Event: The Lion King
Venue: Sands Theater at Marina Bay Sands
Run: 3rd Mar – 31st May 2011
A Spectacular Beyond Words
For all the supposed failings of Julie Taymor as director of the beleaguered Spider-man musical, one can never take away from her her crowning achievement that is the Disney musical “The Lion King”, winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, amongst others.
Indeed, Disney’s “The Lion King” is a majestic spectacle that is beyond compare.
No amount of pre-show hype will be enough to prepare you for what is to be the most astounding and colourful spectacular that will unfurl before your eyes the moment the lights dim and the sound of the African voices begins to glow.
The opening scene itself (“Circle of Life”), possessing all the vibrance and raw energy of the great African wilderness, whereby all the animals big and small slowly paraded onstage in their colourful splendour, was mesmerising enough to immediately make you forget about the $168 hole in your pocket.
Such is the sheer power and magnetism of “The Lion King”.
And the musical went on to impress further, with fanciful stage sets and costumes that were previously unimaginable to the mind.
And it is indeed in the area of sets, and costumes especially, which I thought the musical thoroughly excelled in…
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