Michael Reilly was backstage at the Pantages Theatre, brushing tiny strokes of blue paint around the bulging eyes of Zazu — a dodo bird hand puppet featured in Disney’s “The Lion King.” The ...

It’s been a short flight back and forth across Bushnell Park for puppeteer Nick LaMedica, who’s flapping his wings as the uninhibited hornbill bird Zazu in the national tour of the spectacular Disney ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- One of the brightest jewels in Disney's crown is reaching a big milestone this summer. "The Lion King" will celebrate 30 years since the animated movie's release in 1994. ABC11 ...

What: The U.S. Bank Star Performance Series at PlayhouseSquare presents the touring production of the Disney Broadway musical. Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, book by Roger Allers and Irene ...

Disney's "The Lion King" musical is as much about the puppets as it is about the story and human cast. And Oregonians can take some local pride in those puppets, which were co-designed by Portlander ...

At some point after the magical “The Circle of Life” opening — a swirl of animal puppets and their actors — the audience stops seeing the actors and just starts looking at the puppets, says “The Lion ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — You can feel the love Tuesday night through November 5 as “The Lion King” musical is at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. “We took a cartoon essentially and we put it on stage,” said ...

CINCINNATI — Simba, Nala and the rest were still singing in Rochester, New York, when Pride Rock arrived in Cincinnati. The four-week return of "The Lion King" to the Aronoff Center for the Arts ...

Tony Freeman remembers when the first casting call went out for Disney's "The Lion King." Starving actors who typically aren't too proud to try out for any paying part, no matter how degrading, were ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Seventh and eighth grade students from String Theory Performing Arts Charter School got a special presentation today from the puppet master of the Broadway smash hit "The Lion ...

No matter how many times “The Lion King” is told, the story dazzles children and adults alike. The Overture Center for the Arts will host the Tony Award-Winning musical from May 11 until May 28.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In the current production, Drew Hirshfield plays Zazu, the chief advisor to ...