Lion King

The first present my mom, nana, sister, and  I opened on Christmas morning was a ticket to see the Lion King at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. I had seen the show before in New York, but I was just a youngster so I don't remember much of it--besides the fact that I got an awesome jean jacket with the lion king's face stitched into the back.



Before the show I dug up my old jean jacket to try it on and surprisingly it still fit! The arm length was a tad short, but nothing I couldn't handle.

Our seats were amazing. Close enough to the stage to see the actor's faces clearly, but far enough to take in the entire set. The actors walked, ran, danced down the aisles where I was seated as they made their way into the stage so we got a close up of the spectacular costumes and make-up. The costume designer for this production has some serious talent.


One scene that particularly stuck out for me was the scene when Simba meets Timone and Pumba. As they're singing "Hakuna Matata" the lighting in the foreground of the stage goes dark while the background is lit up with warm colors red, orange, and yellow causing just the silhouettes of the characters to be visible. It was beautiful.


I had been telling my nana for a few weeks that I was going to paint her something as soon as I found the inspiration.

(acrylic on canvas)