What better time than a family visit to buy $139 front mezzanine seats for The Lion King but waiting 25 years to see the biggest hit in Broadway history was a mistake. Julie Taymor's incredible achievement--the staging, the costumes, the puppets!--remains gloriously intact and a talented if mostly unknown cast enthusiastically overcomes the weak source material and score. But the audience, mostly out-of-towners or millennials who think they're home in their living room, are the real flies in the ointment. Be prepared for the constant distractions of illuminated phones and talking children impervious to boomer reprimand.
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