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| - I have seen the Lion King broadway show in New York and was thoroughly impressed (though I was in 8th grade). Consequently I was very excited when my family purchased tickets to see the Lion King at Mandalay Bay.
To sum everything up, the musical was almost the movie word for word (besides a little twist with scar and nala which I found kind of gross...) Although I loved the movie, I wish they deviated more from the plot and added more songs. One of my favorite songs was actually not in the original movie.
Also, the singing and dancing in the Las Vegas version does not compare to that of the New York version. To top everything off my little sister and I caught a ton of mistakes made by the cast, which made me think they were not very well rehearsed.
Anyways, maybe I'm being super nitpicky about the show, but I don't think I would recommend this to a friend.
If you do decide to watch the show, be prepared, because the first half is kind of long (and not as exciting as I would have hoped). However, the second half was significantly better. (The guy in front of me left at the intermission, I'm assuming because he didn't enjoy the first half. However, he definitely missed out on a better second half. I didn't mind, though, because my view was better without his head blocking the way (: )
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