up, but she never tries to talk to Cady about it. Cady is glad she doesn't—it probably would be very awkward.

But even several weeks after the breakup, when Cady goes entire days without thinking about Aaron, Regina keeps texting Cady invites or even showing up at her house unannounced, buying her coffee or just-because little gifts, offering to do Cady's hair and makeup, giving her compliments, walking her down the hallways between classes.

Cady isn't thinking about Aaron. She is thinking about Regina. A lot.

It's all been very confusing.

It's a Saturday and they're in Regina's room. Cady is trying to convince Regina to watch The Lion King. (Yes, again, but they haven't watched it in two months! Cady thinks she's being reasonable.) It hasn't been the best week—she had a big calculus test and a ten-page paper for her AP Literature class, and she just wants to zone out with her favorite movie with her favorite person.

"No! Cady, come on." Regina tilts her head back and lets out an exasperated breath.

Regina looks pretty today. She looks pretty every day, but her hair looks extra shiny, and she's wearing a low-cut shirt that is not helping Cady keep her thoughts PG.

"Please? It's been so long," Cady says.

"I'm so tired of it," Regina says, like she's trying not to hurt Cady's feelings.

"I'll do something for you in exchange," Cady offers.

Regina rolls her eyes. "Normally I would be all over that, but it's not worth it."

"Please? For me?" Cady asks, clasping her hands under her chin and batting her eyelashes. "Please? Please please please?"

"No," Regina repeats. She pats Cady's cheek. "Now stop being so cute."

"Uh."

It's like someone pulls the plug on Cady's brain and she has to wait a moment for it to come back online. This seems to please Regina, who smirks at her. Something clicks into place.

"Um," Cady says, clearing her throat. "A point of clarification?"

Regina raises her eyebrows.

"Have you been flirting with me?" Cady can't meet Regina's eyes when she asks, just in case she's wrong.

"Yes, thank you for noticing," Regina says dryly, and Cady's head snaps up.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Oh." Cady's stomach flips over, and she wonders if Regina can hear how hard her heart is beating. The idea of Regina liking her is... exhilarating. She feels almost powerful.

"Well, in that case..." Cady sits down next to Regina on the bed, much closer than she would normally sit. She leans in close, close enough to feel Regina's breath come a little faster, to see her pupils dilate.

"Can we watch The Lion King?" Cady whispers.

Cady barely has time to blink before Regina pushes her, hard. Cady falls onto her back, and Regina leans over her. Her grin isn't friendly—it's predatory.

"No," Regina says simply, before her eyes start to drift down Cady's body.

Cady finds isn't sad about it.

#you'll pry cady's obsession with the lion king out of my cold dead hands #cadina #mean girls #mean girls the musical #mean girls 2024 #ask #anonymous #prompts

[schmergo]

I really loved seeing the West End production of The Lion King last month and was especially intrigued by the costuming and puppetry. In honor of the tour coming to DC, I wanted to share some cool info about Mufasa and Scar’s costumes from the stage production!

Mufasa’s costume was designed to represent wisdom, strength, and above all else, balance. His mask and mane are rounded and symmetrical in a design reminiscent of the sun and its rays as well as the “Circle of Life.” The golden tones of his costume represent sunlight and also tie him to the other lions. He uses two swords in moments of action and animal instinct throughout the play, representing the lion’s forelegs. Many elements of his costume are inspired by the Maasai people.

Scar’s costuming achieves opposite goals from Mufasa’s. His entire look is one of assymetry and imbalance, as he threw off the legitimate circle of life, line of succession, and even the local ecosystem in the course of his story. His mask is angular with a spiky mane that only sticks straight up. The actor’s makeup is painted on as a disdainful sneer- one eyebrow raised, one lip higher than the other- that makes him look snarky but also asymmetrical. The same goes for his lounging postures, leaning on one hip.

The actor leans on a cane throughout the show, which he also uses as a weapon. It reads as a foppish, aristocratic affectation, but also perhaps a sign of a physical injury in addition to his facial scar. If Mufasa’s two swords represent his forelegs, Scar’s single cane may represent an injured or even partly missing foreleg.

Every actor who plays a lion in the musical wears a corset, and each one is unique, but Scar’s is the most different of all. The “boning” of his corset actually looks like exposed bones, emphasizing his character’s gaunt, angular frame as seen in the movie. Even his pants come to sharp points, representing his haunches. There are more exposed bones on his elbows and a ruff of bones that looks like a bony hunched back attached to his back as opposed to Mufasa’s flowing fabric cape. This definitely amped up the Richard III vibes in a show already full of Shakespearean echos— and all those bones also clearly tie him in with themes of death!

Both Scar’s and Mufasa’s “lion heads” are used interchangeably as headpieces and masks at different times in the show. The actors “puppeteer” the position of the mask with a mechanism controlled by a switch in the palm of their hands.

What are some of your favorite musical theatre costumes?

#Disney #Lion king #Disney Broadway #west end #Broadway #musicals #costumes #musical theatre #mufasa #scar #theatre #the lion king