“It couldn’t wait until after the election,” she says. “It was a disaster,” Taymor says wryly, speaking of the ill-fated release of her film. With promotional duties suddenly cancelled and theatres closed, “I couldn’t rehearse anything, I couldn’t direct anything, and I’ve been here since.” When the global pandemic struck, Taymor had just premiered The Glorias, her experimental biopic of feminist Gloria Steinem at The Sundance Festival. The voices, however, cut out mid-chant, as Taymor picks the phone up at her home in Martha’s Vineyard, where she has spent the last 18 months cocooning herself from the public health crisis. Still, who could complain about being serenaded by a chorus of South African singers with a powerful message about “the circle of life moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love”? The song may be more than 25 years old, but there is deep resonance in it all the same. This is how they do it at Disney – even the holding music is promotionally themed. Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala.” Waiting on the line for theatre and film director Julie Taymor to join the conference call, the score of The Lion King thrums down the line. After years in exile, he decides to return and fight to take his rightful place in the Circle of Life.“Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala. In the Pride Lands of Africa, a young lion named Simba becomes heir to the kingdom, but flees his home when tragedy falls on his family. Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and based on the beloved 1994 Disney film, The Lion King brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. More than 110 million people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry, the unforgettable music and the uniquely theatrical storytelling of this Broadway spectacular – one of the most breathtaking and beloved productions ever to grace the stage.
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