BroadwayWorld.com - The Lion King (1997; BR) [full cast & staff]

Production Staff
Torya	....	Assistant Dance Captain
Fraver	....	Logo Designer
Roger Allers	....	Book
Theresa Bailey	....	Production Stage Manager
Ted Baker	....	Keyboard Synthesizers
	....	Assistant Conductor
Jen Bender	....	Resident Director
	....	Resident Director
David Benken	....	Technical Director
Jay Binder	....	Casting
Tom Brett	....	Mallets/Percussion
Avril Brown	....	Violin
Boneau / Bryan-Brown	....	Press Representative
Elizabeth Burgess	....	Production Stage Manager
	....	Stage Manager
Steven Chaikelson	....	Company Manager
Joseph Church	....	Musical Director
	....	Conductor
Rock Ciccarone	....	Trombone
Michael Curry (i)	....	Mask Designer
Garland Days	....	Dance Captain
Robert DeBellis	....	Woodwind 2 (Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet)
Katie Dennis	....	French Horn
Peter Eastman	....	Associate Scenic Designer
Dave Ehle	....	Company Manager
Laura Eichholz	....	Assistant Company Manager
Robert Elhai	....	Orchestrator
	....	Associate Music Producer
Victoria A. Epstein	....	Assistant Stage Manager
Victoria Epstein	....	Stage Manager
Victoria A. Epstein	....	Assistant Stage Manager
Nina Essman	....	Project Manager
Garth Fagan	....	Choreographer
Ralph Farris	....	Violin/Viola
George Flynn	....	Bass Trombone/Tuba
Bruce Fowler	....	Orchestrator
Flying by Foy	....	Flying Effects
Donald B. Frantz	....	Associate Producer
Kathryn Frawley	....	Company Manager
Antonio Gianino	....	Stage Manager
Antonia Gianino	....	Stage Manager
Claudia Hafer-Tondi	....	Concert Master
Kai Harada	....	Assistant Sound Designer
Michael Height	....	Assistant Company Manager
Brian Hill	....	Resident Director
Donald Holder	....	Lighting Designer
Luico Hopper	....	Upright & Electric Basses
Richard Hudson	....	Scenic Designer
Tommy Igoe	....	Drums
Serino Coyne, Inc.	....	Advertising
Beverly Jenkins	....	Stage Manager
Elton John	....	Music
Marshall Jones	....	Company Manager
Karl Jurman	....	Associate Conductor
	....	Conductor
	....	Musical Director
	....	Associate Conductor
Michael Keller	....	Musical Coordinator
Bob Keller	....	Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Steve Canyon Kennedy	....	Sound Designer
Mahlon Kruse	....	Stage Manager
Kevin Kuhn	....	Guitar
Todd Lacy	....	Project Manager
	....	Associate Producer
Sammy Ledbetter	....	Company Manager
Jeff Lee	....	Associate Director
	....	Production Stage Manager
Alan Levey	....	General Manager
Gail P. Luna	....	Assistant Stage Manager
Aubrey Lynch	....	Associate Producer
Aubrey Lynch II	....	Dance Captain
Lebo M	....	Additional Music and Lyrics, Vocal Arrangements
	....	Choral Director
	....	Vocal Music Arranger
Kait Mahony	....	French Horn
Mark Mancina	....	Additional Music and Lyrics, Music Production
Joan Marcus	....	Production Photographer
Irene Mecchi	....	Book
Aaron Meier	....	Press Associate
Eliana Mendoza	....	Cello
Francisca Mendoza	....	Violin
Tony Meola	....	Sound Designer
David Metzger	....	Orchestrator
Chris Montan	....	Executive Music Producer
Rolando Morales-Matos	....	Percussion
Evan Morris	....	Music Preparation
Valerie Dee Narango	....	Mallets/Percussion
Kristin Newhouse	....	Assistant Stage Manager
Donald Oliver	....	Music Preparation
Atkin Pace	....	Scenic Design Assistant
Arabella Powell	....	Assistant Stage Manager
	....	Stage Manager
Disney Theatrical Productions	....	Producer
Geoff Puckett	....	Projection Designer
Tim Rice	....	Lyrics
Jay Rifkin	....	Additional Music and Lyrics
Ruthlyn Salomons	....	Resident Dance Supervisor
Thomas Schlenk	....	Company Manager
Jeff Scott	....	French Horn
Chelsea Music Services, Inc.	....	Music Preparation
Jimmie Lee Smith	....	Stage Manager
	....	Production Stage Manager
Leonora Stapleton	....	Assistant Dance Captain
Ryan Brooke Taylor	....	Fight Captain
Julie Taymor	....	Director
	....	Costume Designer
	....	Puppet Designer
	....	Mask Designer
Ron Vodicka	....	Production Stage Manager
	....	Stage Manager
Martin Vreeland	....	Assistant Lighting Designer
Bruce Wang	....	Cello
Michael Ward	....	Hair Designer
	....	Make-Up Designer
Steven Evan Washington	....	Fight Captain
Junior "Gabu" Wedderburn	....	Percussion
David Weiss	....	Piccolo
	....	Flute
	....	Wood Flute Soloist/Flute/Piccolo
Colin Welford	....	Music
Pam Young	....	Associate Producer
Hans Zimmer	....	Additional Music and Lyrics
Steve "Doc" Zorthian	....	Stage Manager
All Cast
Torya	....	Ensemble
Keswa	....	Ensemble Singer
Zulu-Lava	....	Ensemble Singer
Torya	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Sarabi (Understudy)
Felipe Abrigo	....	Ensemble Dancer
Sandy Alvarez	....	Ensemble
Caleb Archer	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Kevin Bailey	....	Scar (Understudy)
Kyle R. Banks	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Performer (Swing)
Alexio Barboza	....	Young Simba (Wed. Mat., Thurs., Sat. Mat. & Sun. Mat.) (Alternate)
Guy V. Barfield II	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Eugene Barry-Hill	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
Mykel Bath	....	Young Simba
Don Bellamy	....	Ensemble Dancer
Keith Robert Bennett	....	Banzai
	....	Banzai
Kristina Michelle Bethel	....	Ensemble
Jeffrey Binder	....	Zazu
	....	Scar (Understudy)
Bob Bouchard	....	Pumbaa
Bill Bowers	....	Zazu
Sean Bradford	....	Performer (Swing)
John F. Brady	....	Timon
Kylin Brady	....	Nala (Understudy)
John F. Brady	....	Timon
Kylin Brady	....	Ensemble Dancer
John E. Brady	....	Pumbaa (Understudy)
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Kai Braithwaite	....	Young Simba (Wed. mat, Thurs. and Fri. eve., Sun. mat)
Gina Breedlove	....	Sarabi
	....	Ensemble Singer
Terron Brooks	....	Ensemble
Camille M. Brown	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Sarabi (Understudy)
	....	Nala (Understudy)
C.C. Brown	....	Mufasa
Sophina Brown	....	Performer (Swing)
C.C. Brown	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
	....	Scar (Understudy)
James Brown-Orleans	....	Banzai
Kevin Cahoon	....	Ed
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Michelle Camaya	....	Ensemble
Michelle Aguilar Camaya	....	Ensemble Singer
Benjamin Sterling Cannon	....	Banzai
LaMae Caparas	....	Ensemble
Iresol Cardona	....	Ensemble Dancer
Max Casella	....	Timon
Alex de Castro	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Tracy Nicole Chapman	....	Shenzi
Eric L. Christian	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Simba (Understudy)
Jeremy Chu	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Kailani M. Coba	....	Young Nala (Wed. Mat., Thurs., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.) (Alternate)
LaTrisa A. Coleman	....	Ensemble Dancer
Tiana Coles	....	Young Nala
Aaron Conley	....	Young Simba (Wed. Eve., Fri.., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.) (Alternate)
Curtiss I' Cook	....	Banzai
E. Clayton Cornelious	....	Ensemble
Rodrick Covington	....	Banzai
Alvin Crawford	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
Bashirrah Creswell	....	Nala
	....	Nala (Understudy)
Gabriel A. Croom	....	Ensemble
Alberto Cruz, Jr.	....	Young Simba (Understudy)
Mark Allan Davis	....	Ensemble Dancer
Bobby Daye	....	Ensemble
Garland Days	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
Mark Deklin	....	Pumbaa (Standby)
	....	Scar (Standby)
Ruben L. Delvalle,	....	Young Simba
Ntomb'khona Dlamini	....	Ensemble Singer
Nomvula Dlamini	....	Rafiki
Lindiwe Dlamini	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Ensemble Singer
Dan Donohue	....	Scar
Michelle Dorant	....	Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Robert Dorfman	....	Zazu
Bongi Duma	....	Ensemble Singer
Thuli Dumakude	....	Rafiki (Wed Eve and Sat Mat) (Alternate)
C. Ross Edwards	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Leslie Elliard	....	Ensemble Singer
Jim Ferris	....	Pumbaa (Standby)
	....	Timon (Standby)
	....	Zazu (Standby)
Danny Fetter	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Alicia Fisher	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Ramón Flowers	....	Ensemble Dancer
Tony Freeman	....	Zazu
Christopher Freeman	....	Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Tony Freeman	....	Scar (Understudy)
Andrea Frierson-Toney	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Ian Yuri Gardner	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Ensemble
	....	Ed (Understudy)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
Zipporah G. Gatling	....	Young Nala (Wed. Eve., Fri., Sat. Eve., Sun. Eve.) (Alternate)
Sheila Gibbs	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Shelia Gibbs	....	Rafiki
Reneé Elise Goldsberry	....	Nala
Lana Gordon	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
	....	Shenzi
	....	Nala (Understudy)
Jean Michelle Grier	....	Sarabi
	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Sarabi (Understudy)
Natalie Guerrero	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Timothy Gulan	....	Ed
Jeff Gurner	....	Ed
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Bonita J. Hamilton	....	Shenzi
Blake Hammond	....	Pumbaa
Rajonie Hammond	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Rod Harrelson	....	Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Simba (Understudy)
Netousha N. Harris	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Dameka Hayes	....	Performer (Swing)
Heather Headley	....	Nala
	....	Nala
Michael Alexander Henry	....	Mustafa (Understudy)
	....	Ensemble Singer
Michael A. Henry	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
	....	Scar (Understudy)
Tom Hewitt	....	Scar
Marva Hicks	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Lindiwe Hlengwa	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Nala (Understudy)
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Jacquelyn Hodges	....	Shenzi
Duane Lee Holland	....	Performer (Swing)
Christine Hollingsworth	....	Performer (Swing)
Charles Holt	....	Ensemble
Geoff Hoyle	....	Zazu
Timothy Hunter	....	Ensemble Dancer
	....	Ed (Understudy)
Tim Hunter (ii)	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Tra 'Lynn Husbands	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Frank Wright II	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Ed (Understudy)
	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
Scott Irby-Ranniar	....	Young Simba
Julian Ivey	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Christopher Jackson	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Simba
	....	Simba (Understudy)
Andre Jackson	....	Ensemble Singer
Meena T. Jahi	....	Sarabi
	....	Sarabi
	....	Ensemble Singer
Tony James	....	Performer (Swing)
Nicole Johnson	....	Ensemble
Mel Johnson, Jr.	....	Mufasa (Standby)
Dennis Johnston	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Ed (Understudy)
	....	Simba (Understudy)
Vanessa A. Jones	....	Ensemble Singer
Vanessa S. Jones	....	Shenzi
Vanessa A. Jones	....	Sarabi (Understudy)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Cornelius Jones, Jr.	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Simba (Understudy)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
	....	Ed (Understudy)
Ashley Renee Jordan	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Leonard Joseph	....	Banzai
Jennifer Josephs	....	Young Nala (Understudy)
Michael Joy	....	Ensemble Dancer
Joel Karie	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Simba (Understudy)
Martin Kildare	....	Scar
	....	Scar (Understudy)
Gregory A. King	....	Ensemble Dancer
Jack Koenig	....	Scar (Standby)
	....	Pumbaa (Standby)
Nkosi Kress	....	Ensemble Dancer
Faca Kulu	....	Ensemble Singer
Ron Kunene	....	Ensemble Singer
Abdul Latif	....	Performer (Swing)
Erika LaVonn	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Nala (Understudy)
Sonya Leslie	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Nala (Understudy)
Lisa Lewis	....	Ensemble Dancer
Gary Lewis	....	Performer (Swing)
Tsidii Le Loka	....	Rafiki
Nikki Long	....	Ensemble
Brian Love	....	Ensemble Singer
Brian M. Love	....	Simba (Understudy)
Dennis Lue	....	Performer (Swing)
Aubrey Lynch II	....	Ensemble Dancer
Marque Lynch, Jr.	....	Ensemble
Lebo M	....	Ensemble Singer
Anthony Manough	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
Tshidi Manye	....	Rafiki
Justin Martin	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Stanley Wayne Mathis	....	Banzai
Brandon Matthieus	....	Ensemble
Brandon Louis Matthieus	....	Simba (Understudy)
	....	Ensemble
Tristin Mays	....	Young Nala
Philip Dorian McAdoo	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
	....	Pumbaa (Understudy)
Sheryl McCallum	....	Ensemble
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
	....	Sarabi (Understudy)
Ian Vincent McGinnis	....	Ensemble Dancer
Shavar McIntosh	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Sam McKelton	....	Ensemble Singer
Ray Mercer	....	Ensemble
Alexander Mitchell	....	Young Simba
Sinclair Mitchell	....	Performer (Swing)
Peter Moore	....	Performer (Swing)
Nandi Morake	....	Ensemble Singer
Jennifer Harrison Newman	....	Performer (Swing)
S'busiso Ngema	....	Ensemble
Nhlanhla Ngema	....	Performer (Swing)
Selloane A. Nkhela	....	Ensemble
Albertina Nkhela	....	Ensemble
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Brandon Christopher O'Neal	....	Ensemble Dancer
Patrick Page	....	Scar
	....	Scar
	....	Scar
Evan Dexter Parke	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
	....	Scar (Understudy)
Imani Parks	....	Young Nala
Angelica Edwards Patterson	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Robyn Payne	....	Ensemble
	....	Sarabi
Ashley Perry	....	Young Nala (Wed. mat., Thurs. eve., Sat. mat., Sun. eve.)
Dawn Noel Pignuola	....	Ensemble
Karine Plantadit-Bageot	....	Ensemble Dancer
Jordan Puryear	....	Young Nala
Jason Raize	....	Simba
Luecinda Ramseur	....	Ensemble Singer
Mary Randle	....	Nala
Jacqueline Rene	....	Ensemble
	....	Nala (Understudy)
Angelo Rivera	....	Ensemble
Tom Alan Robbins	....	Pumbaa
Danny Rutigliano	....	Timon
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Pumba (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
David "Dakota" Sanchez	....	Young Simba (Wed. and Fri. eve., Sat. mat., Sun. eve.) (Alternate)
India Scandrick	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Enrique Segura	....	Ed
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Kajuana Shuford	....	Young Nala
Mpume Sikakane	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
Kissy Simmons	....	Nala
Jarrell J. Singleton	....	Young Simba (Alternate)
Marlayna Sins	....	Shenzi
Jeff Skowron	....	Ed
	....	Timon (Understudy)
	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Levensky Smith	....	Ensemble Dancer
Derek Smith	....	Scar
Levensky Smith	....	Banzai (Understudy)
Derek Smith	....	Scar
Keena Smith	....	Ensemble
	....	Ensemble
Wallace Smith	....	Simba
Ashi K. Smythe	....	Ensemble Dancer
Nathaniel Stampley	....	Mufasa
Leonora Stapleton	....	Performer (Swing)
Adam Stein	....	Zazu (Understudy)
Sophia N. Stephens	....	Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Nala (Understudy)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Halle Vargas Sullivan	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Jeremiah Tatum	....	Ensemble Dancer
L. Steven Taylor	....	Ensemble (Understudy)
Ryan Brooke Taylor	....	Ensemble Dancer
L. Steven Taylor	....	Mufasa (Understudy)
Endalyn Taylor-Shellman	....	Ensemble Dancer
Josh Tower	....	Simba
Rachel Tecora Tucker	....	Performer (Swing)
NicKayla Tucker	....	Young Nala (Alternate)
Phillip W. Turner	....	Ensemble Dancer
John Vickery	....	Scar
Shonte Walker	....	Ensemble Dancer
Nayo K. Wallace	....	Sarabi
Thom Christopher Warren	....	Ed
	....	Pumbaa (Standby)
	....	Scar (Standby)
	....	Timon (Standby)
	....	Zazu (Standby)
Steven Evan Washington	....	Ensemble Dancer
Rema Webb	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Nala (Understudy)
	....	Rafiki (Understudy)
	....	Shenzi (Understudy)
Alton Fitzgerald White	....	Mufasa
Lisa Nicole Wilkerson	....	Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Denise Marie Williams	....	Sarabi
Kenny Redell Williams	....	Ensemble
	....	Banzai (Understudy)
Leonard Wooldridge	....	Ensemble Singer
	....	Ed (Understudy)
Kyle Wrentz	....	Ensemble
Samuel E. Wright	....	Mufasa
Christine Yasunaga	....	Ensemble Dancer
Valencia Yearwood	....	Ensemble Dancer
Sharon L. Young	....	Nala

The Lion King

(Original Broadway Production, 1997)