{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 148 - Circle of Life","description":"A dark stage. Night. And then a clarion cry pierces the silence. A call and response forms. Dawn is breaking, and a new age of Broadway is born. Disney's The Lion King was perhaps the least likely of its properties to become an extremely long-running -- and critically acclaimed -- stage adaptatation. While a smash hit in theaters and home video, its characters are all animals, with not a single human to be found. However, theater director Julie Taymor found a way to stage it in a way that not only worked, but that has wowed audiences worldwide for almost 30 years. Join us as we talk Disney on Broadway, The Lion King, and "The Circle of Life" by Tim Rice and Elton John with additions by Lebo M. All clips are from 1997's The Lion King:  Original Broadway Cast Recording featuring Tsidii Le Loka and are protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act for criticism and commentary. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. Listen to the SMSTS playlist on Spotify! Follow SMSTS on Instagram: @somuchstufftosing Email the show: somuchstufftosing@gmail.com Support the show and buy us a coffee! Recommended Reading\/Viewing: Ethan Mordden, Anything Goes: A History of American Musical Theater (Mordden's other volumes are also excellent resources for more in-depth discussion) Broadway: The American Musical ","author_name":"So Much Stuff to Sing","author_url":"http:\/\/somuchstufftosing.libsyn.com\/website","html":"