The Lion King Episodes

On this episode I talked with Zurin about when she first knew she loved performing, her first Broadway show Shuffle Along in 2016 and how she got involved, being a part of an iconic show like The Lion King on Broadway, understudying both Gretchen and Karen in Mean Girls and her process for learning two roles in one show that are so different, the national tour of Tina Turner The Musical where she currently plays Tina Turner, making the role her own while staying true to Tina Turner’s story, and ...

On this episode I talked with Jalen Harris about when he knew he wanted to perform on stage and sing for living, becoming the well rounded performer he is today, auditioning for American Idol at age 15 and what made him want to audition, his experience on American Idol and what he learned from being on the show, his audition for the National Tour of The Lion King, getting cast in the ensemble and as a Simba understudy on his first National Tour and then becoming lead Simba on the tour, how he br...

On this episode I talked with Adrienne about when she realized she loved performing, her passion for opera that led her to studying opera, participating in Porgy and Bess at Court Theatre in Chicago and deciding she instead wanted to pursue musical theatre, what prepared her for a career in musical theatre and how she became a well-rounded performer, what makes regional theatre so special, how her audition for The Lion King came about and what it was like, what stepping into the world of The Lio...