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A 10-year-old claims the throne as Young Simba in The Lion King on Broadway
10-year-old Davis Matthews who first auditioned early this year for Lion King musical is now starring as Young Simba in ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway until December. Davis, who grew up in New Rochelle, has always enjoyed singing, acting, and dancing. Tabitha, his mother, is his motivation. She has appeared in numerous community theatres and is his acting tutor.
David Matthews will make his Broadway debut in The Lion King; he began performing at the age of six with White Plains Performing Arts Center and has since appeared at Sandbox Theater and Random Farms Kids Theater. Bazemore, a veteran of the The Lion King Touring and Broadway performances, has also appeared in regional productions of Ragtime, Rachel, and The Snow Day. The audience love new young Simba. Davis Matthews’ own circle of relatives love the pleasure it brings him and the message it sends to different children. “The feeling of just being so proud that he is living out his dream, living out his ancestor’s dream, and so many other kids that look up to you, who look just like you, and you’re able to say if I did it, you can do it too,” Tabitha Matthews said. This will be another milestone for The Lion King Broadway show.
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“Awe-inspiring! Broadway theatre is alive again. Julie Taymor’s imaginative ideas seem limitless. It’s a gorgeous, gasp-inducing spectacle. Most important – against all odds – it has innocence. The show appeals to our primal, childlike excitement in the power of theatre to make us see things afresh.” said Richard Zoglin from Time Magazine
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Broadway’s The Lion King to introduce 2 New Young Simbas this June
June 2023 marks the debut of two new young Simbas in Broadway’s The Lion King. Starting Tuesday, June 6, Donovan Louis Bazemore and Davis Matthews will alternate as “Young Simba” alongside current cast members Ava Hailey Harris and Jillian Paige Platero as “Young Nala.” David Matthews will make his Broadway debut, while Bazemore previously performed in The Lion King show.
David Matthews is excited to make his Broadway debut! White Plains Performing Arts Center gave him his first performance opportunity when he was six years old. In New York, he has also performed at Sandbox Theater and Random Farms Kids Theater.
Julie Taymor, the first woman to win a Tony for Best Director of a Musical, is the show’s director, costume designer, and mask co-designer. She continues to be actively involved in the production, initiating new performances while also maintaining the main Broadway production.
Celebrating 25 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King continues to ascend as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Over the course of the show’s run, there have been 27 tours and international productions, seen by 112 million people and currently seen each week by 115,000 people across the world.
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Esteban Oliver Joins Lion King on Broadway as ‘Zazu’
The Lion King musical, fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, welcomes Esteban Oliver as Zazu, starting Tuesday, April 1, 2014.
Esteban Oliver Joins Lion King on Broadway as ‘Zazu’
Oliver joins the Broadway company straight from the Madrid production of The Lion King, where he also played Zazu, making him the first Spanish musical theatre actor to perform the same leading role in both a Spanish and Broadway musical production. In celebration of Oliver’s bilingualism, for the first time in the history of the Broadway production, Spanish-language surprises will be incorporated into the show.
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Ron Kollen, Senior Vice President for Disney Theatrical Productions International says, “We are thrilled to have Esteban Oliver join the Broadway company of The Lion King, bringing his wonderful performance of Zazu to New York audiences. Spanish audiences wholly embraced his hilarious performance in Madrid, and it is a testament to the incredible talent in the Madrid production that one of its leading actors will now be a part of the flagship Broadway production.”
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Lion King Broadway Cast Update – Esteban Oliver to Join as Zazu
The Lion King, the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, is pleased to welcome Esteban Oliver as Zazu, beginning performances on Tuesday, April 1. Lion King is a standing production at Minskoff Theatre.
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Esteban joins the New York company of The Lion King directly from the Spanish production. Esteban Oliver Theatre credits highlights are Mamma Mia!, Beauty and The Beast, The Producers, The Phantom Of The Opera or Victor/Victoria. He’s been part of The Lion King’s original Spanish cast from 2011 and was awarded for his performance in the show as Zazu the 2012 BroadwayWorld Spain Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He will take his final bow in Teatro Lope De Vega next March 6th.
Disney’s landmark musical event, The Lion King, played its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30th, surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway in October.
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The Lion King on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show
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 Behind The Scenes Video – Setting The Scene
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.
