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Portrait of Julie Taymor with long dark hair, wearing a black shirt, standing against a gray background with arms crossed.

Julie Taymor: Queen of The Lion King

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This article was originally published in Applause magazine for the national touring premiere of The Lion King in Denver in 2002. Almost from the moment Julie Taymor was born — in 1952, into a comfortable upper middle class Boston family — she was destined for a career in the theatre she could never have foreseen. […]

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Mukelisiwe Goba as Rafiki. The Lion King. Disney. Photo by Matthew Murphy

A Conversation with Julie Taymor

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Excerpted from The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway by Julie Taymor   Julie Taymor on the Challenges of Translating the Film Version to the Stage “To maintain the integrity of my own style, while incorporating it into one of the most beloved stories in recent history, was the first challenge to contemplate. With preconceptions […]

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