It’s been a short flight back and forth across Bushnell Park for puppeteer Nick LaMedica, who’s flapping his wings as the uninhibited hornbill bird Zazu in the national tour of the spectacular Disney ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- One of the brightest jewels in Disney's crown is reaching a big milestone this summer. "The Lion King" will celebrate 30 years since the animated movie's release in 1994. ABC11 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — In its return to The Smith Center, Disney’s The Lion King set up shop for two weeks in Las Vegas, and none of it would be possible without puppet supervisor Michael Reilly. Inside ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — You can feel the love Tuesday night through November 5 as “The Lion King” musical is at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. “We took a cartoon essentially and we put it on stage,” said ...

TOMORROW MORNING, STARTING AT 430. NEW ON WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX. MORE THAN 200 PUPPETS ARE USED TO CREATE THE MAGIC OF THE LION KING ON STAGE. OUR SYDNEY SHADRIX WENT BEHIND THE STAGE AT THE PEACE ...

The puppet-enhanced king of Broadway is back. Returning for its fourth visit here, the national tour of Disney’s megahit “The Lion King” opens June 12 at the Ohio Theatre. “The puppetry is essential ...

Timothy McGeever's muscles ache. They're muscles the actor, who plays Zazu the hornbill bird in "The Lion King," never knew he had. He blames it on the puppet. Like all the actors in the Disney ...

Taking a Broadway show on tour is always a massive undertaking, but for Disney’s “The Lion King,” the set pieces and costumes aren’t the only materials that must be transported from city to city.