kjp

Last weekend I went to the musical: The Lion King. I thought that it was very good - I wouldn't say that it was excellent.

I liked
*   the music
*   the puppetry / costumes - they all worked together well
*   the choreography / dancing
*   the use of the theatre - don't turn up late. I was on the isle - which was good.
*   the drums on the sides of the stage

I didn't think was the best / things I didn't like
*   some of the voices were a bit thin (not strong enough)
*   that there were plenty of opportunities to buy Lion King "merchandise" - prefer they made money from the performance not from selling extras. There's an interesting discussion here about this and selling it as art, not entertainment.
*   would have liked an oboe in the orchestra: especially in "Can you feel the love tonight"