The Lion King – San Diego Story

Visually stunning crowd-favorite The Lion King plays at the Civic through Sept. 11

By Cassiopeia Guthrie | September 6, 2022 |

Animals celebrate new baby Simba around Pride Rock.

Delicious pageantry, athletic choreography, robust costumes, life-size puppets… the visually stunning The Lion King has it all. Returning to the Civic through Sept. 11, this is a show you won’t want to miss.

Rafiki Rules the Serengeti As ‘Lion King’ Loses Some Edge

By Martin Jones Westlin | September 9, 2016 |

We come from dust, and that’s about where we’re headed — and Africa’s Serengeti is a classic case in point in Disney’s mount of the iconic ‘The Lion King.’ San Diego first saw the show 11 years ago to wild acclaim, but the overwrought current installment is accompanied by some dust of its own.