Stars in der Manege

It's a tradition of the seven years old German production to appear on a TV Show during the Christmas period. Now, it's official. It will aire on TV (I don't know if it will, cause I don't live in Germany) on December 26 (next friday). The photo is located on the official site of the production, http://www.loewenkoenig,de, and it might be chilling and aterrorifying, because (in my opinion), Velile Mchunu's voice is powerful.

Noel de L'Elysee 2008

The French cast of the musical performed three acts (Ils Vivent en Toi/They Live in You, Hakuna Matata and Le Cercle de la Vie/Circle of Life) to some charity associations.

The cast which performed was:

Rafiki = Portia Manyike (photo)

Simba = Enzo Ratsito (top photo)

Mufasa = Jee-L (top photo)

Timon = Mickäel Viguier

Pumbaa = Arnauld Leónard

"Le Roi Lion" is a musical produced by Stage Entertainment and will roar on Paris until March 29, 2009.

Royal Varierty Performance and Memorial Days

The performances that aired on television (London's Royal Variety performance) and a live performance (Tokyo's 10th anniversary celebration) for TLK were amazingly good. The Memorial Days (10th Tokyo anniversary celebration) and The Royal Variety Performance made the audience jump from the chairs with their special versions of Circle of Life. For those who want to see them, they're on YouTube. Here are the performances:


Royal Variety Performance = London Cast

Memorial Days = Tokyo Cast

Memorial Days: 10th anniversary of The Lion King in Tokyo

"Memorial Days": The Lion King cast

Today, December 20 2008, marks a special day for The Lion King's Japanese staff and Shiki Company. This day marks the show's tenth birthday in Japan, eleventh on Broadway.

Brazilians at "Der König der Löwen"!

Velephi Patricia Mnisi as Rafiki

Yes, what you've read! There are a lot of Brazilian people making their was as ensemble/covers/replacements for cast members for Disneys Der König der Löwen. Here's a list of them:

• Mariana Pinto de Souza (Sarabi)
• Claudio Goncalves (Banzai/Ed)
• Alex Brito (Ed)
• Djalma Gama Filho, Vinicius Gomes, Fernando Spengler Rodriguez (Simba)

As an homenage to my people (yes, I'm Brazilian!), the text of this post is written on yellow, blue and green (flag colors).

New photo for The Lion King's 10 years in Tokyo

On the official site for The Lion King's run in Tokyo, a new photo had been released. On its way for its 10th anniversary, on December 20, the picture shows Simba atop the Pride Rock, with two antillopes.

Valérie Damidot joins "Le Roi Lion"

Valérie Damidot between cast members Jéremy La Fontaine (Simba) and Oliver Breitman (Scar)

A new ensemble joined the cast of "Le Roi Lion". Actress Valérie Damidot now plays one of the dancers/singers at "One by One".

• Watch the video!