{"id":897,"date":"2012-09-22T17:23:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T17:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2012-09-22T17:23:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T17:23:37","slug":"lion-king-behing-the-scenes-video-talk-with-costumes-supervisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/lion-king-behing-the-scenes-video-talk-with-costumes-supervisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion King Behing The Scenes Video &#8211; Talk with Costumes Supervisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the curtain, Gregory Young supervises hundreds of costumes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/eplayer.clipsyndicate.com\/embed\/iframe?aspect_ratio=3x2&#038;auto_start=0&#038;pf_id=9623&#038;rel=3&#038;show_title=0&#038;va_id=3762374&#038;volume=8&#038;windows=1\" width=\"403\" height=\"313\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each actor has a number, and each costume has a letter so this would be the first costume that she&#8217;ll be wearing in the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are 250 costumes on stage every performance. There are 350 costumes in total. Each one is creative and unique down to the last detail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one is one of my favorites when Simba and Nala reunite. It&#8217;s very green, and all of a sudden you have a burst of color, and it opens up like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most theaters are square in shape as is &#8220;The Lion King&#8221; production. So Century II&#8217;s circle was cause for planning way ahead of show time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The men are on the other side of what we call the crossover so they&#8217;re on stage left and we&#8217;re on stage right. We only have the women on this side so normally this would be double the length that it is now,&#8221; said Young.<\/p>\n<p>Every three cast members have a person who helps them in and out of costumes all performance long.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are one step ahead, a scene ahead of each performer. So when they go away, they start setting the costume for the next scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lion King is currently performing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-century-ii-convention-center.html\">Century II Convention Center<\/a> through Sunday September 30, 2012.<\/strong> Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-wichita-ks-tickets.html\">Lion King Wichita KS Tickets<\/a> Online at discounted prices, Get $10 OFF on Orders of $350 or more by using code AFF$10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the curtain, Gregory Young supervises hundreds of costumes. &#8220;Each actor has a number, and each costume has a letter so this would be the first costume that she&#8217;ll be wearing in the show.&#8221; There are 250 costumes on stage every performance. There are 350 costumes in total. 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