For stretches, The Lion King plays like a show aimed at impressionable children as adults wait for the story to move forward.

2 hours and 30 minutes, including one intermission. A lively stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning 1994 Disney film, The Lion King is the story of a young lion prince living in the ...

In the original film, Simba was tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.