This is a moment I will never forget. Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to see the lion king perform in the parade and now that vision has finally become a reality ❤️
What a strangely specific thing to wish for…just go see the Actual damn show where it’ll be of higher quality and where it’s originally supposed to be performed and viewed but no I wanna see it in the friggin ThAnKsGiViNg PaRaDe lmao okay 🗿
You know what I think? I think Julie Taymor should've directed the 2019 film and have all the songs from both the original animated film and the Broadway musical and be done like a musical! I would've loved Beyonce to have sung "Shadowland"! Also work on other problems like the CGI expressions and some of the casting. Then it would've been a just as a masterpiece like the 1994 film and the broadway show.
That song always gives me goosebump and brings tears to my eyes! I will never forget the amazement of seeing it on Broadway so, so many years ago!! Happy 25 years to The Lion King! And may you reign for 25 more!
YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS YEAR WAS JUST ME AND MY MOM FOR THANKSGIVING, MAYBE NEXT YEAR IN 2023 WILL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS MAYBE FROM OCONTO AND FROM IOWA MAYBE GUESS WILL HAVE TO SEE IN 2023
The Lion King holds a real special place in my heart. It was the first ever Disney film I watched, which made me fall in love with Disney. It was also the very first musical I ever saw which made me fall in love with musicals and it happens to be the first ever musical I was in!
It’s my favorite Disney movie of all time too! I found out about the show when I was just scrolling through TH-cam on my grandmas computer (I think I was around 5 or 6 at the time so TH-cam was still very new to me back then) and the minute I saw the trailer, you could say I was obsessed. I had a few books of the show and once, I wrote to Julie Taymor when I was 8-9, and I got a signed Playbill of the cast in the mail back (it’s one of my prized possessions ❤️)
The joy and majesty of this song ALWAYS moves me to tears and gives me goosebumps! This number gives vision to the sheer joy of being alive! Seeing all the performers in such innovative costumes...I don't even want to blink because I'll miss something! BEAUTIFULLY PERFORMED!! Lion King more than deserves this historic recognition!
This performance was absolutely beautiful. I’ve seen this twice already and I could see this 1000 more times if I could. This was my first Broadway show I ever saw.
This Show is everything, for the people who haven't seen it, I hightly recomend it, even if you are not a musical theatre fan, this show is magnificent, the story telling the music, costumes and scenography are incredible you'll love it from beginning to end. 11 out of 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is the musical that inspired me to do theatre myself…to see it performed again truly does make me cry…well done to all of those phenomenal actors ❤
It was such an amazing performance. I will never forget this moment. It has been a dream of mine to see The Lion King perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ever since I was a kid and that dream has finally come true.
❤I saw this on Broadway and it was my 1st ever Show and I thought that it was incredible and So did my Friend Jennifer Noseworthy she Loved it and We had So much Fun in New York City and that was My Birthday Gift for when I turned 17yrs old . If I Could I would See it again with my Best Friend Bri but theses kinda shows cast lots of Money but are worth it. If You’ve never Been To a Broadway Musical before go see the Lion King you will Love it as Much as I did. God Bless❤
anyone else genuinely crying? I always wished I could see Lion King live. everything from the costumes to music to set is so beautiful! I love the movie but the play always seemed so beyond amazing. hence my crying whenever I see a clip like this lol
Wow! I have not seen this musical, enchanting!!!! The Zebra, and the elephant are so creative. Thank you for televising this performance. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas 2022
This was the very first musical I saw and it got me hooked on Broadway and musical theater. I really wanted to see it in the parade and im glad it finally played. Although i moved onto other musicals, ill still come back to this one
My children loved seeing this show in the west end too. They both said it remains one of the best live shows they have seen as they were 11 when they saw it and are adults now and have seen countless shows since.
When I saw this on TV while watching the parade, I was amazed by this. I love The Lion King, and I'm going to see the Broadway show of it in January! 🦁👑
I was fine on the water works till I saw all the kids experiencing this magic for the first time 🥲 they're so excited and giddy! A whole new generation loving the same thing we all fell in love with (over) 25 years ago is just so wonderful
So sad Jason Raize the original adult Simba is not there to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Lion King. Rest in peace 🕊️ Jason Raize. Always remembered, never forgotten.
I absolutely love watching this warms my heart and brings back so many found memories of my childhood the lion king was and still is one of my favorite Disney movies I hope to see this show some day
This easily triggered my respective experience of this particular adaptation, which was in February 2011 at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, New York, otherwise known as the ceremonial venue for my sister's high school graduation!
I remember when it came to my city in Cincinnati I was blown away by the performance and now 25 years and still one of the greatest Broadway Musicals Worldwide
Awesome that's all I can say is awesome I've lost a lot of people in my life the holidays are not easy for me anymore because of this this song and how they performed it is a good step toward my healing
I have been blessed enough now 18 times to see this all over the country including NYC and was lucky enough to see it in London. It is truly breathtaking.
i did this musical in my school a bit ago, seeing this just brings back memories of how we tried so hard to be like them. Even though we were still so little.
Nothing but tears of joy so proud of my people in the motherland so proud to be black and a human being God bless all human beings on this Earth truly we are the circle of life
Why do I ALWAYS get in my feelings, get choked up, almost cry, and sometimes do cry, whenever I hear this song while watching this performance, AND THEN WATCH IT ABOUT 5 more times, AT LEAST, back to back😂😂!
This was my favorite part of the parade and I cry when I saw this part is so emotional And why I was crying because I grew watching lion king to much and my favorite part was the ending when they played circle of life reprise at the end
Musicals come and go, but the opening to the Lion King will always be one of the most beautiful moments
Amen to that!
YEAH ITLL BE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE THING, ABOUT THE LION 🦁 KING CAUSE THERE BIG CATS
Amen
This is a moment I will never forget. Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to see the lion king perform in the parade and now that vision has finally become a reality ❤️
25 years later
Aww! U must b so happy! Congrats! I can't imagine what that must b like for u!
I know! I cried. This makes me so happy!
What a strangely specific thing to wish for…just go see the Actual damn show where it’ll be of higher quality and where it’s originally supposed to be performed and viewed but no I wanna see it in the friggin ThAnKsGiViNg PaRaDe lmao okay 🗿
I saw it on Broadway in 2009. As a lifelong fan of the original film, it was beautiful
Can we all just agree that this is the REAL Live-action Lion King?
YA THE ONE ON DISNEY IS BASICALLY JUST A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WITH A VOICEOVER 😂
1994 is the real original version
You know what I think? I think Julie Taymor should've directed the 2019 film and have all the songs from both the original animated film and the Broadway musical and be done like a musical! I would've loved Beyonce to have sung "Shadowland"! Also work on other problems like the CGI expressions and some of the casting. Then it would've been a just as a masterpiece like the 1994 film and the broadway show.
Yes! They should have stopped there.
Not sure why they didn't use the Broadway cast for the film. They are truly amazing
That song always gives me goosebump and brings tears to my eyes! I will never forget the amazement of seeing it on Broadway so, so many years ago!! Happy 25 years to The Lion King! And may you reign for 25 more!
Me to
Never fails to make me cry tears of joy. Happy Thanksgiving y’all!
Beautiful!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS YEAR WAS JUST ME AND MY MOM FOR THANKSGIVING, MAYBE NEXT YEAR IN 2023 WILL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS MAYBE FROM OCONTO AND FROM IOWA MAYBE GUESS WILL HAVE TO SEE IN 2023
Same here
The harmonies are amazing.
The Lion King holds a real special place in my heart. It was the first ever Disney film I watched, which made me fall in love with Disney. It was also the very first musical I ever saw which made me fall in love with musicals and it happens to be the first ever musical I was in!
The Lion King, both the original classic from 1994 and the stage musical will forever be legendary.
It’s my favorite Disney movie of all time too! I found out about the show when I was just scrolling through TH-cam on my grandmas computer (I think I was around 5 or 6 at the time so TH-cam was still very new to me back then) and the minute I saw the trailer, you could say I was obsessed. I had a few books of the show and once, I wrote to Julie Taymor when I was 8-9, and I got a signed Playbill of the cast in the mail back (it’s one of my prized possessions ❤️)
The Lion King is Disney's Magnum Opus.
@@joshmontemayor1212 100% agree
It was the first movie I saw at the cinema. It holds a special place for me too… 😊
I cried when I saw lion king the musical live, and I’m crying again because this is so beautiful!
I swear I cry EVERYTIME I hear this song!! Never in my life have I ever witnessed such true talent. ❤️
the harmonies in this song scratch all the right parts of my brain. thanks lion king
This was spectacular! The way they perform the animals and the singing just made me so emotional
The joy and majesty of this song ALWAYS moves me to tears and gives me goosebumps! This number gives vision to the sheer joy of being alive! Seeing all the performers in such innovative costumes...I don't even want to blink because I'll miss something! BEAUTIFULLY PERFORMED!! Lion King more than deserves this historic recognition!
This performance was absolutely beautiful. I’ve seen this twice already and I could see this 1000 more times if I could. This was my first Broadway show I ever saw.
Same for me too 😊
Me too!
Same here.
This Show is everything, for the people who haven't seen it, I hightly recomend it, even if you are not a musical theatre fan, this show is magnificent, the story telling the music, costumes and scenography are incredible you'll love it from beginning to end. 11 out of 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Love this soooooo much! Lion king is definitely one of my favorite musicals ever!❤🦁👑
I’ve still got the CD from 20 or so years ago. Got to see them live a few yrs back, amazing experience.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone and Happy 25 anniversary to The Lion King on Broadway.
Saw this play TWICE on Broadway back in the early 2000’s! I cried tears of joy and was totally amazed from beginning to end!
I saw this last year on Broadway. I love it got me in an African mood. Love it.
This is the musical that inspired me to do theatre myself…to see it performed again truly does make me cry…well done to all of those phenomenal actors ❤
It was such an amazing performance. I will never forget this moment. It has been a dream of mine to see The Lion King perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ever since I was a kid and that dream has finally come true.
Same here.
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The world truly NEEDS Africa.... Woow, this brought tears to my eyes as an American. Thank you Africa ❤
That made me cry. It's so amazing how music can bring such nostalgia.
Every time I see lion king doing circle of life, it puts a big smile on my face.
I was totally impressed , beyond impressed. This was a blessing to watch. I stopped cooking and watched it . God bless , keep up the good work 👏 🙌 🙏🙏
Seen the lion king live in Vegas a few years ago and it’s one of the best plays/musicals I’ve ever seen.
Best ever performance in the Macy's parade! I cried watching how beautiful everyone was!!
❤I saw this on Broadway and it was my 1st ever Show and I thought that it was incredible and So did my Friend Jennifer Noseworthy she Loved it and We had So much Fun in New York City and that was My Birthday Gift for when I turned 17yrs old . If I Could I would See it again with my Best Friend Bri but theses kinda shows cast lots of Money but are worth it. If You’ve never Been To a Broadway Musical before go see the Lion King you will Love it as Much as I did. God Bless❤
anyone else genuinely crying? I always wished I could see Lion King live. everything from the costumes to music to set is so beautiful! I love the movie but the play always seemed so beyond amazing. hence my crying whenever I see a clip like this lol
I was lucky to see it at my school from the musical department in the 3rd grade and although they had a tight budget they still did an amazing job
I’m late saying this but I hope you’ll eventually get that opportunity regardless of where it is
What a beautiful musical performance! Thank you for sharing!
We saw this show as a Special Autism Friendly Performace with AHRC and it is still as Amazing as it came out in 97. We first saw it in 2008.
I saw this play when I was younger and now I'm seeing it again soon!
This was my first Broadway show 16 years ago so obviously seeing this gave me goosebumps and tears in my eyes
My theater group did The Lion King Jr. this year. It was the best play I’ve been in.
Whenever this song play anywhereI always get Goosebumps 🙂
Me too
The amount of tears that this magical moment has created is amazing it was perfect in every way beautiful ❤❤❤
Talk about pulling out all the stops!!! You guys BROUGHT IT!!! Loved this!!
Wow! I have not seen this musical, enchanting!!!! The Zebra, and the elephant are so creative. Thank you for televising this performance. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas 2022
This was the very first musical I saw and it got me hooked on Broadway and musical theater. I really wanted to see it in the parade and im glad it finally played. Although i moved onto other musicals, ill still come back to this one
This was the best part of the whole parade. The Lion King performers stole the show.
That’s exactly what my dad said
Right?! Best Broadway performance ever!
Man! I totally missed out on this! I was seeing a different view on the parade on a different channel on TV. Love Lion King!!!
Thank you this means a lot to me thank you for sharing and thank you the cast of Lion King for bringing your beautiful music live
I saw Lion King play & it was spectacular. Everyone needs to go see it, at least once.
The costumes are stunning.
My children loved seeing this show in the west end too. They both said it remains one of the best live shows they have seen as they were 11 when they saw it and are adults now and have seen countless shows since.
Amazing!!!! Lion King is the best play
One of the best songs, ever.
I’ve seen the tour about 4 times and once in London.. this song still gets to me
I was able to see it the Wednesday before thanksgiving in Chicago, it was amazing
When I saw this on TV while watching the parade, I was amazed by this. I love The Lion King, and I'm going to see the Broadway show of it in January! 🦁👑
This was the best at the Macy’s thanksgiving day I can’t wait for 2023
They are fabulous. I would love to see the show on stage
Brilliant I would love to see lion king.
Go see it! You won’t regret it ❤️
The first notes Shows why this show is The True King of All Broadway Musicals
I was fine on the water works till I saw all the kids experiencing this magic for the first time 🥲 they're so excited and giddy! A whole new generation loving the same thing we all fell in love with (over) 25 years ago is just so wonderful
I love this and I too shared tears of gratitude and love. This was an amazing performance 😍😢🎊🎉💜💜
This performance was just breathtaking 😃
PURE GENIUS!!!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
I saw the stage production several years ago in Shanghai, China of all places. It was glorious!
My mom got all teary-eyed in this scene! 🥲😭😊💖
This is so beautiful and gives me tears of joy. 😊Happy Thanksgiving ❤
I got to see the Lion King at the majestic theater it's was so awesome . The costume were so cool
Mom and I went to NY to see and experience the plays the shows and just being there was
more than I can explain years later however fantastic
So sad Jason Raize the original adult Simba is not there to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Lion King. Rest in peace 🕊️ Jason Raize. Always remembered, never forgotten.
He lives in them and the production
CRY OF EMOTION. 2022. 🇺🇸🦁🗽🦁🇺🇸👌
I absolutely love watching this warms my heart and brings back so many found memories of my childhood the lion king was and still is one of my favorite Disney movies I hope to see this show some day
Love this as well
This easily triggered my respective experience of this particular adaptation, which was in February 2011 at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, New York, otherwise known as the ceremonial venue for my sister's high school graduation!
This was my absolute FAVORITE moment
I remember when it came to my city in Cincinnati I was blown away by the performance and now 25 years and still one of the greatest Broadway Musicals Worldwide
This intro still makes me cry. It's so beautiful.
Awesome that's all I can say is awesome I've lost a lot of people in my life the holidays are not easy for me anymore because of this this song and how they performed it is a good step toward my healing
Breathtaking. just saw them live tonight. I will never forget it 😊
It is such an amazing show and there’s literally nothing like their opening. Nothing.
I hope comes to Durham soon I’ve seen videos online but I’ve only seen the movie the show looks incredible
Best part of the parade this year
I have been blessed enough now 18 times to see this all over the country including NYC and was lucky enough to see it in London. It is truly breathtaking.
The lion king is my favorite movie
Thank you guys for this one. I didn’t see it this morning love until it finally came out later that night. I love it I’m so happy.
One of the most memorable moments in my life seeing it, with my mother 20 years ago and I still get goosebumps. Beautiful beyond words ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i did this musical in my school a bit ago, seeing this just brings back memories of how we tried so hard to be like them. Even though we were still so little.
I love this song. I was not prepared to see it on stage. I did not know the animals come down the aisles. It was beautiful
this is so fantastic! I just wish that you would have turned the closed captions off.
This makes me cry every single time.
Nothing but tears of joy so proud of my people in the motherland so proud to be black and a human being God bless all human beings on this Earth truly we are the circle of life
Still gives me chills… 😃
The best part of the parade!
Best show i've seen on Broadway hands down
Indeed World Class😊😊😊
Her cast deserves a Grammy cause Damn the time and effort into this is amazing
Thank you guys for everything. Love this
Love it watch thanksgiving day parade every year emotional special
Magnificent performance and costume design!
Beautiful!
The lion king with animation,musical broadway and the live action
Beautiful enjoyed the it
Happy Thanksgiving 🥧🥫🍗🌽
Why do I ALWAYS get in my feelings, get choked up, almost cry, and sometimes do cry, whenever I hear this song while watching this performance, AND THEN WATCH IT ABOUT 5 more times, AT LEAST, back to back😂😂!
This was my favorite part of the parade and I cry when I saw this part is so emotional
And why I was crying because I grew watching lion king to much and my favorite part was the ending when they played circle of life reprise at the end
This is was the best performance of the entire parade.
Amen to that!