Friday, August 26, 2011

The Lion King Replacements on Broadway

Rafiki:
1. Tsidii Le Loka - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Thuli Dumakude - 1998 - 2001
3. Sheila Gibbs - 2001 - 2003
4. Nomvula Dlamini - 2003 - 2004
5. Tshidi Manye - 2004 - Present

Mufasa:
1. Samuel E. Wright - 11/13/97 - 1999, 1999 - 2003
2. C.C. Brown - 1999
3. Alton Fitzgerald White - 2003 - 2006, 6/15/10 - Present
4. Nathaniel Stampley - 2006 - 6/13/10

Sarabi:
1. Gina Breedlove - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Meena T. Jahi - 1998 - 2001, 2002 - 2003
3. Denise Marie Williams - 2001 - 2002
4. Robyn Payne - 2003 - 2005
6. Jean Michelle Grier - 2005 - Present

Zazu:
1. Geoff Hoyle - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Bill Bowers - 1998 - 2000
3. Robert Dorfman - 2000 - 2002
4. Tony Freeman - 2002, 2006-2007
5. Adam Stein - 2002 - 2003
6. Jeffrey Binder - 2003-2006, 2007 - 6/13/10, 2010 - Present
7. Mark Cameron Pow - 6/15/10 - 2010

Scar:
1. John Vickery - 11/13/97 - 10/98
2. Tom Hewitt - 10/98 - 2000
3. Martin Kildare - 2000 - 2001
4. Derek Smith - 2001 - 2003, 7/27/04 - 10/24/04, 3/1/05 - 10/23/2005, 11/05 - 2006, 2006 - 1/28/07, 2008 - 6/13/10 
5. Patrick Page - 2003 - 7/25/04, 10/26/04 - 2/27/2005, 10/25/05 - 11/05, 2006, 1/30/07 - 2007
6. Dan Donohue - 2007 - 2008
7. Gareth Saxe - 6/15/10 - Present

Shenzi:
1. Tracy Nicole Chapman - 11/13/97 - 2000
2. Lana Gordon - 2000 - 2003
3. Marlayna Syms - 2003 - 2005
4. Bonita J. Hamilton - 2005 - 2008, 2009 - Present
5. Jacquelyn Renae Hodges - 2008 - 2009

Banzai:
1. Stanley Wayne Mathis - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Keith Bennett - 1998 - 2000
3. Leonard Joseph - 2000 - 2001
4. Curtiss Cook - 2001 - 2003
5. Rodrick Covington - 2003 - 2004
6. Benjamin Sterling Cannon - 2004 - 2007
7. James Brown-Orleans - 2007 - Present

Ed:
1. Kevin Cahoon - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Jeff Skowron - 1998 - 1999
3. Jeff Gurner - 1999 - 2000
4. Timothy Gulan - 2000 - 2002
5. Thom Christopher Warren - 2002 - 2003
6. Enrique Segura - 2003 - Present

Timon:
1. Max Casella - 11/13/97 - 1998
2. Danny Rutigliano - 1998 - 2000, 2002 - 2010 
3. John E. Brady - 2000 - 2002
4. Robert Creighton - 2010 - 5/16/10
5. Damian Baldet - 5/18/10 - 6/13/10
6. Fred Berman - 6/15/10 - Present

Pumbaa:
1. Tom Alan Robbins - 11/13/97 - 8/09, 2009 - 2010
2. Ben Lipitz - 8/28/09 - 2009
3. John E. Brady - 2010 - 6/13/10, 2011 - Present
4. Ben Jeffrey - 6/15/10 - 2011

Simba:
1. Jason Raize - 11/13/97 - 8/20/00
2. Christopher Jackson - 8/22/00 - 2002
3. Clifton Oliver - 2002 - 2003, 5/13/11 - Present
4. Josh Tower - 2003 - 2007
5. Wallace Smith - 2007
6. Dashaun Young - 2007 - 5/7/11


Nala:
1. Heather Headley - 11/13/97 - 7/5/98, 12/7/98, 12/9/98 - 8/1/99
2. Mary Randle - 7/7/98 - 12/8/98
3. Bashirrah Creswell - 8/3/99 - 2001
4. Sharon L. Young - 2001 - 2002
5. Renee Elise Goldsberry - 2002 - 8/24/03
6. Kissy Simmons - 8/26/03 - 3/1/09
7. Ta'Rea Campbell - 3/3/09 - 6/13/10
8. Chauntee Schuler - 6/15/10 - Present

Longest-running Performers by Character:
Rafiki - Tshidi Manye - 7 Years and Counting - (2004 - Present)
Mufasa* - Nathaniel Stampley - 4 Years - (2006 - 2010)
Sarabi - Jean Michelle Grier - 6 Years and Counting - (2005 - Present)
Zazu - Jeffrey Binder - 3 Years - (2003 - 2006)
Scar - Tom Hewitt - 3 Years - (1998 - 2001)
Shenzi - Bonita J. Hamilton - 3 Years - (2005 - 2008)
Banzai - James Brown-Orleans - 4 Years and Counting - (2007 - Present)
Ed - Enrique Segura - 8 Years and Counting - (2003 - Present)
Timon - Danny Rutigliano - 8 Years - (2002 - 2010)
Pumbaa - Tom Alan Robbins - 11 Years - (1997 - 2009)
Simba - Josh Tower - 4 Years - (2003 - 2007)
Nala - Kissy Simmons - 5 Years - (2003 - 2009)
* - Samuel E. Wright performed as Mufasa for 5 years but took a break in 1999.

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