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The Lion King: Pride Rock On Broadway

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"How could the book be better than the show?!" You may ask yourself. Well, although this is a phenomenal show, the book is not simply a collection of pictures for the show but a totally round experience throwing light on every angle possible of the creation of the show, *aside* from displaying pictures from every scene in the show.

For theater people, this book is completely engrossing. If you are a set designer, you can see how the set developed through the original ideas years before production to the final set onstage, with concpet drawings, explanations, models and of course final production photographs. If you are a lighting designer you can find explanations about the lighting, and a partial technical diagram of the lights above the stage that only a lighting designer would understand (it is partial because the full diagram is so extensive that it could never fit onto a page in the book. I preffered having a detailed partial diagram to pore over rather than a full one where you couldn't read anything.) If you are a director, you have pages upon pages of Julie Taymor expaining the source of her ideas, dilemas she had, disagreements she had with the producers and a great section about the tech rehearsals with a list of major problems the team encountered and their solutions (like "The actress palying Sarabi is scared of heights and she has to walk up Pride Rock at the beginning of the show. It is 20 feet high, it turns, rises from the stage and has no railing. Solution: she will get over it". Most problems required more creative solutions.)

If you are not a theater person, you will still appreciate this book simply for how beautiful it is. It is filled with endless amounts of pictures from the show and rehearsals, workshops and scene/costume/puppet shops.

So even though there is nothing that compares to seeing a really good show like this one, the book in this case offeres an amazing and interesting experience.

"The Lion King : Pride Rock on Broadway" was really fun looking at.It had wonderful photos from the show and told how the show came together from conception to production design.It showed you costume designs, the actors in full costume, the sets, how they did the phenominal special effects, and much more!It's cool, and one of my favorite theater books!

I've ordered a total of 6 things from amazon.com and I have to say that this is the best of them all. It offers culture, education, freedom, fun, memorabilia and best of all the chance to see the Best Walt Disney Film Ever Made shown in behind the scenes action as it turns into a Broadway Production. My friend introduced me to it, and he will also be auditioning for a part in the London production coming soon he is very talented and this book is made up of the Best of the Best of the very very talented. Buy it I assure that it's a good buy. Em

Spectacular! Amazing!

I have seen The Lion King on Broadway three times at present, and I will honestly say that "The Lion King : Pride Rock on Broadway" by the incredable Julie Taymore showcases this wonderful play excellently.

Amazing images are throughout this excellent book, which certainly bring back a wealth of memories from New York. As well, behind the scenes information about the planning and construction of the play are great!

If you have not seen The Lion King on Broadway, do yourself a favor and go to the most amazing show this broadway veteran has ever seen. And, buy this book.

If you have seen The Lion King on Broadway, you need no excuse-- Buy this book. :)

The Lion King on broadway is by far the best most amzing show ever created. Whats so amazing is that the book is as good as the musical. Without Julie Taymor the lion king would not be such a huge success as it is and you find all about this in the book. Some of the pictures of the show itself and the costumes are just wonderful which makes the presentation of the book even more wonderful. I dont even read books but am findin it very hard to put this down and read it over and over again. If you require any info, or are just curious email me simba262626@yahoo.com to discuss this amazing book.

This book shows the "creation story" of the Lion King musical. Photos of the workshopping teams in their studio/s, sketches of early ideas, through to finished costuming displayed on the artists themselves.

A pity this book was not available in Australia, but thanks to Amazon I received it in about 3 weeks total.

I came home from a production of The Lion King staged in Appleton, Wisconsin, and was so enthralled I immediately set out to find out "How did they do that?" This book met and exceeded by expectations. I am an amateur costumer and puppeteer and this just the stuff to bring a smile to my face. Before this book I was not aware of Julie Taymor by name (Sorry, from a small town, don't get out much) but I will be looking for her work from now on.

...is seeing the show live. From intellectual concept, to extensive and authentic research, to development with constant referral to the physical, metaphysical, intrinsic, to the workshop...to the stage. One will see that Julie Taymor was THE RIGHT visionary to not only help in the translating an animated film to live theater, but to also retain the human moral behavior and lessons that are paramount for the existence of all people.

I had just seen the Broadway play today and to book helped me follow how everything fell in place. It's a great book even for the kids to read.!!

Beautiful photos and sketches - wonderful way to remember the awesome experience of seeing The Lion King on stage.