This is One Crazy Rafiki, Y'all.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 5:17pm

How do her vocal cords let her do stuff like this?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 5:31pm

That was all sorts of amazing.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 5:37pm

Holly smokin' hot Simba!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 6:14pm

I was too distracted by Simba. YOWZAS! Hot hot hot!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 6:34pm

Wow, they're both fantastic. Really great performances!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 6:40pm

she is a great singer! He is hot but not the best singer. Cut his notes off a little weird.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 8:15pm

Not the best singer?! He's awesome! He had like one weird cutoff tops!

[wendilin622]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 8:17pm

I haven't seen this production since it first opened, and I know this was the London cast...but damn, I kind of want to see this again...

And holy hell that Simba was STUNNING.

[jessica0414]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 8:23pm

Holy fierceness, Batman! They were both cramazing!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 11:02pm

I wanna hear his "Endless Night."

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 11:03pm

Nothing will top this, though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7AeTFYsBgc

RIP Jason Raize

[broadwayboy987]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 11:06pm

that was incredible luv the show wish i could have seen her as rafiki

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 8:31am

Thats one of the reasons she has been Rafiki since 2005.

[ABoyLikeThat]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 9:57am

That Rafiki is great.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 10:05am

Holy ****. That was crazy! Go her!

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 2:35pm

She is also on the new official press version of Circle of Life.

But to be picky, I don't like how they chose to eliminate (been drinking) the black and white eyelids from her makeup, it just now looks strange with all that yellow.

Updated On: 5/3/10 at 02:35 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 3:10pm

eliminate

[jpbran]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 4:54pm

Was that an intentional & willful misspelling repeat? LMAO

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 6:03pm

Have to say... saw the show 1 year ago with this cast, they were good. But not a big fan of the show really, saw it twice now still not a big fan. The cast was great though :)

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 6:12pm

I think the Simba is Ako Mitchell who's playing Eddie in Sister Act the musical at the moment, you guys might have heard him in the Sister Act cast recording... I might be wrong, it might not be Ako at all, he just looked really familiar!

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 6:16pm

It's Andile Gumbi, who is also on the 10th anniversary recording as Simba.

This Rafiki is Brown Lindiwe Mkhize.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 7:25pm

Helloooo Simba.

Great voice, too.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 8:18pm

The current Rafiki on Broadway was the only person who helped keep me awake.

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 9:37pm

Well, the current one on Broadway is lively, but her voice is a little irritating at times, however, she has been playing Rafiki forever, starting in Toronto (and closing the Toronto production) I think she has been with the show all together for about 10 years.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/3/10 at 9:43pm

Amazing singer. If she joined the Broadway cast it would be the first time I'd even think about going back to see that boring ass show since it opened 13 years ago.

And I didn't know Jason Raize had died. I just read about it, that's horrible!