The Lion King: Pride Rock On Broadway (A Disney Theatrical Souvenir Book)

About this book

The Broadway adaptation of the remarkably successful film The Lion King is a stunning musical directed by Tony Award-nominated director Julie Taymor. In The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway Taymor takes readers on a revealing journey. From the earliest sketches of costume concepts and set design to the trials and tribulations of mounting one of the most complex Broadway musicals in history this lavishly illustrated volume allows readers an intimate perspective on the long road to opening night. Known for her singular style as a director and designer of striking costumes masks and puppets Taymors vision for The Lion King emphasizes the duality of human and animal. Remarkably detailed fabrics carved masks and extraordinary makeup bring the characters vibrantly to life. Exquisite sets depict the African savanna an elephant graveyard and Pride Rock. Taymor and her co-designer Michael Curry showcase the mechanics of the production its stylized imagery and distinctive puppetry. As the audience experiences the many scenes - gazelles leaping across the stage thousands of wildebeest stampeding through the canyon Timon hanging precariously above a waterfall - they become a part of the magic of theater.