- The Original Broadway Cast (1997)
- Tsidii Le Loka - Rafiki
- Samuel E. Wright - Mufasa
- Gina Breedlove - Sarabi
- Geoff Hoyle - Zazu
- John Vickery - Scar
- Scott Irby-Ranniar - Young Simba
- Kajuana Shuford - Young Nala
- Tracy Nicole Chapman - Shenzi
- Stanley Wayne Mathis - Banzai
- Kevin Cahoon - Ed
- Max Casella - Timon
- Tom Alan Robbins - Pumbaa
- Jason Raize - Simba
- Heather Headley - Nala
- The Current Broadway Cast (As of June 27, 2015)
- Gugwana Dlamini - Rafiki
- Alton Fitzgerald White - Mufasa
- Chondra La-Tease Profit - Sarabi
- Jeffrey Kuhn - Zazu
- Gareth Saxe - Scar
- Isaiah D. Negron - Young Simba
- Jahi Diallo Winston - Young Simba
- K'Lynn Jackman - Young Nala
- Shahadi Wright Joseph - Young Nala
- Bonita J. Hamilton - Shenzi
- James Brown-Orleans - Banzai
- Enrique Segura - Ed
- Fred Berman - Timon
- Ben Jeffrey - Pumbaa
- Aaron Nelson - Simba
- Chantel Riley - Nala
