Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade: The Lion King

With the recent announcement of The Phantom of the Opera closing on Broadway, it's started some confversation about what the next longest running show on Broadway will be. And while I think the Chicago revival currently still holds the next top slot, myself and many others are hoping that closes soon enough to give Lion King the honor, one that i think will be entirely deserved. This is truly one of the most gorgeous and quintessentially theatrical shows to ever grace the Great White Way and I appreciate every opportunity to remind the world of that.

Was it a great performance? Yeah, you bet it was! Almost every member of my family watching this said out loud, "man, I forgot how good this is and I'd love to see this again." The visuals are gorgeous, the sound is heavenly, and every performer was completely on point. I was a bit dissapointed that they kept cutting to children in the audience, but I suppose there's something to be said for it because it was cool to see the agape faces. All in all, I'm inclined to say this performance wasn't anything revolutionary, becuase they've been doing it for 25 years, but in some ways, it still kind of is.