The Lion King.(Broadway show with African-American and African stars as principal actors)

Ebony | July 1, 1998 | Copyright

The little Black children in the front row stared with wide-eye, slack-jawed amazement -- the King, the King, the King, was... Black? Was this Broadway? The King, the Queen, the spiritual guide and other principal cast members are African-American or African in the predominantly Black cast of Broadway's The Lion King, which has been turning cultural heritage into big box office.

Based on Disney's animated film, the musical production has been sold out almost every night since it opened in November at New York's New Amsterdam Theatre. South African sensation Lebo M ...

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