So. . .my parents bought Tim and I tickets to the Lion King for Christmas. She bought tickets for Tim, myself, my brother and his wife. They were GREAT seats, orchestra, center, row G. When I got these tickets in December I was so excited and April 28th seemed like it would never arrive. Well. . .TODAY WAS THE DAY!
My parents watched the kids, we dropped them off at 12:45 and by 1:00 were on the road to downtown Cincy to the beautiful Aronoff Center. We waited for Dave and Barbie (my brother and his wife) in the lobby. As we waited Tim snapped this photo of the poster in the lobby for ya'll:
We headed in to check out our seats, they were incredible seats. I looked around, seeing the drums on the upper right and left hand balcony. The show started about 10 minutes after we were seated. I must preface this by saying that Tim and I were excited to see the show but we didn't know quite what to expect. Tim had low expectations and I knew it would be cool but really had no idea what we would see.
As the show began the music immediately gave me goosebumps. The opening scene all of the animals filled the stage and came down the isles. There was this gigantic elephant that came down the isle by us, we were awestruck. The girraffes, the lions, the birds, the costumes, the singing. WOW
, we were totally blown away. As the scene ended the goosebumps were all over my arms, tears were welling up in my eyes, and Tim turned to me and said "That was the most incredible thing I have EVER" seen. I completely agreed.
It just continued from there. Rafiki was amazing, truly incredible voice, and makes you laugh just like in the movie. The young Simba and Nala were the two most talented children ever, excellent dancers, actors, singer, the whole package- I wonder how old they are.
The guy who played Scar had an incredible resume, he had played Phantom, was Jesus Christ Superstar, etc. he did not disappoint. Kinda glad I didn't bring Lauren at this point (I couldn't have afforded the 80 bucks for her ticket anyway, but some of the scenes with Scar would have freaked her out). On a side note, this play was PACKED with kids, several of them napping, what a waste of 80 dollars. However the kids who stayed awake were awestruck the entire time and loved the show, the most well behaved kids ever. I wished at several moments Luke was there because he would have absolutely LOVED the show (we'll take him if it returns to Cincy again).
The puppetry of this show, backdrops, music, and singing kept a smile on my face and my jaw dropped throughout the show, it is masterful the way they put this together. Even the way they had humans as grass and the way it moved as if they were walking through Africa was amazing.
The scene that blew me away was the Priderock scene were Mufasa is killed was incredible. The way the recreated that scene was truly breathtaking, all I can say is WOW!!!
Timon and Pumba were incredible actors and the way they worked the puppets made you look at the pupppets and not the actors, they had me laughing in stitches, VERY funny and extremely talented.
The incredible scene was when Simba is talking to Mufasa in the stars toward the end before he returns home, the way they have the stars move and form Mufasa's face is outstanding, Tim and I both said "that is so cool" at exactly the same time.
Of course we gave everyone a standing ovation and left with huge smiles on our faces, talking about the scenes, actors, actresses, music, costumes, etc. the entire way home. I took a picture of the playbill for you on the drive home:
To make a long story short, this play is absolutely AMAZING. I can't put into words how magical it is. If you have the opportunity to see this show, SEE IT. Tim and I both agreed it is one of the best stage productions we have ever seen. We are big Phantom of the Opera fans (I've seen it 4 times and love it more every time) but honestly, this was even better, and that is saying a LOT!
Lesley
. Welcome to the Dis!!!!Another Crocs convert here. DS has a pair of Caymans which he loves but I have always been a Birks girl-until now. I just bought a pair of Athens (black with yellow base) and even convinced DH to get a pair.
confused3 ) We had quite the scare here on Sat. before Easter as the Bunny and the ToothFairy had to cross paths. Luckily no one was hurt or bitten.
BTDT!
(and honestly until I saw the new styles, I just couldn't envision myself in them). I went on their website and they have TONS of different styles. Great t-shirt's, can't wait to see them in the trip report!
