{"id":26966,"date":"2018-03-20T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=26966"},"modified":"2018-03-20T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:14:59","slug":"6-reasons-you-should-watch-disneys-the-lion-king-at-the-theatre-at-solaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/03\/20\/6-reasons-you-should-watch-disneys-the-lion-king-at-the-theatre-at-solaire\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons You Should Watch Disney&#8217;s The Lion King at The Theatre at Solaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s no secret that The Lion King is one of Disney\u2019s most iconic movies. A constant source of joy for kids and a bit of unconventional wisdom for adults, it only took a matter of years before it made its way to the stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE LION KING Manila TVC - NOW PLAYING\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FCpGa_88bjw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While I would like to tell you every excruciating detail of how much The Lion King amazed me, that would be a ridiculously long (yet still worth) read. It might also be filled with tons of spoilers, so let\u2019s scrap that idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What I can give you are six reasons why you should book your tickets for The Lion King ASAP:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Musical Score. <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Broadway musicals are known for having impeccable music, and The Lion King doesn\u2019t disappoint. Lion King classics like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circle of Life <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakuna Matata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were given a slight twist. It\u2019s an immersive (and impressive) musical score, with the music driving what transpires on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Overall Design. <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before I set foot inside The Theatre at Solaire, one of my first thoughts was \u201chow in the world will they fit the African savannah on stage?\u201d The answer to that question: perspective. Pride Rock, one of the iconic locations in Lion King, was given a \u201cmoving prop\u201d treatment, literally moving as the actors made their way up the proverbial rock. The Elephant Graveyard came with jets of smoke, and Timon and Pumbaa\u2019s home were given the accent-and-light treatment. Walking through the savannah was simulated with the grass moving across the stage, and Rafiki\u2019s tree gloriously came down from the rafters everytime it was used. Watch out for how they recreated one of the most iconic scenes in Lion King: Mufasa speaking to Simba from the afterlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Zazu.<\/em> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bringing in Rowan Atkinson is a stretch (he was the voice of Zazu in the first movie), but Andr\u00e9 Jewson played the part perfectly, making it seem as if Zazu asked Simba that he\u2019ll be away from Pride Rock for a while to play his part on stage. Speaking of which,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Timon and Pumbaa. <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two of Lion King\u2019s most iconic characters were brought to life in the most uncanny of ways. Jamie McGregor (Timon) and Pierre Van Heerden (Pumbaa) played their parts perfectly, even finding moments to throw in some very recent pop culture references. Not going to say which ones so you have to watch the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Scar. <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A hero is a hero, but everyone loves a good villain. Scar is one of Disney\u2019s most hated and loved, and his personality was on full display at The Lion King musical. Anthony Lawrence made it seem like he was born for the part, bringing to life some of Scar\u2019s best moments on screen. Which ones? I\u2019m not saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Young Simba and Young Nala. <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As much as I would want to commend Simba, Mufasa, Nala, and Rafiki, I was more impressed with the young guns tasked to play the younger Simba and Nala. Gabriel P. Tiongson (Young Simba) and Felicity Kyle Napuli (Young Nala) more than held their own next to The Lion King\u2019s impressive cast. Their energy was infectious to the point where the other actors seemingly fed off of them. They also happen to be two of the only six Filipinos that form part of the cast, so a bit of Pinoy pride also goes with this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watching The Lion King is an experience you won\u2019t soon forget. You\u2019ll be laughing during the funniest moments and staring in amazement at how everything comes together. Make sure you catch The Lion King at The Theatre at Solaire, running Tuesdays to Sundays until May 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tickets are available online via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/Online\/default.asp?sToken=1%2Cce329972%2C5ab0b0f2%2CACA3084B-8157-42DF-AFE8-EDB22E6D0DBA%2CDwSV1YlkReTyrLkfgEh%2BVadssH4%3D&amp;BOset::WScontent::SearchResultsInfo::current_page=3&amp;doWork::WScontent::getPage=&amp;BOparam::WScontent::getPage::article_id=C59AFAC4-650A-423D-A1B7-5E2D70E68C9F\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TicketWorld<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or at the box office of The Theatre at Solaire. Ticket prices are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26969\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/pricesWEB_TLK-asof26sep-e1521529810367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"163\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE grabbed from TicketWorld<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Written by Andronico Del Rosario<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s six reasons why you should watch The Lion King at The Theatre at Solaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[4389,1807,5626,5623,5624,5625,2787,5618,5619,5620,5622,5621],"class_list":["post-26966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story","tag-disney","tag-musical","tag-nala","tag-pumbaa","tag-scar","tag-simba","tag-the-lion-king","tag-the-lion-king-musical","tag-the-theatre-at-solaire","tag-theatre-play","tag-timon","tag-zazu"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/Primer-logo-white-default-image.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26966"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26997,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions\/26997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}