Lion King Tour

I know it's not a book but I got to see the Lion King Gazelle Tour Sunday night and I'm so happy!

 

 

This show was amazing! The costumes were spectacular, the music was great and I have to say I love the plot of the Lion King.

 

I loved the young Nala and Simba and here is a picture of both the actors that play them. I got to see Meilani  Cisneros (far left) as young Nala and Julian Rivera-Summerville (middle left) as the young Simba. At least I'm pretty sure... I could be wrong I was sitting in the very back but I'm light 89.9% sure. The other young Nala is played by Savanna Fleisher and young Simba by B.J Covington.

 

 

 

They also had amazing actors play Pumbaa and Timon. Ben Lupitz, who plays Pumbaa, has been doing Lion King for a very long time. Over 5,000 shows! And Nick Cordileone, Timon, is so great at what he does.

They also have Rafiki, the monkey. Believe it or not Buyi Zama, Rafiki, is actually a woman whereas Rafiki is a boy in the movie. But she does an amazing job. She definitely has the voice for the part.

There is also Scar, played by Mark Campbell one of the few white men in this mainly African cast (because it's Lion King and takes place in Africa).

Mufasa, played by Gerald Ramsey.

 

The three hyenas Banzie, Shenzi, and Ed. Played by Keith Bennet, Tiffany Hobbs, and Robbie Swift.

 

Zazu, played by Drew Hirshfield, who is so funny!

And last but certainly not least older Simba and Nala, played by Aaron Nelson and Nia Holloway.

 

 

 

 

 

The also have a lot of songs, my favorite include They Live in You (top)/ He Lives in You (bottom).

 

 

 

And some of the classics like I Just Can't Wait to be King, sung by Young Nala and Simba and Zazu.

And Hakuna Matata, sung by Pumbaa, Timon and the young Simba but shows the time change in entering Older Simba.

And what musical would be complete without a little romance. Can You Feel the Love Tonight is an amazing song sung by Timon, Pumbaa, Older Nala and Simba and the ensemble.

And the villain song? Defiantly Scars Be Prepared.

 

 

This show was amazing and well worth the money. I would go see it again in a heartbeat. The cast was absolutely amazing!

 

As one last fun fact... Young Simba has more stage time then any other character!

 

Next review will be on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!

 

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It's All Fun and Games by Dave Barrett

I just want to say a quick thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read this book off of NetGalley.

This was an amazing book.

 I have to admit it started a little slow. I'm not into the whole L.A.R.P thing so I was skeptical about reading this book. I started this book three different times. The first 30% of the book was a struggle to get through. The prologue was amazing and really pulled you in but it dropped from like eight to three going from the prologue to the first chapter.
The first 30% was slow and basically was background information that took way to long to get through. When we finally get past the slow beginning things jump fast. The book went from one to ten in three sentences, and while the huge jump was amazing and completely left my head spinning it slowed down again after that. We had this amazing moment where the intensity was really high then a dull moment.
When things finally picked up again it was more climactic and not in an anti-climactic way. Although it was dull at parts it was  good book and I enjoyed reading it. I really hope there is going to be another book.


Now the characters. I really liked the characters. Allison, the main character, was amazing. Even without any training she completely kicked bad guy butt (at least tried to.) The other characters were also pretty cool. Unlike most books with a good number of characters the characters in this book were easy to keep strait, names and powers/abilities. The characters although had very minimal reaction and emotion when they found out what kind of predicament they were in. It would have made sense for at least one of them to break down a little or cry, but they had very minimal emotion through the whole book.

Now, one thing I personally didn't like was the ending. It may be just me but I love cliff hangers in book series and even though the story is obviously not over the ending was, I'm going to use the word again, dull. It was a plain ending. At least with cliff hangers they leave you dying to get your hands on the next book, and I do want the next book, but it's not the same feeling.

Overall, I would defiantly recommend this book for people who can tough it out through slow areas but this defiantly not the type of book for people easily bored or distracted unless you're into L.A.R.P then the beginning would make more sense and be less boring. And even if you aren't into L.A.R.P you might still like this book, like I did, it just takes patience.

This book is now available for purchase as of August 2nd.