Twenty years ago, the Lion King won the Tony for best new musical, along with many other awards.
Now, the show has toured all over the world, heralded for the intricacy of its stage design and costumes, amazing music, and talented, international cast.
The Lion King is onstage now at the Fox Theatre, and “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke with the show’s director Dodd Loomis along with Ben Lipitz, who has portrayed Pumbaa on Broadway and on the national tour more than 5,000 times.
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