{"id":300,"date":"2011-02-10T02:28:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2011-02-10T02:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:31:00","slug":"lion-king-providence-another-review-%e2%80%93-lion-king-at-its-best-when-it-roars-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/lion-king-providence-another-review-%e2%80%93-lion-king-at-its-best-when-it-roars-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion King Providence Another Review \u2013 Lion King at its Best when it Roars to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Lion King is currently touring in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-providence-ri-tickets.html\">Providence, RI<\/a> and performing at the Providence Performing Arts Center, where the show is scheduled to run through through Feb. 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lion King reviewed by Herald News Staff Reporter and published in HeraldNews.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\nRead the complete Review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-providence-performing-arts-center.html\">Lion King at Providence Performing Arts Center<\/a> Below:<\/ul>\n<p>Probably the most important thing this writer can say about Disney\u2019s stage production of \u201cThe Lion King\u201d is that my daughter Kathryn, 10, said she \u201creally liked it.\u201d This comes from a young lady who was never a big fan of the original, cartoon version. Kathyn accompanied me to \u201cThe Lion King\u201d last week at the Providence Performing Arts Center, where the show is scheduled to run through through Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lion King\u201d is the second Disney stage production to be subjected to this reviewer\u2019s evaluation, approximately one year after \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d graced PPAC. I had loved the cartoon movie version of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and never expected the stage production to match it. But it did, perhaps even suprpassing it.<\/p>\n<p>I came at \u201cThe Lion King\u201d from a very different perspective, having never really liked the animated version. It just seemed like a too-long remake of the late 1960s cartoon \u201cKimba the White Lion.\u201d<br \/>\nBut judging by the big crowd at PPAC that night, my view is in the vast minority.<\/p>\n<p>The show features grand entrances \u2014 one that will have you trapped in the lobby for for 10 minutes or so if you\u2019re late \u2014 at the start of the show and when the show resumes after intermission. The best costume is the giraffe, requiring an actor to operate four stilts while donning a huge giraffe neck and head.<\/p>\n<p>The show keeps a decent pace pre-intermission, but after the break comes the trouble. From the start of Part II until the Simba returns\/fight-scene at the end, \u201cThe Lion King\u201d behaves like my Camry\u2019s cruise control: very slow to kick into high gear.<\/p>\n<p>While Simba\u2019s guilt trip over the death of his father is important, too much time is devoted to his in-skull struggle and it throws the production into slow-mo. Kathryn\u2019s head settled on my shoulder a couple of times during Simba\u2019s king\/Hakuna Matata identity crisis.<\/p>\n<p>On the positive side, the show does stage a rousing conclusion. And several of the main characters turn in excellent performances \u2014 among them Scar (Anthony Crane), Pumbaa the warthog (Ben Lipitz) and Timon the meerkat (Nick Cordileone) See if you notice the similarity to a Power Rangers\u2019 pose when the young lions strike their ready-to-fight pose. The cute kid lions are portrayed alternately by Dusan Brown and Jerome Stephens Jr. (Simba) and Monique Lee and Madai Monica Williams (Nala).<\/p>\n<p>The stage production has wisely decided to take the Pumbaa flatulation angle and run with it. The warthog lets fly with gas repeatedly and the crowd eats it up \u2014 figuratively, of course. The conspicuous expulsions never failed to get big laughs.<\/p>\n<p>The choreography has received much attention and praise in the national press, so those who appreciate cool dancing numbers should enjoy this.<\/p>\n<p>{Via <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.heraldnews.com\/entertainment\/x167303932\/Lion-King-at-its-best-when-it-roars-to-life');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldnews.com\/entertainment\/x167303932\/Lion-King-at-its-best-when-it-roars-to-life\">HeraldNews.com<\/a>}<\/p>\n<p><em>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-providence-ri-tickets.html\">Discounted Lion King Providence RI Tickets<\/a> Online. Get $10 OFF on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-providence-performing-arts-center.html\">Lion King Providence Performing Arts Center Ticket<\/a> Orders Over $350! 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