For The Lion King, he received the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Tim Rice won the Outstanding Lyrics award at the Drama Desk Awards for Evita.

More than the king of lions, Mufasa: The Lion King also managed to pull out a last-minute win at the box office over the 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Savage will launch into its sixth theater season with performances of Disney’s “The Lion King JR.,” which start this week. The Theatre SJB performance ...