Posted: 9/23/18 at 9:23pm
Posted: 9/23/18 at 9:59pm
I saw The Lion King about 4 years ago, and I had the same confusion. I looked into it at the time, and discovered that in 2010, they made several cuts to the show. Apparently, it was simply a creative decision to make the show a little tighter.
https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/broadway-hits-not-averse-to-retooling-1118021067/
Morning Report was cut, as was the long instrumental section of Can You Feel the Love Tonight with the aerial dancers.
However, if Rafiki Mourns was cut, that's news to me. It was definitely in the show when I last saw it in 2014.
Posted: 9/23/18 at 10:51pm
The images on PlaybillVault.com appear to be from the opening night Playbill (though the site header says opening at the Minskoff, it's clear based on the cast list that it was from the opening at the New Amsterdam). In that one "Rafiki Mourns" is not listed, so I'm guessing it's never been included as a song in the Playbill listing, and I haven't heard any reports that ever mentioned that sequence getting cut.
Posted: 9/24/18 at 8:14am
Yes, its still there, its just not usually listed as a song
Posted: 9/24/18 at 7:47pm
Rafiki Mourns was in the Playbill when I saw the tour in June, just under a different name.
Updated On: 9/24/18 at 07:47 PM
