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Millions around the world have seen Disney’s The Lion King, the stage version of the beloved cartoon feature.  The choreographer behind every movement on stage?  Garth Fagan.  The musical swept the Tonys in 1998 with awards for best musical, direction, choreography, scenery, costumes and lighting design. It was lauded in all the major New York theater awards that year, picked up a Grammy for best musical show album, an Astaire Award for Fagan, as well as awards in Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Japan, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands.  Having just celebrated its 20th anniversary, The Lion King plays to this day around the world!

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Curtain Call at the tenth anniversary performance of Disney's The  Lion King  at the Lyceum Theatre,
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“As a dancer, you spend all your life developing your body. ... All of a sudden you’re wearing puppets. As a dancer you know how you can leap and how you can turn, but suddenly you have an antelope on your head and one on each arm. It’s going to affect your center — you have to leap and carry your head differently.” 

- Garth Fagan

For details and tickets to see the LION KING on Broadway and the American Tour, click on the link below!

Check out The Lion King's creative team by clicking              .

Behind the Scenes with Garth Fagan and The Lion King!