“The Lion King” musical reaches 7,000 performances in Japan

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“The Lion King“, as performed by Shiki Theatre Company, has recently reached its 7,000th performance since it first debuted back in 1998. They are the fastest musical to achieve this feat in Japanese musical history.

At the special curtain call, 60 child actors/actresses who have played the roles of Shimba and Nala (childhood) in the past, jumped onto the stage and celebrated the great record.





source: Tokyohive [endtext]