Enjoy dinner and a show at Caffe Boa! Present your LION KING tickets and get a free dessert 🍮 during the show's run.

Tony® Award-winning director and designer of The Lion King - Musical Julie Taymor, along with designer Michael Curry, hand sculpted and painted every prototype mask that now appears in the iconic “Circle of Life” opening of the show. With the masks, Taymor created what she calls "the double event," which enables the audience to see the characters as animal and human at the same time. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHVuGrp2eik

“The messages are so universal and make you feel like it is an individual story being told just to you,” said East Tucson native and assistant stage manager for THE LION KING, Michelle Scalpone. Read the full interview with Scalpone and Simba actor Darian Sanders here: https://entertainermag.com/blog/2022/06/30/a-show-for-all-ages-broadways-the-lion-king-comes-to-asu-gammage/

"Over the last several decades, Broadway has expanded its repertoire to include shows that highlight characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Playbill asked a number of performers to share their thoughts on having had the opportunity to embody one of contemporary theatre’s iconic queer characters." Read more: https://www.playbill.com/article/from-rent-to-a-strange-loop-reflecting-on-queer-representation-on-the-broadway-stage

A big round of applause to our 2022 Jimmy Awards nominees, Tre Moore and Haley Raffaele, for their incredible awards ceremony performances and representing ASU Gammage on a national stage. We are so proud of your hard work, dedication and love of theater! Continue to inspire. Continue to wow. We will be with you every step of the way ❤️. 📸 credit: Full Out Creative #jimmyawards #hsmta #asugammage