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113-601: Taymor was born in Newton , Massachusetts , the daughter of Elizabeth (née Bernstein), a political science professor and Democratic activist, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a gynecologist and prominent fertility researcher later at Harvard Medical School . Taymor's interest in theatre took root early in her life. By age ten, she had joined the Boston Children's Theatre and starred in a number of productions. Being

226-559: A Best Actress nomination for Hayek, and won two Academy Awards for make-up and original score. Frida was honored with four BAFTA nominations and one win, including nominations for Hayek and Molina, as well as two Golden Globe nominations, winning the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. In addition, the film received two Screen Actors Guild nominations. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won

339-785: A Mexican limited run (in English ) between January 3 and January 27, 2008, in Mexico City , as part of the U.S. national tour. In May 2014, it was confirmed a new production of the musical, this time in Spanish. The production ran from May 7, 2015, to January 14, 2018, at the Teatro Telcel in Mexico City for 930 performances. Carlos Rivera returned to the role of Simba, which he also took in Spain four years earlier. The lyrics of

452-506: A New Audience on a 60-minute version of A Midsummer Night's Dream presented at The Public Theater. Two years later, she directed her first Shakespeare play, The Tempest , for Theatre for a New Audience. She went on to direct three other productions at that theatre, including The Taming of the Shrew , Titus Andronicus and The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi . She later adapted Tempest and Titus into major motion pictures. Taymor

565-523: A city on January 5, 1874. Newton is known as The Garden City . In the early 1600s, Watertown had claimed a large area of land on the south side of the Charles River (modern-day Newton). They gave it up to Newtown, except for a strip "two hundred rods long and sixty rods wide" to "protect their fishing privileges". In Reflections in Bullough's Pond , Newton historian Diana Muir describes

678-420: A fast-moving river and challenges Timon to do the same. Timon falls in and is swept downstream. He grabs a branch over a waterfall and calls for Simba's help, but Simba is paralyzed by a flashback of Mufasa's death. Timon falls from the branch and Simba snaps out of the flashback, rescuing his friend. Simba is ashamed that Timon nearly died because of his recklessness. The three friends settle to sleep and discuss

791-435: A groom and keep horses, to drive them from their hilltop homes to the station. Further suburbanization came in waves. One wave began with the streetcar lines that made many parts of Newton accessible for commuters in the late nineteenth century. The next wave came in the 1920s when automobiles became affordable to a growing upper middle class. Even then, however, Oak Hill continued to be farmed, mostly market gardening, until

904-513: A lively young cub ("Grasslands Chant"). Mufasa shows Simba the Pride Lands from the top of Pride Rock and explains that everything exists in a delicate balance known as the Circle of Life. Mufasa warns Simba not to stray beyond the boundaries of the Pride Lands, pointing out a shadowy area in the distance. Zazu , a hornbill who acts as Mufasa's advisor, arrives and delivers his daily report on

1017-645: A median income of $ 95,387 versus $ 60,520 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 56,163. About 3.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. As of 2015, 21.9% of the residents of Newton had been born outside of the United States. Newton's largest employers include Boston College and Newton-Wellesley Hospital . Companies based in Newton include TechTarget , CyberArk and Upromise. Until July 2015, Newton

1130-410: A perilous scene in which Timon finds himself nearly drowning in a waterfall while Simba feels powerless to help him. A major narrative addition is the depiction of Nala's departure in the scene "The Madness of King Scar", where the mentally deteriorating villain tries to make Nala his mate. Nala refuses and later announces her intention to depart the Pride Lands and find help. She receives the blessings of

1243-634: A set of the show's songs in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 2, 2001. The cast was led by Fuschia Walker. A Canadian production was staged in Toronto and ran for nearly four years at the Princess of Wales Theatre . The show was directed by the original director Julie Taymor and premiered on April 25, 2000. The Lion King ran until January 2004 when it had its final performance. This first Canadian staging comprised 1,560 performances and

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1356-596: A settlement in August 2012. Taymor was a 2015 inductee into the American Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement. Taymor directed a Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang 's M. Butterfly , starring Clive Owen , which opened on October 26, 2017, at the Cort Theatre , with previews beginning on October 7. David Henry Hwang made changes to the original text for the revival, mostly centering on

1469-570: A summer with Bread and Puppet Theater . As a college senior, Taymor won a year long Thomas J. Watson Fellowship that began after graduation. The Watson allowed her to travel to Japan and Indonesia which she continued independently from 1975 until 1979. In Indonesia, she developed a mask/dance company, Teatr Loh, consisting of Japanese, Balinese, Sundanese, French, German and American actors, musicians, dancers and puppeteers. The company toured throughout Indonesia with two original productions, Way of Snow and Tirai , which were subsequently performed in

1582-661: A weekly print paper published by the Community Newspaper Company , and owned by Gatehouse Media, ceased print publication in May 2022. The Newton Patch covers daily local news out of Newton and offers a platform for locals to post opinion, events, news tips and blogs on the community online platform as well. The Newton Voice. The Newton community is also served by its high school publications, including Newton North High School 's Newtonite and Newton South High School 's Lion's Roar and Denebola . Fig City News

1695-427: Is a stage musical with music by Elton John , lyrics by Tim Rice , and a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi , with additional music and lyrics by Lebo M , Mark Mancina , Jay Rifkin , Julie Taymor , and Hans Zimmer . It is based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios ' film of the same name . Directed by Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets . The show

1808-494: Is a free, online community news resource founded by resident volunteers to cover local news and community events in Newton. The Boston Globe occasionally covers Newton. Residents of Newton have access to a state-of-the-art television studio and community media center, NewTV , located at 23 Needham Street in Newton Highlands. Newton is also home to NECN , a regional news network owned by NBC . From 1968 to 2017,

1921-470: Is also shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. This village-based system often causes some confusion with addresses and for first-time visitors. The record low temperature was −21 °F (−29 °C) in February 1934; the record high temperature was 101 °F (38 °C) in August 1975. As of

2034-402: Is dead. Rafiki and the lionesses mourn the deaths ("Rafiki Mourns"). Scar claims the throne and allows the hyenas into the Pride Lands ("Be Prepared (Reprise)"). Rafiki returns to her tree and smears the drawing of Simba, while Sarabi and Nala quietly grieve. Out in the desert, Simba collapses from heat exhaustion . Vultures begin to circle, but are scared away by Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa

2147-556: Is known for a distinct visual style, with extensive use of puppets and masks, developed largely from her time in Indonesia working with Teatr Loh. Taymor is most widely recognized for her production of The Lion King , which opened on Broadway in 1997. The Lion King ' s worldwide gross exceeds that of any entertainment title in box office history, and has been presented in over 100 cities in over 20 countries, having been seen by more than 100 million people worldwide. Taymor has

2260-550: Is now Newton began in 1639. Roxbury minister John Eliot persuaded the Native American people of Nonantum, a sub-tribe of the Massachusett led by a sachem named Waban , to relocate to Natick in 1651, fearing that they would be exploited by colonists. Newton was incorporated as a separate town , known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. It became

2373-728: Is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions . The musical debuted on July 8, 1997, in Minneapolis , Minnesota at the Orpheum Theatre and was an instant success before premiering on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on October 15, 1997, in many previews with the official opening on November 13, 1997. On June 13, 2006, the Broadway production moved to the Minskoff Theatre to make way for

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2486-594: The American Academy of Achievement . Taymor received a Disney Legend award in 2017 for Theatrical. Source: Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts , United States. It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston , and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury ), Brookline to

2599-469: The Charles River , and both former small industrial sites), Newtonville , Nonantum (also known as Silver Lake or "The Lake"), Oak Hill , Thompsonville , Waban and West Newton . Oak Hill Park is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a separate and distinct village on some city maps (including a map dated 2010 on the official City of Newton website), and Four Corners

2712-597: The Charleston , allowing Simba and Nala to reach Pride Rock. Scar calls for Sarabi and demands to know why the lionesses are not hunting. Sarabi stands up to him about the lack of anything to hunt, angrily comparing him to Mufasa, and Scar strikes his sister-in-law, saying he's ten times the king Mufasa was. Enraged, Simba reveals himself. Scar forces a confession of murder from Simba and corners him. Believing that he has won, Scar taunts Simba by admitting that he killed Mufasa. Furious, Simba recovers and forces Scar to reveal

2825-793: The Kirov Opera in Russia, Germany, and Israel, conducted by Valery Gergiev . Taymor's first direction of The Magic Flute ( Die Zauberflöte ), was for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, with Zubin Mehta conducting in 1993. Over a decade later, Taymor premiered The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera in 2004. The show is now in repertoire there. A newly translated and abridged English version of

2938-633: The Lyceum Theatre in London for 20 years. Taymor directed the British production of the show, with Melissa De Melo as the producer. The show also toured the UK from 2012 until March 2015. The West End cast of the show performed twice at the traditional Royal Variety Performance : in 1999 (led by Josette Bushell-Mingo) and 2008 (led by Brown Lindiwe Mkhize). In both performances, the song Circle of Life

3051-475: The New Amsterdam Theatre on October 15, 1997, in previews, with the official opening on November 13, 1997. On June 13, 2006, to make way for the Broadway production of Mary Poppins , the show moved to the Minskoff Theatre , where it is still running after more than 10,000 performances. It is Broadway's third longest-running show in history, and has grossed more than $ 1.9 billion, making it

3164-483: The Rafiki Tour , began on October 26, 2017. The tour version is very similar to the original Broadway production; however, certain scenic elements which rise out of the stage floor (such as Pride Rock, the stampede, and the grasslands) were converted to less costly configurations for the touring productions. The sun during the opening is reduced in size for the shorter-lasting tours. Stage sizes are also smaller, and

3277-681: The Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan, under the baton of Seiji Ozawa in 1992. The opera featured Philip Langridge as Oedipus and Jessye Norman as Jocasta . Taymor went on to direct the film adaptation of the opera Oedipus Rex. She went on to direct Wagner's The Flying Dutchman for the Los Angeles Opera in a co-production with the Houston Grand Opera . She directed Richard Strauss ' Salome for

3390-822: The Smithsonian National Museum of American History and they are now part of the Smithsonian collection as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 1991, Taymor won the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship . In addition, Taymor has received a Guggenheim Fellowship , two Obie Awards , the first Annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, and the Golden Plate Award of

3503-1053: The Sydney Opera House , the Arts Centre Melbourne , and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane. A major retrospective of 25 years of Taymor's work, titled 'Playing With Fire' opened in the fall of 1999 at the Wexner Center for the Arts and toured the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington D.C.) in 2000 and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) in 2001, and was extended due to popular demand in each venue. In September 2009, costumes from The Lion King were requested and presented to

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3616-810: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 18.2 square miles (47.1 km ), of which 18.0 square miles (46.6 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km ) (0.82%) is water. Geologically Newton located within topographic lowland the Boston Basin of the Appalachian Mountain chain. This lowland is surrounded by a ring of highland drumlins which were left after the last glaciation twelve thousand years ago. There are several unique outcroppings of rocks around Newton where geologic history revealing of how territory have formed and has changed over

3729-471: The " Rhino Tour ", started on July 9, 2019, and finished on November 11, 2023, after visiting Cardiff, Bristol, Edinburgh, Bradford, Manchester, Southampton, Sunderland, Birmingham, and Dublin. The German production has been playing in Hamburg at the Theater im Hafen since December 2, 2001, and had its 5,000th performance on January 14, 2014. Access to the theater is by ferry, where the boats are decorated in

3842-724: The African continent in Johannesburg , South Africa at the Teatro at Montecasino. The Lion King was the first production to take place in the new theatre. The cast featured 53 artists, of whom all were South African. The opening night in Johannesburg was celebrated with key persons involving the creation of the musical and American talk show host Oprah Winfrey who had recently opened an educational academy for girls in Johannesburg. The show closed on February 17, 2008. The show

3955-959: The Best Drama award at the Tokyo International Electronic Cinema Festival. Taymor also directed a film adaptation of opera Oedipus rex after directing a stage production of the same opera. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Jury Award at the Montreal Festival of Film on Art. Broadcast internationally in 1993, the film garnered an Emmy Award and the 1994 International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production. Taymor's feature film debut, Titus (1999), starring Anthony Hopkins , Jessica Lange , Alan Cumming and Jonathan Rhys Meyers ,

4068-424: The Circle of Life is out of balance and a drought has hit the Pride Lands. Zazu, now a prisoner of Scar, listens to the king's woes. The hyenas are complaining about the lack of food, but Scar is only concerned with himself and why he is not loved. He is haunted by visions of Mufasa and rapidly switches between delusional confidence and paranoid despair (" The Madness of King Scar "). Nala arrives to confront Scar about

4181-468: The MBTA. Historically, the area that is now Newton was settled in 1639, and was originally first part of Cambridge (then called "the newe towne"). It split from Cambridge in 1681, and became known by its present name of Newton in 1766. It then became a city in 1874. Newton was originally part of "the newe towne", which was settled in 1630 and renamed Cambridge in 1638. The first English settlement of what

4294-607: The Mavericks in Film Programme. Taymor directed and co-wrote The Glorias , a biopic of feminist icon Gloria Steinem , based on her novel My Life on the Road , starring Julianne Moore , Alicia Vikander , Bette Midler , and Janelle Monae . The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Amazon Prime on September 30, 2020. Taymor's first opera direction was of Stravinsky 's Oedipus rex , for

4407-611: The Mayor of Newton and eight at-large Ward representatives, who are elected. Mismanagement of Middlesex County's public hospital in the mid-1990s left the county on the brink of insolvency, and in 1997 the Massachusetts legislature stepped in by assuming all assets and obligations of the county. The government of Middlesex County was officially abolished on July 11, 1997. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within

4520-568: The Newton Public Schools, opened in 1946 to serve the needs of returning veterans who otherwise would not have been able to continue their education due to the overcrowding of colleges and universities at that time. It used the facilities of Newton High School (now Newton North High School ) until its own adjacent campus was built. It closed in 1976 due to declining enrollment and increased costs. The availability of such places as UMass Boston contributed to its demise. According to

4633-667: The Newton Symphony Orchestra. The Joanne Langione Dance Center , an American youth dance school was founded in 1976. Newton has an elected strong mayor-council form of government. The council is called the City Council. The mayor is Ruthanne Fuller. Fuller is the first woman to be elected Mayor of Newton. The elected officials are: As of November 2023, the makeup of the City Council is: Newton's school committee decides policies and budget for Newton Public Schools. It has nine voting members, consisting of

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4746-584: The Riverside branch) is a light rail line running through the center of the city that makes very frequent trips to downtown Boston, ranging from 10 to 30 minutes away. The Green Line B branch ends across from Boston College on Commonwealth Avenue , virtually at the border of Boston's Brighton neighborhood and the City of Newton (an area which encompasses an unincorporated suburban village referred to as Chestnut Hill ). The MBTA Worcester commuter rail , serving

4859-474: The Shawmut anticline of Newton formed as the alpine mountains of east-central Massachusetts were created. Unique outcroppings rocks exposure has steadily declined as Newton area has become increasingly developed. Newton has grown around a formation of seven hills. "The general features of Newton are not without interest. Seven principal elevations mark its surface, like the seven hills of ancient Rome, with

4972-665: The Stars on September 23, 2009. Led by Buyi Zama, the cast performed Circle of Life . When this production closed, on December 30, 2011, it turned into the second longest run the show had in a same American city (only coming after Broadway), running longer than the 2000–2003 Los Angeles Production. A Los Angeles production began performances at the Pantages Theatre on September 29, 2000, with an official opening on October 19, 2000. The show closed on January 12, 2003, after 952 performances. The cast of this production performed

5085-862: The Summer 2006 Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. A darkly comic retelling of the Beowulf tale based on the novel by John Gardner , the opera was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival. The opera was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2007. For the Metropolitan Opera 2005/06 season, Taymor directed a successful production of The Magic Flute . It

5198-502: The United States. She met her long-time collaborator, Elliot Goldenthal , in 1980. Taymor was the 2010 commencement speaker for her alma mater , Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Back in New York from Indonesia, Taymor remounted Tirai at La MaMa in 1980. Her next project, The Haggadah , came from the desire of The Public Theater director Joseph Papp to create an annual Passover pageant that would be culturally inclusive. In 1984, Taymor worked in collaboration with Theatre for

5311-452: The West End production were invited to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in 1999 and 2008, in the presence of senior members of the British Royal Family . The theatre flooded on May 11, 2020, while the theatre was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Lion King reopened at the Lyceum in July 2021. In September 2014, The Lion King became the top-earning title in box-office history for both stage works and films, surpassing

5424-406: The age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. Of all households, 25.5% were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. As of the 2008 US Census, the average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.11. In the city, 21.2% of

5537-537: The census of 2010, there were 85,146 people, 32,648 households, and 20,499 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,643.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,792.9/km ). There were 32,112 housing units at an average density of 1,778.8 per square mile (686.8/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 79.6% White , 11.5% Asian , 2.5% African American , 0.07% Native American , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.71% from other races , and 1.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 4.1% of

5650-403: The city, entering from Wellesley on Route 16 (Washington Street) where runners encounter the first of the four infamous Newton Hills . It then turns right onto Route 30 (Commonwealth Avenue) for the long haul into Boston. There are two more hills before reaching Centre Street, and then the fourth and most noted, Heartbreak Hill , rises shortly after Centre Street. Residents and visitors line

5763-413: The city, its former campus is now "Claflin Park," a 25-unit multi-family development. Other former colleges include Aquinas College (1961–1999), Mount Alvernia College (1959–1973), Mount Ida College (1899–2018), and Newton College of the Sacred Heart (1946–1975). Andover Newton Theological School relocated to New Haven, Connecticut (1807–2017). The city's community newspaper The Newton TAB ,

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5876-429: The colors of the musical and are named after characters in the musical (such as Nala and its sister ship Rafiki ). By September 2014, the Hamburg production had passed the $ 1 billion in cumulative gross. A Dutch production was produced by Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/ Stage Entertainment and played at the Circustheater in Scheveningen , The Hague , running from April 4, 2004, until August 27, 2006, when it

5989-438: The county region, but there is no county council or commission. However, communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services. These are the remaining elected officers for Middlesex County: House of Representatives : Senate : Congress Public education is provided by Newton Public Schools . Colleges and universities located in Newton include: Newton Junior College, operated by

6102-400: The dance is made even more difficult by the large headpieces worn during the scene. As of June 27, 2010, nine minutes of the Broadway version were cut, among them the entire "Morning Report" musical number. The song was also removed from subsequent productions and cast recordings, such as the Spanish one. As of 2022, the musical is touring North America for the third time. This tour, named

6215-502: The difference that the seven hills of Newton are much more distinct than the seven hills of Rome: Nonantum Hill, Waban Hill, Chestnut Hill , Bald Pate Hill, Oak Hill , Institution Hill and Mount Ida." Rather than having a single city center, Newton is a patchwork of thirteen villages, many boasting small downtown areas of their own. The 13 villages are: Auburndale , Chestnut Hill , Newton Centre , Newton Corner , Newton Highlands , Newton Lower Falls , Newton Upper Falls (both on

6328-437: The distinction of being the first woman to receive the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, which she won for The Lion King . She also received a Tony Award for her original costume designs for the production. Taymor co-designed the masks and puppets, and wrote additional lyrics for the show. In 2007, The Lion King was performed in Johannesburg, and had its first French language production in Paris. In 2008, Le Roi Lion

6441-442: The early industries that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a series of mills built to take advantage of the water power available at Newton Upper Falls and Newton Lower Falls . Snuff, chocolate, glue, paper and other products were produced in these small mills but, according to Muir, the water power available in Newton was not sufficient to turn Newton into a manufacturing city, although it was, beginning in 1902,

6554-426: The east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston , Wellesley , and Needham to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Newton was 88,923. Newton is home to the Charles River , Crystal Lake , and Heartbreak Hill , among other landmarks. It is served by several streets and highways (including Route 9 , Hammond Pond Parkway , and the Mass Pike ), as well as the Green Line D branch run by

6667-496: The east. The Charles River flows along the north and west parts of Newton, and Route 128 passes through the western part of the city. The Mass Pike passes through the more urbanized northern section of the city before heading into Boston. Additional major highways in Newton include Route 9 , serving the southern parts of the city, and Hammond Pond Parkway , which is the main north–south route through Chestnut Hill and provides access to Brookline and West Roxbury. According to

6780-454: The elephant graveyard. He lies to the lionesses about where they are going, and Sarafina (Nala's mother) and Sarabi allow the cubs to go, escorted by Zazu. Simba and Nala formulate a plan and manage to lose Zazu, while Simba brags about his future position (" I Just Can't Wait to Be King "). The cubs go to the graveyard and begin to explore. Zazu catches up, but they are confronted by three hyenas: Shenzi, Banzai and Ed . The hyenas intend to eat

6893-416: The famine and Scar decides she will be his queen and give him cubs. Nala fiercely rebukes him and resolves to leave the Pride Lands to find help. Rafiki and the lionesses bless her for her journey (" Shadowland "). Back in the jungle, Timon and Pumbaa want to sleep, but the restless Simba is unable to settle. Annoyed, Simba leaves them, but Timon and Pumbaa lose their courage and follow him. Simba leaps across

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7006-521: The festival's Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award. Her next film was the jukebox musical Across the Universe (2008), which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Costume Design. With a collection of 33 Beatles songs, the film stars Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess in a 1960s love story set to the music of The Beatles, and featured performances by Bono , Joe Cocker , Eddie Izzard and Salma Hayek . Taymor both directed and co-wrote

7119-415: The film. The mandrill Rafiki 's gender was changed to a female role because Taymor observed that there was generally no leading female character in the film. Rafiki was portrayed by Tsidii Le Loka in the original Broadway musical, and by Josette Bushell-Mingo in the original London production. Several new scenes are present, including a conversation between Mufasa and Zazu about Mufasa's parenting and

7232-399: The first time and immersed herself in film, especially the work of Fellini and Kurosawa . In 1970 Taymor was enrolled in Oberlin College in Ohio . During her second year, she interned with Joseph Chaikin 's Open Theatre and other companies in New York City. Hearing that director Herbert Blau was moving to Oberlin, she returned there and auditioned successfully, becoming, once again,

7345-422: The gorge ("The Stampede"). Scar tells Mufasa that Simba is trapped in the gorge. Mufasa leaps into the stampede and manages to save his son, but as he tries to escape, Scar throws him off the cliff back into the stampede, killing him. Scar convinces Simba that his father's death was his fault and tells him to run away, but as he leaves, Scar orders the hyenas to kill him. Simba escapes but the hyenas tell Scar that he

7458-454: The highest grossing Broadway production of all time. Over 112 million people worldwide have seen the musical and it has earned numerous awards and honors, including six Tony Awards, one for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making director Julie Taymor the first woman to earn such an honor. The show opened in the West End 's Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1999, and is still running after more than 9,500 performances. The cast of

7571-495: The home of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, the maker of the Stanley Steamer . Nineteenth-century Newton, following the American Civil War , was a patchwork of villages. The northern villages of Auburndale , Newton Corner , Newtonville , and West Newton were the most affluent. In contrast, both Waban and Chestnut Hill were sparsely populated. Several village-based "improvement societies" were founded by residents between 1878 and 1904. No citywide improvement society

7684-406: The hyenas, Zazu, Timon, and Pumbaa, are portrayed by actors in life-sized puppets or costumes. The Timon character is described by Taymor as one of the hardest roles to master because the movement of the puppet's head and arms puts a strain on the actor's arms, back, and neck. A new section of the production, the Lioness Hunt, features a particularly complicated dance sequence for the actresses, and

7797-440: The issue of intersectional identities. Taymor's first film, Fool's Fire , which she co-directed and adapted from Edgar Allan Poe 's short story, Hop-Frog , was produced by American Playhouse . The hour-long film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on PBS in March 1992. In the film, all characters except the titular character Hop-Frog are either elaborate puppets or masks, not unlike Taymor's stage work. The film won

7910-552: The lioness as Nala. She is amazed to find Simba alive, knowing that he is the rightful king. Timon and Pumbaa are confused, but Simba asks them to leave him and Nala alone. Timon realizes what is happening and laments the end of Simba's Hakuna Matata lifestyle (" Can You Feel the Love Tonight "). Nala tells Simba about the devastated Pride Lands, but Simba still feels responsible for Mufasa's death and refuses to return home. On his own, Simba meets Rafiki, who explains that his father lives on (" He Lives in You "). Mufasa's spirit appears in

8023-399: The lionesses and Rafiki during the new song "Shadowland". Like its predecessor, the Beauty and the Beast musical , the show adds more songs to its stage production, including "Morning Report", sung by Zazu the hornbill and later added to the film for the Platinum Edition DVD release. "Shadowland" originally featured on the CD Rhythm of the Pride Lands with Zulu lyrics as "Lea Halelela",

8136-411: The musical version of Mary Poppins , where it is still running after more than 10,000 performances. It is Broadway's third longest-running show in history and the highest grossing Broadway production of all time , having grossed more than $ 1.9 billion. The musical debuted on July 8, 1997, in Minneapolis , Minnesota, at the Orpheum Theatre and was successful before premiering on Broadway at

8249-657: The northern villages of Newton that are proximate to Waltham, offers less frequent service to Boston. It runs from every half-an-hour during peak times to every couple of hours otherwise. The northern villages are also served by frequent express buses that go to downtown Boston via the Massachusetts Turnpike as well as Waltham. Newton Centre, which is centered around the MBTA station of the same name , has been lauded as an example of transit-oriented development . The Lion King (musical) The Lion King

8362-633: The opera premiered at the Met in December 2006, and inaugurated a new series on PBS in 2010 entitled, Great Performances at the Met as well as launched the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series of movie-theater transmissions. In June 2006, Taymor directed the premiere of Elliot Goldenthal 's opera Grendel for the Los Angeles Opera, starring Eric Owens , which was also presented as part of

8475-474: The past hundreds millions of years of drift supercontinents and ancient oceans, earthquake activity associated with volcanism and related faulting activity and changing climate. There are mainly three types of bedrock: Roxbury Conglomerate , Cambridge Argillite or Slate, and Brighton Volcanics and the Mattapan Volcanics pre-Cambrian foundation of Dedham Granodiorite. The Boston Border Fault and

8588-399: The population (0.7% Puerto Rican , 0.6% Mexican , 0.4% Colombian , 0.3% Guatemalan , 0.3% Argentine ). (2010 Census Report: Census report Quickfacts.com) Newton, along with neighboring Brookline , is known for its significant Jewish and Asian populations. The Jewish population as of 2002 was estimated to be 28,002. There were 31,201 households, out of which 31.1% had children under

8701-404: The population was under the age of 18, 10.3% was from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 107,696, and the median income for a family was $ 136,843. Males had

8814-543: The prosperity of the 1950s made all of Newton more densely settled. Two of the 9/11 hijackers stayed in Newton the night before the attack. The hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 spent their last night in Newton's Park Inn, an economy motel across the street from the Chestnut Hill Mall and within walking distance of The Atrium. Each April on Patriots' Day , the Boston Marathon is run through

8927-541: The race route along Washington Street and Commonwealth Avenue to cheer the runners. Newton is a suburban city approximately 7 mi (11 km) from downtown Boston, in Middlesex County . It is also bordered by Waltham and Watertown on the north, Needham and the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on the south, Wellesley and Weston on the west, and Brookline and the Brighton neighborhood of Boston on

9040-408: The record for the longest preview period in the history of Broadway at 182 performances. The production also set the record for most expensive Broadway production at an estimated $ 75 million. In November 2011, Taymor sued the show's producers, Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, claiming that they were profiting from her creative contributions without compensating her. Taymor and the producers reached

9153-531: The record previously held by The Phantom of the Opera . The musical has grossed more than $ 8 billion worldwide. As of March 12, 2020, the show suspended production on Broadway due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lion King resumed Broadway performances on September 14, 2021. During the week ending January 1, 2023, The Lion King achieved the highest weekly gross in Broadway history with $ 4.3 million. As

9266-402: The rightful king. Simba ascends Pride Rock and roars out across the kingdom ("King of Pride Rock"). The Pride Lands recover and the animals gather in celebration as Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub, continuing the Circle of Life ("Circle of Life (Reprise)"). + Cut from the show as of June 27, 2010 The musical incorporates several changes and additions to the storyline as compared to

9379-579: The same Théâtre Mogador on November 11, 2021. On October 20, 2011, the first Spanish production premiered at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid , where it is still running after more than 4,500 performances. In Basel , Switzerland , the musical was performed for the first time from March 12, 2015, until October 11, 2015. Beginning in June 2007, The Lion King debuted its first-ever performance on

9492-410: The same tendency to get into trouble at Simba's age. Back at the elephant graveyard, Scar tells the hyenas of his plan to kill Mufasa and Simba so that he can become king. He raises an army of hyenas, promising that they will never go hungry again if they support him (" Be Prepared "). Scar takes Simba to a gorge and tells him to wait there. On Scar's signal, the hyenas start a wildebeest stampede into

9605-496: The screenplay based on Shakespeare's play. She also completed a cinematic version of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , starring David Harewood , Max Casella and Kathryn Hunter , and filmed during her critically acclaimed, sold-out stage production that ran at Theatre for a New Audience's new home in Downtown Brooklyn . The film was shown at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of

9718-402: The second act. Many of the animals portrayed in the production are actors in costume using extra tools to move their costumes. For example, the giraffes are portrayed by actors walking on stilts. For principal characters such as Mufasa and Scar, the costumes feature mechanical headpieces that can be raised and lowered to foster the illusion of a cat "lunging" at another. Other characters, such as

9831-787: The show's productions, was selected as Rafiki for this production, leaving in October 2013 and being replaced by Ntsepa Pitjeng. The show closed its doors on December 14, 2014. A Brazilian revival ran at the same Teatro Renault from July 19, 2023, to July 28, 2024. After the success of the Broadway show, the show opened in the United Kingdom in on October 19, 1999. The cast included Cornell John as Mufasa, Luke Youngblood as Young Simba, Dominique Moore as Young Nala, Martyn Ellis as Pumbaa, Simon Gregor as Timon, Rob Edwards as Scar, Paul J. Medford as Banzai and Josette Bushell-Mingo as Rafiki. As of October 2019, it has been playing at

9944-494: The size of the pit orchestra is decreased. The first national tour ( Gazelle Tour ) launched on April 17, 2002, and closed on July 23, 2017. The second tour ( Cheetah Tour ) began on April 23, 2003, and ended on March 2, 2008. A Las Vegas production opened at Mandalay Bay on May 15, 2009, with previews beginning May 5, 2009. The Las Vegas cast performed on the ninth season of the American dance competition Dancing With

10057-402: The sky and tells Simba he is the one true king and must take his place in the Circle of Life. Reawakened, Simba finds his courage and heads for home. Meanwhile, Nala wakes Timon and Pumbaa to ask where Simba is, and Rafiki appears to tell them all the news. The three of them catch up with him in the Pride Lands, where he witnesses the ruin of his home. Timon and Pumbaa distract some hyenas by doing

10170-711: The songs of this production differed from the European Spanish one. South-African actress Shirley Hlahatse was chosen as Rafiki, marking the first time in years a completely new actress was elected for that role. A Brazilian production debuted at the Teatro Renault in São Paulo on March 28, 2013. The cast contained mainly Brazilian actors and seven South African actors. The Portuguese lyrics were translated by Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil . Actress Phindile Mkhize, who had previously performed in many of

10283-461: The stars. Simba recalls Mufasa's words, but his friends laugh at the notion of dead kings watching them. Simba leaves, expressing his loneliness and bitterly recalling Mufasa's promise to be there for him (" Endless Night "). Rafiki hears the song on the wind, joyfully realizes that Simba is alive, and draws a mane onto her painting of Simba. In the jungle, Pumbaa is hunted and chased by a lioness. Simba confronts her and saves his friend, but recognizes

10396-451: The state of affairs in the King's domain ("The Morning Report", now cut from the Broadway production). Simba goes to see his Uncle Scar. The scheming lion piques the cub's curiosity by mentioning the elephant graveyard, where Simba is forbidden to go. Meanwhile, the lionesses go hunting ("The Lioness Hunt"). Simba arrives and asks his best friend, a female cub named Nala , to come with him to

10509-484: The story for the film. In November 2008, Taymor directed a film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest , released in December 2010 starring Helen Mirren , Alfred Molina , Djimon Hounsou and Ben Whishaw . Working behind the camera with Taymor on The Tempest were the Academy Award winners Elliot Goldenthal for music, Sandy Powell for costumes, and Françoise Bonnot . Taymor produced the feature and adapted

10622-525: The studios and transmitter of WNTN AM-1550 were on Rumford Avenue in Auburndale. Newton-Wellesley Hospital is located at 2014 Washington Street in Newton. U.S. News & World Report ranks the hospital 13th best in the Boston metro area. Newton is well-served by three modes of mass transit run by the MBTA : light rail , commuter rail , and bus service. The Green Line D branch , (also known as

10735-430: The sun rises, Rafiki the mandrill calls the animals to Pride Rock. She greets King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi before presenting their cub to the gathered animals (" Circle of Life "). Elsewhere, Mufasa's brother, Scar , laments his lost chance at becoming King. Back at her baobab tree , Rafiki paints an image of the cub and asks the spirits to conjure the new prince 's name: Simba . Time passes and Simba grows into

10848-548: The trespassers and they gloat about their find ("Chow Down"). Mufasa rescues the cubs and frightens off the hyenas. Mufasa is disappointed and angry at Simba's reckless disobedience, and explains the difference between bravery and bravado. Mufasa tells Simba about the great kings of the past and how they watch over everything from the stars ("They Live in You"). Mufasa says that he will always be there for his son. Later he discusses Simba's behavior with Zazu, who reminds Mufasa that he had

10961-468: The truth to the lionesses ("Simba Confronts Scar"). Simba's friends fight the hyenas while Simba battles Scar to the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs for his life, blaming the hyenas for everything. Simba lets him leave out of mercy, but Scar attacks again. Simba blocks the attack and Scar falls from the cliff. The hyenas, who heard Scar's betrayal and are still starving, tear him to shreds. With the battle won, Simba's friends come forward and acknowledge Simba as

11074-505: The warthog. Simba feels responsible for Mufasa's death, but the duo take the cub to their jungle home and show him their carefree way of life and bug diet (" Hakuna Matata "). Simba grows to adulthood in the jungle. The chorus, dressed in colorful clothes with ornate bird puppets and kites, begin the Second Act ("One by One"). As the song ends, however, the beautiful birds are replaced by vultures and gazelle skeletons. Under Scar's rule,

11187-608: The youngest member of a troupe. In 1973, Taymor attended a summer program of the American Society for Eastern Arts in Seattle . The instructors were masters of Indonesian topeng masked dance-drama and wayang kulit shadow puppetry. This would prove to have a great effect on Taymor in later years. Taymor graduated from Oberlin College with a major in mythology and folklore and with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1974. She spent

11300-724: The youngest member of theatre groups became common. By 13, she was taking trips to Boston by herself every weekend, where she discovered Julie Portman's Theatre Workshop. At the age of 15, her parents sent her to both Sri Lanka and India with the Experiment in International Living . After graduating High School at 16, Taymor went to Paris to study with L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq . Her studies there exposed her to mime , which helped develop her physical sensibilities. While in Paris, Taymor worked with masks for

11413-520: Was adapted for the musical with new English lyrics. It is sung by Nala, the lionesses, and Rafiki. "Endless Night", also from Rhythm of the Pride Lands with Swahili lyrics as "Lala", is sung by Simba while reflecting on Mufasa's promise to always be there. "One by One", from the Rhythm of the Pride Lands CD, was adapted as the rousing African-styled entre act sung by the chorus at the opening of

11526-480: Was also home to the global headquarters of TripAdvisor , the world's largest travel site, reaching nearly 280 million unique monthly visitors. TripAdvisor moved into a newly built headquarters in neighboring Needham . Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. The city is home to two symphony orchestras, the New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts and

11639-513: Was an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus . Taymor adapted the screenplay and produced the film, which received an Academy Award nomination for costume design. Taymor received critical acclaim for her direction of Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina in Frida (2002), a biographical film about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo . Frida garnered six Academy Award nominations, including

11752-609: Was awarded Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Musical at the Molière Awards , the national theatre awards of France. In 2000, Taymor directed Carlo Gozzi's The Green Bird on Broadway. The work was first produced in 1996 by Theatre for a New Audience at the New Victory Theater and presented at the La Jolla Playhouse . Taymor's stage production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus

11865-515: Was directed by Taymor, and co-written with Elliot Goldenthal. The recipient of two Obies and numerous other awards, the piece was performed at The Edinburgh International Festival, as well as festivals in France, Jerusalem and Montreal, and had an extended run in San Francisco. In April 2007, it was announced that a musical adaptation of Spider-Man was being prepared for Broadway . Taymor

11978-484: Was ever founded. Newton, according to Muir, became one of North America's earliest commuter suburbs. The Boston and Worcester , one of North America's earliest railroads, reached West Newton in 1834. Wealthy Bostonian businessmen took advantage of the new commuting opportunity offered by the railroad, building gracious homes on erstwhile farmland of West Newton hill and on Commonwealth street. Muir points out that these early commuters needed sufficient wealth to employ

12091-681: Was forced to take a lengthy hiatus and its return at the London Lyceum Theatre was announced for July 29, 2021. There have also been two English tours, visiting places all through the United Kingdom, going as far as Ireland . The first one, named " The Zebra Tour ", ran from September 6, 2012, to February 22, 2015, with stops in Bristol , Manchester , Dublin , Birmingham , Edinburgh , Plymouth , Bradford , Liverpool , Southampton , Sunderland and Cardiff . The second,

12204-536: Was performed. The company also performed at the show Strictly Come Dancing special Strictly African Dancing , broadcast in 2005, led once again by Mkhize and performed the same song. In March 2012, a few South African cast members were invited to perform at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom mandating the closure of all theatres, the production

12317-812: Was produced off-Broadway by Theatre for a New Audience in 1994. Other directing credits include The Tempest , The Taming of the Shrew , The Transposed Heads , based on the novella by Thomas Mann , co-produced by the American Musical Theater Festival and the Lincoln Center ; and Liberty's Taken , an original musical co-created with David Suehsdorf and Elliot Goldenthal. Her original music-theatre work, Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass , presented at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater in 1996, received five Tony Award nominations including Best Director. Originally produced by Music Theater Group in 1988, Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass

12430-515: Was replaced by another Disney musical, Tarzan . A Dutch revival ran for 1,139 performances at the same Circustheater from October 30, 2016, to July 21, 2019. A French production debuted in Paris on September 22, 2007, at the Théâtre Mogador . This production won several Molière Awards and closed on July 25, 2010, after being watched by over a million people. A French revival opened at

12543-539: Was revised for the 2006/07 season and, in addition to full-length performances, was adapted for a 100-minute version over the holiday season to appeal to children. That version of the opera was the first of a series of NCM Fathom Live on the Big Screen presentations of MET operas downloaded via satellite to movie theaters across North America and parts of Europe for the 2006/07 season. In 2012, Opera Australia produced this version with locally built scenery and props at

12656-581: Was seen by 2.9 million people according to David Mirvish , whose Mirvish Productions theater and management company owns and operates the theater. The Degrassi star Raymond Ablack starred as Young Simba In 2001. The show returned for a five-week engagement that began in April 2011, as part of the North American tour. A second open-ended production began performances at the same Princess of Wales Theatre on November 2, 2024. The musical had

12769-567: Was selected to direct the show and write the book with Glen Berger . The production features music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge . The musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark , was scheduled to begin previews on November 28, 2010, at the Foxwoods Theatre . The play was delayed for several months due to numerous injuries, and Taymor was fired and replaced by Philip William McKinley. The play officially opened on June 14, 2011, having set

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