How do the actors in Disney’s The Lion King negotiate the 220 costumes that are used in every performance? With a lot of help!

We went backstage at the Buell Theatre during the the national touring production’s latest Denver stop to learn more. Our guests are Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Gretchen Heidenreich and ensemble dancer/singer Amyia Burrell, who has 10 costumes and 14 costume changes in every performance.

When you add in understudies, the tour travels with as many as 450 costumes. Disney’s “The Lion King” is visiting Denver through Nov. 29 (Photo at right: ‘The Lion King’ Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Gretchen Heidenreich backstage at the Buell Theatre. Photo by John Moore.)

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Video: Go backstage with The Lion King in Denver

Remaining seats for the Denver run of The Lion King are very limited (information below), but Disney’s next brings Broadway to Denver when Newsies visits The Buell Theatre from March 23 through April 9, 2016.

Video by David Lenk and John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.

Photos by John Moore for the DCPA’s NewsCenter. To download any photo, click “View original Flickr image.”

Disney’s The Lion King: Ticket information

Please be advised that the Denver Center for the Performing Arts – denvercenter.org – is the only authorized online ticket provider for Disney’s ‘The Lion King.’

Previous NewsCenter coverage of The Lion King:
Gareth Saxe‘s Lion King homecoming
For South Africans, Pride Lands are the land of opportunity 
​Circle of Life: The Lion King tour returns to Denver birthplace
Technical director David Bencken on hanging 12 tons of equipment
Original The Lion King orchestra member plays 15 different flutes
Official show page