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The Lion King New Cast members at the Lyceum Theatre
13 new cast members have joined Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre.
Liverpudlian actress Ava Brennan makes her West End debut as ‘Nala,’ having recently played this principal role in the Hamburg production. Damian Baldet , who has worked at La Jolla Playhouse, Soho rep and the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, comes fresh from the Las Vegas production to play the role of ‘Timon’. Jacquelyn Hodges joins having also performed in the Las Vegas production and in the North American tour, to play the role of ‘Shenzi’. In addition, Sebastien Torkia will play the role of ‘Ed’. Previous West End credits include Saturday Night Fever, A Streetcar Named Desire, La Cage Aux Folles and Guys and Dolls.
New ensemble performers: Curtis Lee Scott, Cleveland Cathnott, Francisco Lins, Wade Lewin, Darcel Frederik, Aisha Jawando, Momo Yeung, Jose Alves and Jamie Golding who will contribute to the international company which already includes performers from 16 countries around the world: UK, Canada, USA, South Africa, Jamaica, Japan, Germany, Holland, France, Mexico, Australia, China, Taiwan, South Africa, Singapore and Korea.
The show continues to feature Shaun Escoffery (Mufasa) and George Asprey (Scar).
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Ava Brennan West End debut in The Lion King for The Principal Role of Lioness ‘Nala’
Liverpool actress Ava Brennan will make her West End debut on May 17th 2011 as she joins the London cast of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King. Ava will play the principal role of lioness ‘Nala’, having recently played in the Hamburg production.
Ava Brennan will Play the Principal Role of Lioness ‘Nala’
Originally from Bootle in Liverpool, Ava trained at the Loretta Legge Theatre School in Maghull, Merseyside where she gained extensive training in ballet, modern dance and tap.
She then went on to achieve roles in various European productions of Oklahoma! Aida, The Count of Monte Cristo and Hairspray.
Ava Brennan said: “When I first got offered the job to play Nala in the London production, I was ecstatic. It has been a dream of mine to perform on the West End since I was little, I still cannot believe it now! I am so excited to get on stage and be part of the Lion King family.”
Now in its twelfth year at the Lyceum Theatre, The Lion King continues to reign as one of London’s most popular musicals. Over 9 million people have seen the show since it opened in London in October 1999 and 55 million people have seen The Lion King worldwide. With record-breaking productions in New York, Las Vegas, Singapore, Hamburg and Tokyo, this global phenomenon also on North American tour is set to launch in Madrid in October 2011.
Associate Director John Stefaniuk, who has worked closely with Ava said: “Ava is a true gift to The Lion King. Finding an actress with the ability to play Nala is always challenging as it’s a role with extraordinary physical, vocal and emotional demands.
“However, Ava took on the role with such commitment in Hamburg that bringing her to the West End was an easy decision for us. She is an outstanding addition to our West End production.”
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Lion King Musical – Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Check out the costumes for ‘Lion King’ Musical – Via {Times Union.com}
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
Lion King Musical - Costumes, Puppets and Masks
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Milwaukee’s Zaire Adams to play Simba in Disney’s Lion King Musical
Zaire Adams is headed to the spring to star in the Disney Musical Lion King. His parents tell FOX6 they discovered his voice at age three, while he was singing with the car radio.
Zaire Adams to star in the Disney Musical Lion King
The 4th grade students in Alysia Stewart-Browns class at Milwaukee’s Engleburg School learned together all school year long. 10-year-old Zaire Adams joined his classmates only six weeks ago. He just wrapped up singing and acting as an orphan in Twist that closed in Atlanta in October.
It’s his big smile, and big voice that landed Zaire a 10-month long gig at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Hotel.
Zaire will leave Milwaukee again in March to play the lead role of young Simba in Disney’s Lion King.
Zaire’s well on his way to being a star. He played Munchkin #1 in Milwaukee’s First Stage Theater production of the Wiz.
Lion King is currently performing at Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham NC.
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Broadway Rallies for Lion King Star – Shannon Tavarez
Today, Shannon’s “Lion King” cast mates are coming together to hold a drive at the Minskoff Theater in Times Square, hoping to find a donor match.
Those who would like to become bone marrow donors, can go online to dkmsamericas.org and sign up for a swab kit that will be sent in the mail.
Results are sent to a lab for genetic testing and if it’s a match for anyone in the database, including Shannon, the donor receives a call.
“They’re having a drive in the lobby, and I hope a lot of people come out because they can save my life or anyone else who’s going through what I’m going through,” said Shannon.
“It’s a great feeling, performing for people and being young Nala, because she’s tough and I feel like that’s who I am through this whole experience,” said Shannon.
Shannon, who has no siblings, is part African-American and part hispanic, but of the 7 million Americans listed as potential donors, only 12 percent are minorities.
“She’s just a great kid,” said Joel Karie, a Broadway cast member.
Shannon was hospitalized for two months, undergoing chemotherapy. She temporarily lost her hair but suffered no other side effects like nausea or loss of appetite. She gave her family a scare when she developed an IV line infection, but it later resolved.
Lion King Cast Seeks Bone Marrow for Young Star Shannon Tavarez
The cast of “The Lion King,” Disney Theatrical Productions and DKMS Americas, a bone-marrow-donor center, are holding two bone marrow drives in New York City this month. Their mission: find as many eligible donors as possible.
The drive was inspired by a medical case that struck close to home: Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old who most recently played young Nala in Disney’s Broadway production of “The Lion King,” was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in April and doctors say a bone-marrow transplant could be her only chance of surviving the cancer.
On July 18 at St. Malachy’s Church in Midtown and July 23 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre, DKMS Americas will register potential donors with a cheek swab, which collects cheek cells to identify a person’s tissue type. Donors can also register online at GetSwabbed.org.
If prospective donors match Shannon or other people in need of bone-marrow transplants, the charity will contact the prospective donor for future tests. “My daughter was a healthy, happy kid. This disease is something that could affect anybody and people need to know that it’s actually really simple to save lives by donating bone marrow,” says Odiney Brown, Shannon’s mother.
Finding a donor for Shannon is going to be even harder than for most patients because she comes from a mixed-race background—her mother is African-American and her father is Dominican.
The closer the donor’s genetic makeup is to the patient, the more successful the match is and there is a significant shortage of donors who aren’t Caucasian, says Katharina Harf, executive vice president of New York-based DKMS Americas.
For instance, only 8% of the seven million nationally registered donors are African-American so less than a fifth of African-Americans in need of a transplant will actually receive one, says Ms. Harf, who helped start DKMS Americas four years ago after her own mother died from leukemia.
“Overall, six out of 10 patients will never receive a transplant because they will not find a match,” Ms. Harf says.
“I’ve made it my life’s mission to recruit donors so patients and families don’t have to go through the pain we had to go through.”
Shannon, who’s from Bellerose, Queens, now lives at Schneider Children’s Hospital on Long Island, where she just finished her second dose of chemotherapy treatments.
“The Lion King” was the first show Shannon performed in and her mother says it was difficult for her to leave her acting gig.
“She missed her fifth-grade graduation and had to withdraw from ‘The Lion King,'” says Ms. Brown. She says her daughter, who wants to be an actor and a pediatrician when she is older, is doing well emotionally but that her blood count is too low to leave the hospital.
“She’s hurting, but she’s strong and resilient,” Ms. Brown says.
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Lion King Cast
The Lion King is the classic Disney story of a young cub who is destined to be king. Lion king is one of the most popular and famous shows on Broadway for good reason. It has been running on Broadway since 1998 and won six Tony awards the year it began. The costumes, dancing, acting, and singing are all one of a kind and unforgettable. Don’t miss this classic family friendly musical. Take a look at the current cast of Lion King – the people who bring the magic of the story to life right before your eyes.
Scar Derek Smith
Mufasa Nathaniel Stampley
Rafiki Tshidi Manye
Zazu Jeff Binder
Pumba Tom Alan Robbins
Timon Damian Baldet
Simba Dashaun Young
Nala Ta’Rea Campbell
Banzai James Brown-Orleans
Shenzi Bonita J. Hamilton
Ed, u/s Timon, Zazu Enrique Segura
Young Nala Khail Toi Bryant
Young Simba Alphonso Romero Jones II
Young Simba Joshua J. Jackson
Young Nala Shannon Skye Tavarez
Ensemble Sant’Gria Bello
Standby Zazu, Timon, Pumba John E. Brady
Ensemble, u/s Nala Camille M. Brown
Ensemble Michelle Brugal
Ensemble, u/s Mufasa Alvin Crawford
Ensemble, u/s Ed Gabriel Croom
Swing, Dance Capt, u/s Banzai Garland Days
Ensemble Charity de Loera
Ensemble Lindiwe Dlamini
Ensemble Christopher Freeman
Sarabi, Ensemble Jean Michelle Grier
Swing Kenny Ingram
Ensemble, u/s Nala Nicole Adell Johnson
Swing, u/s Simba, Ed Dennis Johnston
Swing, u/s Simba Joel Karie
Ensemble Ron Kunene
Ensemble Lisa Lewis
Ensemble, u/s Rafiki Sarabi Sheryl McCallum
Ensemble Ray Mercer
Ensemble Brenda Mhlongo
Swing, Dance Captain Willa Noel Montague
Ensemble S’bu Ngema
Ensemble, u/s Rafiki, Nala Selloane A. Nkhela
Ensemble Brandon C. O’neal
Swing Jacqueline Rene
Swing Kellen Stancil
Ensemble L. Steven Taylor
Ensemble Natalie Turner
Ensemble Phillip W. Turner
Standby Scar/Timon/Pumba/Zazu Thom Christopher Warren
Ensemble, u/s Nala, Rafiki, Shenzi Rema Webb
Swing Lisa Nicole Wilkerson
Ensemble, u/s Banzai Kenny Redell Williams
Ensemble Camille Workman
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