🦁 Hakuna matata! Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ coming to Orlando for nearly 4 weeks

Broadway tour of show running April 23-May 18 at Dr. Phillip’s Center for the Performing Arts

Company of "The Lion King" on Broadway. (Matthew Murphy)

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase! You will be hearing a lot about it during Disney’s “The Lion King.”

The Broadway show has won six Tony awards, including Best Musical.

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“The Lion King” brings Pride Rock, animals and the entire Serengeti to life on the big stage.

The classic Disney hit follows the adventures of young lion and prince, Simba. When Simba’s uncle, Scar, plots to steal King Mufasa’s throne, Mufasa dies in a stampede of wildebeests.

Simba manages to escape and runs away because he believes he’s responsible for his father’s death. Once he returns as an adult, he has to battle Scar to take back his homeland. Of course, he has the help his friends, Timon and Pumbaa, a beloved meerkat and warthog duo.

Erick D. Patrick as Simba in Disney's "The Lion King." (Matthew Murphy)

The show will be in Orlando for nearly four weeks inside the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center starting April 23.

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