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“The Morning Report” is a song composed by Elton John for The Lion King. It was released on September 30, 2003, as part of the Special Edition version of the film.

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Discover fun facts about the hit musical’s most popular tunes. “The Morning Report” was first released in 1997 as part of the stage musical version of The Lion King. The musical number was added to the Special Edition version of the film with slight alterations, taking place during Simba’s pouncing lesson.

Lion King Musical Song – The Morning Report:

Lyrics:
Zazu: (spoken)
Good morning, sire!

Mufasa: (spoken)
Good morning, Zazu.

Zazu: (spoken)
Checking in with the morning report.

Mufasa: (spoken)
Fire away!

Zazu:
Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can’t recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg but I quickly said, “No thanks!”
We haven’t paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

Mufasa: (spoken)
What are you doing, son?

Simba: (spoken)
Pouncing.

Mufasa: (spoken)
Let an old pro show you how it’s done…

Zazu:
Oh, the buffalo have got a beef about this season’s grass
Warthogs have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas
Flamingos in the pink are chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season’s color seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file to near the bottom rung
Far too many beetles…

Mufasa: (in the background/spoken)
Stay low to the ground.

Simba: (in the background/spoken)
Yeah, okay, stay low to the ground, right.

Mufasa: (in the background/spoken)
Shh! Not a sound…
Take it slow.
One more step. Then pounce!

Zazu:
…Are quite frankly in the dung.

Simba:
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

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Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music. It follows the powerful story of Simba as he journeys from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands.

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Discover fun facts about the hit musical’s most popular tunes. “Grasslands Chant” is a song composed by Lebo M for the stage musical of The Lion King. It was released in 1997, as part of The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording).

Lion King Musical Song – Grasslands Chant:

Lyrics:
Chorus:
Woza, oh woza Come, oh come
Woza, mfana Come, boys
Oh, woza Oh, come
Woza, oh woza
Woza, mfana
Oh, woza
Woza, oh woza
Woza, mfana
Oh, woza
Woza, oh woza
Woza, mfana
Oh, woza
Woza, oh woza
Woza, mfana
Oh, woza

Busa le lizwe bo Rule this land
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa lomhlaba Rule this land

Busa ngo thando bo Rule with love
Busa ngo thando bo
Busa ngo thando bo
Busa lomhlaba

Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa lomhlaba

Busa ngo thando bo
Busa ngo thando bo
Busa ngo thando bo
Busa lomhlaba

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Lion King musical, is almost like the film, follows the arc of the young lion, Simba, whose wise, ruling father, Mufasa is killed by the nefarious Uncle Scar. Scar and his band of hyena followers take over the lands of Pride Rock. Based on the 1994 Disney animated film, this blockbuster opened on Broadway in October 1997 and is still playing. Brought to life by Tony-winning director Julie Taymor, the musical features a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, including their Oscar-winning songs “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “The Circle of Life.”

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Discover fun facts about the hit musical’s most popular tunes. “Circle of Life / Nants’ Ingonyama” is the opening song of The Lion King. It plays during the presentation of Simba. There is a reprise of the song at the end of the film, during the presentation of Simba’s cub.

Lion King Musical Song – Circle of Life:

Lyrics:
Lebo M:
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Here comes the lion, my people, the father (of our nation)
Sithi uhm ingonyama We hail this coming of the lion
Ingonyama A lion

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama

Siyo nqoba We will have victory!
Ingonyama

Chant:
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala The royal lion wears his leopard spots
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa) The royal lion wears his leopard spots (Don’t go to)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana) The royal lion wears his leopard spots (No)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)

Lindiwe Mkhize:
From the day we arrive on the planet
And, blinking, step into the sun
There’s more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done

There’s far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

It’s the circle of life
(Balek’ ingonyam’i ya gale’!) Run, the lion will attack!
And it moves us all
(Ingonyama nengwe wema!) The lion and the leopard, oh, what a sight!
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Se to kwa)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (Asana)

It’s the circle of life
(Balek’ ingonyam’i ya gale’!)
And it moves us all
(Ingonyama nengwe wema!)
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

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The Lion King is the story of Simba, a young lion prince who idolizes his kingly father, while youthfully shirking the responsibility his position in life requires. Brought to life by Tony-winning director Julie Taymor, the musical features a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, including their Oscar-winning songs “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “The Circle of Life.”

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Discover fun facts about the hit musical’s most popular tunes. This adaptation of Disney’s iconic film transports you to a dazzling world that explodes with colors, stunning effects and enchanting music.

Lion King Musical Songs and Their Order:

Circle of Life
Grasslands Chant
The Morning Report
The Lioness Hunt
I Just Can’t Wait to Be King
Chow Down
They Live in You
Be Prepared
The Stampede
Rafiki Mourns
Hakuna Matata
One by One
The Madness of King Scar
Shadowland
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Endless Night
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Simba Confronts Scar
King of Pride Rock

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The Lion King musical on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show with its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30, 2103 surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.

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Having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway last month, The Lion King finds itself in a position unprecedented in the history of Broadway. Already the highest-grossing show in Broadway history, the show is routinely the #1 Broadway show in a given week, a feat previously unimaginable for a show at this stage in its life.

The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.

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Lion King has unveiled a new behind the scenes look at the staging, story, scenery and success of the musical titled “Setting The Scene”.

View the new “Setting The Scene” featurette for The Lion King below.

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Director Julie Taymor, associate director John Stefaniuk, producer Thomas Schumacher and more discuss the incredible visual design of the screen-to-stage adaptation in the new featurette, part of the ongoing Road To Pride Rock series.

“It’s a tale that every culture, everybody understands – but how it’s told is very original,” Taymor astutely observes.

“Children and adults alike suspend their disbelief knowing that it is theatre – that we are not really in a savannah; that we are not really in a jungle – and they go with you,” Taymor assertively adds.

The Lion King musical plays at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.

The Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Lion King, currently playing at the Minskoff Theatre, will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Wednesday, November 13. The production, which opened on Broadway in 1997, is slated to surpass Les Miserables and become Broadway’s fourth-longest-running show in December. The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.

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Directed by Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), The Lion King features a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, with additional musical material by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer. The book was adapted by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi. Other members of the creative team include Michael Curry, Steven Canyon Kennedy, Michael Ward, John Stefaniuk, Marey Griffith, Clemente Ishmael, and Doc Zorthian.

The cast features Gareth Saxe, Alton Fitzgerald White, Tshidi Manye, Jeffrey Kuhn, Ben Jeffrey, Fred Berman, Aaron Nelson, Chantel Riley, James Brown-Orleans, Bonita J. Hamilton, Enrique Segura, Cole Bullock, Caleb McLaughlin, Teshi Thomas, and Kaci Walfall.

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The fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, Lion King Broadway Company Welcomes Aaron Nelson to Play Simba starting from Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Minskoff Theatre.

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Aaron Nelson to Play Simba from August 27

Aaron Nelson is the first Simba since Jason Raize created the role nearly sixteen years ago to play Broadway without having previously been a member of another Lion King company.

Aaron Nelson is making his Broadway debut as a brand new member to The Lion King family. A proud Chicagoan, Aaron received his BA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. His regional theater credits include columbinus 2.0 (American Theater Company), Rent (American Theater Company), and Dreamgirls (Theater 47). He made his television debut as “Kyle” in NBC’s “Chicago Fire.”

In its 16th year, The Lion King remains ascendant; it is the highest-grossing Broadway show in New York history and one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its Broadway premiere on November 13, 1997, 21 global productions have been seen by more than 70 million people and, cumulatively, run a staggering 104 years. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher), The Lion King is only the second show in history to generate five productions worldwide running 10 or more years.

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The national tour of the hit Broadway musical The Lion King announced on July 11 that it has crossed $1 billion in ticket sales since its launch in 2002. The tour of the Tony-winning show has been seen by over 15 million people in over 70 cities across North America. The Lion King will make stops in 11 cities in the 2013-2014 season, including Pittsburgh, Dallas, Tempe, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Seattle, Atlanta and Toronto.

The show stars Jelani Remy as Simba, Patrick R. Brown as Scar, L. Steven Taylor as Mufasa, Tshidi Manye as Rafiki, Nia Holloway as Nala, Andrew Gorell as Zazu, Ben Lipitz as Pumbaa and Nick Cordileone as Timon.

The Lion King continues to rule, both on Broadway and on Tour. After opening in 1997, it quickly snared six Tonys, including Best Musical. In 2012, it became the highest grossing Broadway show in history. The play is based on the Academy Award-winning 1994 Walt Disney animated movie, now the highest-grossing hand-drawn film ever. Directed by Julie Taymor, the bright and colorfully resplendent musical paints a dreamscape of jungle characters in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets.

A lively stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning animated film, The Lion King tells the classic journey of young royal heir Simba. With jaw-dropping puppets, masks and costumes designed by director Julie Taymor, The Lion King is a visual spectacle unlike anything seen on stage before. One of Broadway’s biggest hits since its premiere in 1997, the show won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The score by Elton John and Tim Rice features the songs “The Circle of Life,” “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” and “Can You Feel The Love Tonight.”

Lion King Broadway Musical Lead the list with grosses $1,779,324 and had an attendance rate of 96.3%, about 3.6% less than that of the previous week. The 23 shows on the boards grossed $18,315,911, dropping around 4.03% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 14 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending February 24, 2013.

1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,779,324
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,657,584
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,607,985
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,212,082
5. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,045,064
6. Mary Poppins – (NEW AMSTERDAM) $1,022,585
7. Annie – (PALACE) $972,128
8. Once – (JACOBS) $969,147
9. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $950,908
10. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $926,915
11. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $844,357
12. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – (RICHARD RODGERS) $725,106
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It – (IMPERIAL) $699,893
14. Mamma Mia! – (WINTER GARDEN) $680,908

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}