Behind the scenes of Musical Lion King - Jeongyun Lee

In childhood, we often watched Disney movie, my favorite musical movie was Lion King. And this show always my motivation of my goal, being Musical director. The article that I choose talks about this famous popular musical "Lion King". This show based on the Walt Disney animation movie on 1994. This musical gain a complete success in the United Kingdom and the United States as well, even now, we can watch this show in Broadway and West End whenever we want.
The character and story enormously develped when they are getting stage effects. Since they wear masks, costumes and puppets. The make-up is magical, the lights are fancy and the songs are magnificient.
Behind the stage, staffs of the spectacle watch carefully the scenes at every moment. Of course, actors are most important role during the show time. Another parts, where audience cannot watch, there are also lots of roles such as stage-manager, music technician, light staff and assistant-director. When I was in Korea, for 1year and 6 months, I was an assistant-director of one musical theater company. This news gives people authentic and unique things of Musical "Lion King".
Julie Taymor, director and co-designer of this show, decided to use puppet and big mask to give vivid effect. Also she personally designed and made masks to present the inspirations directly.
The article mentions “When Julie Taymor was designing the show, nothing was left as random. Each costume has something to say about the character. Everything conveys a message to the audience – a lot of it is subliminal but it all helps to inform the audiences about the choices a character makes.”
In the back stage, numerous specialists stand by their parts, because actors always need someone's hand. They have not enough time between the acts.The article explains that “A total of 26 different animals are represented in the show and there are 700 different costume pieces bringing those animals to life as well as puppets,” points our Crocker as we examine the costumes in the bunker – a space which has been created for quick changes between the scenes when there’s no time to return to the dressing rooms.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/lion-king-behind-scenes-hit-6539699