![]() Jackson will be with the “Lion King” tour for at least another year. Jackson performed as the D’Ysquiths more than 100 times when Mays suffered an injury. Jackson was the stand-by for the show’s star Jefferson Mays, who played the role(s) of the D’Ysquith family in the comically murderous musical. Jackson comes to “The Lion King” after being involved with a Broadway show that is dear to the hearts of Hartford theatergoers - “The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” which premiered at Hartford Stage in 2012. The performers are fully visible onstage and wear distinctive make-up and costumes that synch with the puppet designs. “The Lion King” is remarkable in how its audience is responding not just to the actions of the puppets but to the bodies and faces of the actors who are controlling those puppets. If people haven’t seen it in a while, it’s a good time to experience it again.” ![]() But for all intents and purposes it’s the Broadway show. It has not been scaled down - the tours sets and equipment still fill 18 semi-trucks - and still resembles the Broadway production as closely as possible.Īs Jackson puts it, “it’s been retooled in terms of the way the show is packed and brought to different theaters. In the case of The Bushnell, “The Lion King” has played the theater twice before. (Deen van Meer)Īs with the new national tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” which visited the Waterbury Palace last year, “The Lion King” tour has been designed so that it can now visit theaters that were unable to accommodate the grand-scale show before. Gerald Ramsey as Mufasa in the North American Tour of "The Lion King" at The Bushnell Aug.
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