Overview
- Andrea Guzman will alternate as Young Nala with Emma Origenes, and Firo Oliva will share Young Simba with Caleb Beltran beginning February 17 at the Minskoff Theatre.
- Current young cast members McKenzie Lewis and Julius-Raymond Weems IV give their final performances on Sunday, February 15.
- Guzman and Oliva join the company as first-time Broadway performers, with Oliva noted as being born in Ethiopia and raised in Spain.
- The long-running Disney Theatrical Group production has surpassed 11,100 performances in New York and continues its engagement at the Minskoff Theatre.
- Original creative leadership remains tied to the show, with Julie Taymor still involved and Lebo M and Garth Fagan holding records as the longest-running Black composer and choreographer; the musical’s worldwide gross outpaces any film or stage title.