For stretches, The Lion King plays like a show aimed at impressionable children as adults wait for the story to move forward.

Even an elephant on the scale ... The crowd leapt to their feet as I went to my car to beat the crowd, happy that I had finally seen The Lion King.

One young actor playing the role of Simba in The Lion King has told Newsround ... The largest and longest animal in the show is the Elephant. At 13 feet long and 9 feet wide, the puppet needs ...

Graham Dickie/The New York Times Supported by By Ellen Jacobs If there were a want ad for resident dance supervisor to “The Lion King ... as for the 13-foot-long mama elephant, Bertha ...