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| The following excerpts result from the performance of Disney’s The Lion King that the Critical View participants attended on Oct. 30, 2007. Click here to read the full reviews. |
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| "The lights dim down and the music starts, and whatever mood people were in before the play … your mood completely changes and your spirit is lifted. The music sounds beautiful and it is almost unreal how amazing the actors and actresses look in the costumes." |
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| "As far as I am concerned this play was the best musical I have ever seen and Disney has done a good job with the costumes, actors, makeup and the stage and the Lion King is worth while to see once or twice every year." |
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| October 30th, 2007 “I saw the best play ever! The Lion King which originally started in Minnesota was just amazing. At first I couldn’t imagine how it would look especially after a classmate told me it was puppetry…. It was just so life like. The show was full of colors and the sets were created beautifully and full of music.” |
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| "Roar your way into the Orpheum theatre because the Lions are in town and they are on the prowl! The colors and the magic is intoxicating, the story a classic Disney, and the PUPPETS will blow you away. Once again, the Lions are leaving their mark with an amazing theatrical musical performance at the Orpheum theatre, now playing until Nov. 25th.” |
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| "The costumes, the set design, and the vocal performances/music department are all the things that make a play successful. Now pertaining to Theater, success is having a full house on opening night and from then on. Success is the feeling of freedom you get on stage and the sense of pride you get when you know that you are apart of a huge play. Whatever success is that’s what I can say The Lion King is.” |
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| “I believe that they did they the play justice, it was a great musical. They did the scenes well. They added music that was wonderful and extended scenes so well. I loved the new music. I love how they did the old songs. The way they perform the songs were quite amazing, and helped me pay attention. The lines were great; the dancing was very well put together. The people who put together the dances are commended, it kept me watching and wondering …. HOW?” |
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| "In this paper I am going to be talking about the play The Lion King. Before I saw the play I was thinking to my self how can this be put on to stage? It is impossible to do. But they shocked me! When I saw it, I thought that the play was very great. I think they made the play look just like the movie as in the music, dancing and singing. Also the actors were saying the words just like the movie. I think they had to really practice to remember every thing and make their voices come out to sound like the real characters in the movie.” |
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| "Ten Years after It First Premiered, the Lion King still Reigns Supreme as the King of Theater
One of the reasons why the Lion King is such a success, a decade after the musical was created, is because of the imaginative costumes by Julie Taymor, the humorous puppets by Taymor and co-designer Michael Curry, as well as the brilliant musical score by Eton John and Tim Rice. And more importantly than all of the fancy props, costumes, and magnificent music, I think that this story, based off of Hamlet, is so popular is because it teaches a powerful lesson that I think everyone at some time in their life has gone through.” |
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"The Lion King was, over all, a very excellent play. From the cast to the singing of the play ever thing was great; but what most caught my eye were the very crafty costumes. I think that the animals in the play where very creative. If you look at the movie Lion King then look at the play you will see it’s a lot different but at the same time has the same meaning.
The Lion King is a great play for all ages. The movie does not have as many songs as the play, there was even different song in the play but they were all excellent songs. It looked like the cast was feeling what they were singing. If you see the play you might even feel their voice inside of you. The Lion King is such an exceptional movie and play, what kind of kid or parent doesn’t love it?” |
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| "When the lights finally dimmed down and the first scene started, which was the gathering of the animals, it was amazing. The animals came from every side. The two animals that I thought were the best was the elephant and the cheetah. Then, as the show went on I began to enjoy every character. The lions and the hyenas were well played. When I first saw Timon and Pumbaa I fell in love with them right away. They were funny and the actors should be proud. The actor that Timon was played by was in green which kept caching my attention whenever he came on.” |
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"There was nothing in this play that was overlooked. Every little detail was taken in to consideration. Every costume was perfect. One of the best things in the play in my opinion was that the voices sounded the same in the play as they did in the movie. I was not expecting the voices to sound even close to what they did in the movie. From watching the movie a couple days before seeing the play they voices sounded almost identical from the play to the movie.
This musical play was the best that I have ever seen and I would definitely see this play again. I would see this play above all other with no question about it. It is one of the best plays that have ever been made.” |
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