The Lion King Musical!!

Last night Dave and I went to the Lion King in Columbus at the Ohio Theatre. It was my birthday present from my mom and I'm so glad we got to go. I'd been looking forward to seeing the performance since January, I think. The Ohio Theatre was amazing and beautiful! It felt like I was in a museum with all the different paintings and decorations. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the theatre, but I managed to get a couple quick ones in before the show started. There was a chandelier in the theatre and the ceiling was beautiful. We were in the balcony, but it didn't take away from the show at all.
Dave and I dressed up because we don't get to just dress up and go out. It so helped make the experience that much better. Dave was asked three times if someone could help them find their seats! :) He was waiting for me in the lobby while I went to the bathroom. When we went to go to our seats an usher showed us to our seats, which I thought was impressive. We got a playbill, too. I was going to get the girls a program, but it was $20...so I just grabbed an extra paybill on the way out.
When the show did start, if you weren't in your seats before it started you had to wait till the opening scene was over. If you are familiar with the Lion King, the movies starts with music and lots of animals going to the Pride Rock. The musical was no different. I found a clip from youtube that is exactly what we experience. It was amazing and breathtaking. I forgot I was even watching actors in costumes. I make fun of Dave when we go to sporting events for getting all excited to the point of being overwhelmed. Well, he has one on me now. The music and what I was watching moved me to tears I must say. The point where the animals (actors) were coming down the aisles (under us) onto the stage was incredible and everyone was clapping. We didn't realize at first what everyone was clapping at, but then we saw a large elephant and baby walk on stage (again actors, but it didn't seem like that). It was awesome and the music was live and sounded just like it did in the movie.
Every scene in the movie was in the musical, with some extra scenes added. The stampede was recreated, the jungle was reinacted, even "I just can't wait to be king" was colorfully performed, too.


This video is the opening act pretty close to what we saw.