Lion King

Detour: Aladdin and Violet on Broadway

October 7, 2014
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Tweet IMG_6469 Yeah, you saw this coming a million miles away: Max is a show-biz kid. This happens, of course, spending almost three years on the road with his actor Dad.  Watching The Lion King dress rehearsals countless times has made him an afficionado of the show, and last Halloween he even got to be […]

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Constructing a Disney Mini-Villain

May 22, 2014
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Tweet IMG_6788 When Max was 2, he told me he wanted to be The Lion King’s “Scar” for Halloween. Not just a sinister lion from the movie — no, that would be too easy. He wanted the Broadway version of Scar, “just like your costume, Dada.” mike_scar_fullbody Uhhhhh. Okay.  Of course, he told me this […]

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(Baby) Showering Us with Love

August 13, 2013
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Tweet Angela Shower 211 Often, people are incredulous that we travel full-time, as a family, on tour with The Lion King. What a logistical nightmare, they say. Where do you live? How do the kids go to school? Where do you call home? Does it ever get lonely? No, we say. We travel with plenty […]

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Count those holiday blessings

December 31, 2012
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Tweet IMG_5492 2 Forgive us, friends. We’ve been so quiet on 3 For The Road. Actually, I know I must forgive me. I’m hard on myself; the hyper-critical, perfectionist part of me rues the day we thought to start a travel/theater/parenting blog while moving every month with a toddler and a cat, while being full-time […]

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BACKSTAGE BANTER: A globe-trotting NALA…
Get to know Noku Khuzwayo

December 16, 2012
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Tweet Noku Khuzwayo knows the universe works in mysterious ways. IMG_0905 Noku as Nala, lurking around backstage But as lucky as she’s been to be in the right place at the right time, armed with natural talent, Noku still works just as hard as the next Broadway star. This Durban, South Africa native never thought […]

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Flying high at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta

November 20, 2012
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Tweet selena Angela’s note: Our friend on tour Selena Moshell is a true adventurer. Call it wanderlust, call it intrepid-ness, call it pluck, call it what you want — but wherever the Lion King takes us, she is grabbing the bull by its horns (or in this case, the balloon by its flaps) and taking […]

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Family dinner at home in Albuquerque

October 18, 2012
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Tweet This is sort of a typical family dinner in our Albuquerque household. Usually post-show, around 10:30-11 pm, Nick, Conwell, Tony and I arrive home and fix a snack on our own to wind down. On this particular evening, Ang Top Chef’ed her way through our freezer and fridge and made a simple, delicious dinner […]

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BACKSTAGE BANTER: Meet MUFASA!
Actor Dionne Randolph as you’ve never seen him

September 28, 2012
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Tweet You think you know the Big Daddy of the Pride Lands… but you don’t. Dionne Randolph is the longest continuous running Mufasa that Disney has employed, and at nine years with The Lion King, he is one of the most veteran on the Gazelle tour. The beefcake actor with the silky, heartbreaking voice who […]

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Who’s your (Scar) Daddy?

July 30, 2012
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Tweet Two years ago, my son met his dad for the first time in a most unconventional, dramatic way. Because Max decided to exit the womb almost 2 months early, he caught Mike flat-footed on Pride Rock. My water broke right before Mike was to take the stage as Scar in The Lion King at […]

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CrossFit Reaction is making me snatched again

July 5, 2012
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Tweet I’ve become one of those 30-something women who looks back at old photos longingly, and ponders whether or not she can ever look that good, or feel that confident, again. For instance, here’s a photo of me at age 20, as a cheerleader for Duke University. My body was lean and defined. I was […]

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