Why Julie Taymor Agreed To Stage The Lion King
"As she says wryly in this conversation with former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, 'Disney's aesthetic and my aesthetic are not the same.' What finally moved her to accept, she says, was the challenge of reimagining the Disney story in a stripped-down form. She wanted to figure out how to create a stampede, or a sunset, on a stage." The Atlantic 06/30/12 (video)

Posted July 3, 2012 12:39 AM