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New York, NY
8 Performances Weekly
Calgary, AB
August 11 - September 6, 2015
San Jose, CA
September 9 - October 4, 2015
Costa Mesa, CA
October 6 - November 1, 2015
Broadway: The Homecoming, Heartbreak House. Off-Broadway: Richard III, The Winter's Tale (Public); Echoes of the War (Mint Theater). Regional: A Moon to Dance By (George Street Playhouse); Hamlet, Dangerous Liaisons (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Sexual Perversity in Chicago (American Conservatory Theater); iWitness (Mark Taper Forum). Film and TV: Michael Mann's Public Enemies, "Law & Order," "SVU." MFA: NYU.
is excited to rejoin The Broadway Company of The Lion King after traveling with The National Tour, during which time he had the honor of performing at The White House. NYC/Regional: Ataria, Cutman, G word, Miss Saigon, Songs For A New World, Godspell, A Chorus Line, Film and Television: The Electric Company (Leo Watson) Last of The Ninth (HBO Pilot) Made For Each Other, Expiration Date, Game Over. Always for Granny and Boogie. Twitter/Instagram @lsteventaylor
Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa. Training: Commintters Artists, South Africa. Theatre: The Lion King (London, UK and US tour and Singapore); Sarafina; Township Fever; African National Congress 100th Anniversary. Film: Sarafina; Disney's Dinosaur (soundtrack); The Lion King (soundtrack); Ipi Ntombi (soundtrack). Radio: Mr Lampard (BBC). Television: Generations-The Legacy. Other: Gugwana has recorded and performed with artists in South Africa including Lebo M, Johnny Clegg, Vusi Mahlasela, Lucky Dube, Jabu Khanyile, Ringo Madlingozo, Jimmy Dluldu, Moses Molelekwa and Victor Ntoni.
Broadway: The 39 Steps, Spamalot, Wicked, Assassins, Ragtime. Off-Broadway: John Guare's 3 Kinds of Exile (Atlantic). Regional: An Enemy of the People (Centerstage), Next Fall (St. Louis Rep), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre), Sea of Tranquility (Old Globe), Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony & Cleopatra and many others (Stratford Festival), Barrington, Alliance, Pittsburgh Public, Cincinnati Playhouse. Tour: The Who's Tommy.
Ben is pumped to be making his Broadway debut! Ben holds an MFA (Acting) from Rutgers University, where credits included Antigone, Romeo and Juliet, In the Sawtooths and more. His BFA (Acting/Musical Theatre) is from Abilene Christian University, where credits included Jane Eyre and Seussical. TV: "The Good Wife," "Louie." Endless thanks to God, his incomparable wife and the family.
Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: Bury the Dead, Room Service, Shockheaded Peter, The Normal Heart, The Vocal Lords. Nat'l tour: The Buddy Holly Story. Regional: North Shore Music Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, O'Neill Theater, Geva Theatre, Huntington Theatre, New Repertory, Cleveland Play House. Film: Twelve Thirty, A Very Special Episode, Goin' Down, Redirecting Eddie. TV: "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Daily Pops," "All My Children." Award-winning narrator of more than 50 audio books. All my love to Kate, Benjamin and Isabella! For Mom and Dad.
Coming from the Las Vegas production, Jelani is excited and blessed to be working with the Disney family again! Past shows include Disney High School Musical and High School Musical 2, Parade, Cabaret, and Smokey Joes Cafe. As a director, teacher, and choreographer, Jelani is always putting up new works, workshops and concerts all over the country! Stay connected! IG: itsjelaniremy twitter: @jelaniremy Much love to his family, teachers and friends. AEA "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
Broadway Debut! I'm excited to be given this opportunity after having my first audition and theatre experience that landed me the role as Nala in The Lion King Germany. Dreams do come true! Thank you Jesus for continuing to be faithful and keep me strong. Family and friends I love you and thanks for your support and prayers. @chantel_riley, www.chantelriley.com
James Brown-Orleans originated the role of Banzai on The Lion King Gazelle Tour and is thrilled to be part of the Broadway company. James can be seen as Doc Motors in Disney's The Princess Diaries. He is also the founder of Protected by Imagination Inc. "media to inspire." Check out his website to find out more about his passion to empower.
Broadway debut. Hallelujah! A native of Montgomery, AL, Bonita is overjoyed to join this talented cast. Credits: Ain't Misbehavin', Guys and Dolls, The Piano Lesson, The Old Settler, In the Blood, Dreamgirls, The Color Purple (workshop). Education: MFA, Brandeis University. Special thanks to God, my family, Lori Swift, KSR, Tonea Stewart, my husband Neil Caesar and lovely children Nia and Noah.
"¡Arriba y Adleante!" Enrique is delighted to make his Broadway debut after appearing in German productions of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Cats and Joseph…. Other credits include Cats (national tour), West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Pippin, Grease (regional) and the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in L.A. NYC is great, but I miss you Schatzi.
Thrilled to be a part of The Lion King. Broadway debut. Madison Square Garden, Mcdonald Gospel Fest, Apollo, "A GIFTED MAN" "NYC 22", "STATE OF AFFAIRS." Thanking God, family, supporters, Mr.Craig, Bell, Barbie, Spitzer, Mrs. A, Rita, Kathy, Alison, Sheba, Irving Street, agnt. Barry Kolker, Mgr. LaFrances. FB(@KLYNNSOURCE)
From Brooklyn, NY. Began her career as a Fisher Price infant print model, and at age two started training with Purelements: An Evolution in Dance. She is a member of the Voices of Trey Concert Choir at Trey Whitfield School, and is honored to make her Broadway debut as Young Nala.
Nathaniel is thrilled to join the cast of Disney's Lion King BROADWAY! He has performed with the cast of the Gazelle tour for 14 months, which included performing at The White House for the First Lady. Nathaniel is 11 years old and is truly living out his dream. With the love and support of his parents, siblings, Grandparents, family and friends, he continues to reach for the STARS! He is grateful for all of his accomplishments thus far and understands that none of it would be possible without the blessing from God. Follow me on instagram @thenatemcintyre.
Ten years old from metro Atlanta, GA. This is Jahi's debut role on Broadway. He loves singing, dancing and acting. Jahi would like to thank God, his parents, family, friends and all those who have supported his dream of being an entertainer.
BFA-Boston Conservatory. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Broadway: Follies 2011 revival. Anything Goes 2011 revival. 1st Nat'l Tours: Young Frankenstein, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. NY credits: Show Boat (Carnegie Hall) On The Town (NYCity Center) TV: NBC's "Smash"! twitter.com/LaAlexander_
A Camden, NJ native makes his Broadway debut. B.F.A. University of the Arts graduate. Stella Moore Award Recipient. Companies: Eleone Dance Theater, RDDC, PHILADANCO. Thank you God, family & friends!
Broadway: Aretha Franklin in A Night With Janis Joplin, Porgy and Bess. The Lion King (LV), Fantine-Les Miserables (DTC), Sweeney Todd @Live at Lincoln Center. M.M. The Boston Conservatory. Thank you KMR, family/friends.
India is excited to be making her Broadway debut! Graduate: Ailey/Fordham BFA. Experience: NBA Brooklyn Nets, Elisa Monte and Balance Dance Theatre. Television: ABC's "GMA" and PIX 11 News. Film: The Other Woman (Dir. Nick Cassavettes). Much love and thanks to my family and friends.
Elishah was born in Newark, NJ, where he attended Arts High School, majoring in Dance. Elishah attended Alvin Ailey School as a fellowhip scholarship student and performed in the repertory works Revelations and Memoria.
Enraptured to be making his Broadway debut! Proud Equity member; BFA from LIU C.W. Post. Credits: The Lion King Las Vegas (Ensemble), U.S. national tour (Mufasa), Nevada Philharmonic soloist: Show Boat, Die Fledermaus. Step 3! Glory to God!
Lindiwe Dlamini, an original cast member, has appeared in Sarafina! (Broadway and national tour). Performances: Radio City Music Hall, Pocahontas in Central Park, Grover Washington, "Arsenio," "David Letterman," "Jay Leno," 1998 Tony Awards and Essence Awards.
Bongi Duma was born in Durban, South Africa. Credits: Africa Africa; Mighty Zulu Nation across England, Italy and Ireland. Composer: Generations (Drama Desk Nom.). Thanks to African heroes Ian Sotrey, Duma Ndlovu, Lebo M and my beautiful Mother. Original cast, The Lion King (Germany).
Angelica Edwards is making her Broadway debut. She has danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Kevin Iega Jeff/Deeply Rooted and the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, and received her BFA from Ohio State University. She thanks God.
Broadway debut! Tours: The Lion King (1st national); Hello, Dolly! Off-B'way: Prelude to the First Day (Emerging Artists). Regional: Privates on Parade (Studio Theatre), Into the Woods (Signature Theatre), Over the River… (Totem Pole Playhouse). Thanks for coming and keeping me employed!
B'way: In the Heights (original cast). Off-B'way: In the Heights, Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project. Other credits: American Dance Machine 21, JMTW. To my family: I love you!
Christopher Freeman began his career as a member of the Joffrey Ballet and danced three seasons with Complexions. Theatre credits include the Broadway productions of La Cage aux Folles, The Boy From Oz, The Lion King, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. National tours include West Side Story, Rent and Carousel.
Broadway debut! Credits: A Chorus Line (Connie), Aida, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Companies: Deeply Rooted, River North (apprentice). TV: original cast member (Min) on "Barney and Friends." Proud owner of Intrigue Dance. Love to family, friends and Dustin.
Broadway Debut! Tours: Miss Saigon, The Full Monty. Other credits: Ragtime, …Spelling Bee and The Wiz. Special thanks to Dustin Flores and The Mine, Rose, my sister Kellee, and my Mom for their love and support. Graduate of Ithaca College. Follow me on Twitter @Jamallee
Broadway debut! Original member, Cheetah National tour; Taipei, Taiwan with The Lion King. Chicago credits: Ragtime; Show Boat; Joseph…; The Good Person of Setzuan w/Cherry Jones; Kiss Me, Kate (Paul). Jeff Award for Mr. Magix in My One and Only.
Andre enthusiastically makes his return to Broadway after starring as Simba in both the Las Vegas and U.S. National Touring casts of The Lion King - receiving a BroadwayWorld Best Lead Actor Award nomination for his performance. Andre is a proud alumnus of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is currently starring in the upcomin military action series, "BLACK." This and every performance is a tribute to the two great loves of his life: his beautiful wife CJ and his awesome son Luke. "Hakuna Matata!" www.andrejackson.com
Lindsey, a Los Angeles, CA, native, is making her Broadway debut! BA: Fordham University. MS Ed: University of Pennsylvania. 2008 Lorna Strassler Award. Companies: Lula Washington, Liss Fain, Philadanco. Olive juice Corey. Love to my wonderful family, friends, mentors. Glory to God!
Broadway debut after performing as Simba in The Lion King German company. Credits: Sammy in Saucy Jacks (West End, London), Dancing in the Streets (West End), Ain't Misbehavin' (Sheffield, UK), Mereb in Aida (Germany).
Lisa Lewis began her career with Dance Theatre of Harlem. Credits: Radio City Rockettes (Asst. Dance Captain), West Side Story (La Scala Opera), Broadway Cares' Nothing Like a Dame, Grammy®/Tony® Awards. Thanks to family and friends.
Born and raised in Durban, South Africa. Has a profoundpassion for music. Acclaimed for successfully producing a debut album sung in French, Zulu and Creole. Ideal: No level of satisfaction.
Kimberly's thrilled to join the Pridelands! Broadway: Sister Act. Select tours: The Book of Mormon, Sister Act, Dreamgirls. Brooklyn, NY, native/Dartmouth College graduate. Endless love to family, friends, Avalon, CLA and MA. www.kimberlymarable.com, @misskimizzo. Salaams!
Jaysin McCollum was born in Cincinnati, OH. He has performed with North Carolina Dance Theatre, Chautauqua Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and the Las Vegas company of The Lion King.
Ray Mercer, an Omaha, NE, native, comes directly from The Lion King Cheetah tour. Danced with Deeply Rooted/Chicago and George Faison and has toured with Aretha Franklin. Thanks to family and friends for their love and support.
Kyle is exhilarated for his Broadway debut! A graduate of Yale University, favorite productions include A Chorus Line, The Wiz and Parade. Endless love to his friends, family and his superhuman Mom!
S'bu Ngema, from South Africa, Zululand, is very excited to join The Lion King on Broadway. Credits: Sarafina with M'Bongeni Ngema, I Pintombi with Bertha Egnos. His performances are dedicated to his mother Sibongile. Love always.
Nhlanhla is an actor, voice over artist, song writer and singer with 10 years backing vocalist experience. He's multilingual and performed on numerous international stages. 2013-2014 he was in The Lion King Brazil cast.
Regional: On the Town (Paper Mill Playhouse). TV/Film: Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal, SMASH, Civil War and The Music Of Regret. Web Series: Heather's American Medicine, The Boys Who Brunch, and Is It Me? Companies: Martha Graham, BalletMet Columbus, Ballet Hispanico, Ailey 2, Complexions and the Santa Fe Opera. Jerome Robbins Scholar. Garduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA program. Inspiration: Michael Jackson. Look Mommy, I'm on Broadway!
Broadway debut! Favorite credits: Storyville (Fifi), Twist (Della u/s), Once on the Island (TiMoune), Ragtime (Sarah's Friend), Aida (Nehebka). All thanks to God for this unbelievable opportunity. Thanks to my parents, family and friends for their undying love and support. www.chondraprofit.com
Credits: The Lion King (Gazelle and Cheetah companies), Aida (Aida), Rent (Mimi and Joanne cover), Ain't Misbehavin' (Charlaine), The Wiz (Dorothy), Once on This Island (Andrea), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (national tour).
From Durban, South Africa. 2009 SAMA nominee. The Lion King: Gazelle Tour ('02), originated Rafiki in the Cheetah Tour ('03), BTAA nominee ('03), West End ('05-'08), performed on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Other credits: The Festival of The Lion King (Hong Kong Disneyland). Film: Qhakaza. Thank you, Lion King, for another chance. Glory to God!
Kellen is excited to be reunited with his Lion King Family. Credits: The Lion King (Broadway, Las Vegas, and National Tour), Franco Dragone's Le Reve, and Cirque Du Soleil's Viva Elvis. Mahalo to my family and friends for all the love and support!
Broadway debut. Regional: Guys and Dolls, Bubbling Brown Sugar (Grandel Theater). 2003 Woody Award Recipient (St. Lucy's Eyes). Thanks be to God and my family for abundant love and support. www.myspace.com/HerNameIsSophia.
Returning from her Broadway debut in The Lion King Broadway. Companies: The Lion King Las Vegas and Gazelle North American Tour, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Lula Washington Dance Theatre. Movie: Fox Films "Avatar." Graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and Woodside High for the Performing Arts. Former Miss Black LA and Miss Suffolk. Thanks to my Heavenly Father and family.
Theatre credits: Movin' Out (West End, U.S. national tour), The King and I (Eliza, U.S. national tour). Dance companies: Martha Graham Dance Company, Elisa Monte Dance, Ballet Hispanico. Broadway debut: The Lion King.
Broadway debut! Native of Baltimore. Dance companies include Chicago's Hubbard Street 2 and Dance Works (dir. Julie Nakagawa Bottcher). Original cast of The Lion King (Las Vegas). Thanks to God, family and friends for love and support.
Broadway Debut. National tours: Lion King (Cheetah & Gazelle companies), Jersey Boys (Gyp DeCarlo), Chicago: The Visit, Candide (Goodman Theatre) Stepping Out (Steppenwolf Theatre) The Liar, A Little Night Music (Writers Theatre) Richard III (Notre Dame Shakes) Adjunct Professor of Theatre Loyola University Chicago.
Lighting Design: Old Globe Theatre: Old Wicked Songs, Private Eyes, Blues for an Alabama Sky; San Diego Opera: The Pearl Fishers, Lohengrin, Marriage of Figaro, La Cenerentola. Stage and production management: Tap Dogs, Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever, Evita, Man of La Mancha.
B'way: Rent. Off-B'way: Oedipus at Palm Springs; The Immigrant; Hank Williams: Lost Highway; Love, Janis; Play Yourself; Homebody/Kabul. Associate company manager to Michael McElroy and the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Tour: It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. International tour: Biennale-Bonn, Germany; Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; deSingel Theatre, Antwerp.
Broadway: Top Girls. Other NY theatre includes MTC, Public, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, NYTW, Signature, Vineyard, Atlantic. National: Kennedy Center, Cirque du Soleil, GRSF, Denver Center. International: Zimbabwe, Austria and Macau.
Broadway: The Lion King, Latinologues, The Good Body, John Leguizamo's Sexaholix, Kat and the Kings. Off-Broadway: Trumbo, Tabletop, Boy Gets Girl, Eric Bogosian's Wake Up and Smell the Coffee and Tap Dogs including the West End and Edinburgh Festival.
B'way: [title of show], The Color Purple, Curtains. Off-B'way: [title of show], Five Course Love, The Immigrant , Eyewitness Blues, Golf the Musical, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Finder's Fee, Right You Are. Tour: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Anything Goes. Regional: Studio Arena and Little Theatre on the Square.
The Lion King (Scar) on Broadway and Singapore, U.S. National Tour - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Andre), The Shaw Festival - Caesar & Cleopatra (Apollodorus), Merrily We Roll Along, The Man Who Came To Dinner, On The 20th Century, Easy Virtue, Shadow Play, She Loves Me, StageWest - The Rocky Horror Show (Frankenfurter, Betty Award Nominee), Tuesdays With Morrie (with Jamie Farr). Elsewhere - Beauty & The Beast (Cogsworth), Bach At Leipzig, Blood Brothers, Bent. Want to follow me on tour with The Lion King? Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Iampatrickbrown, or follow me at www.twitter.com/@Iampatrickbrown.
is humbled to join The Lion King Cast. He is a proud graduate from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Originally from the island of Aunu'u in American Samoa, Gerald was also raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Past performances: Lead Performer "Ha: The Breath of Life", Lead Dancer "Te Here", Dancer "Rainbows of Paradise" & "Ali'i Luau", Lead Role "My Name is Gary Cooper" . This amazing opportunity and all of these blessings are completely credited to my family and friends who made me who I am. Soifua.
Tshidi toured Europe and Japan with M. Bongeni Ngema in the hit musical Sarafina. Other stage credits: Rafiki in the Broadway and Toronto productions of The Lion King, Daughter of Nebo by Hillary Bletcher, Mfowethu by Gibson Kente, The Stick by Aubrey Sekhabi. Honored to have performed with legendary artists such as Paul Simon, David Byrne, Hugh Masekela, Jabu Khanyile, Vusi Mahlasela. Album: Sisters of Joy. Thank you God.
Off-Broadway: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Mint Theater), Hamlet (Theatre by the Blind) Regional: The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Lobby Hero (The Old Globe), Crime and Punishment (Cincinnati Playhouse &Actors Theatre), Henry VI, Richard III (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) Film: Step Up 2. LOVE: Amy & Hero.
Broadway debut. Lion King Las Vegas, London, and Gazelle companies. Regional: Hartford Stage ("Caleb," The Whipping Man), Denver Center Theatre Company, Theatre Aspen, Creede Repertory Theatre, Prospect Theater Company. NYC workshops: Yale Rep's Her Lightness (King), Breaker Morant (Lt. George Witton). Television: All My Children. MFA, National Theatre Conservatory (Denver); AB, Brown University. Thanks to Ashley, family, & KGA.
Broadway: The Lion King. Stage: God of Carnage; The Producers (Walnut St. Theatre); Red, Hot and Blue (Goodspeed Opera, Papermill Playhouse); Just So (Goodspeed Opera); ART; Dirty Blonde; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Forum; Cleveland Play House, Kennedy Center. TV: "Law & Order: SVU", "The Sopranos", "Law & Order", "100 Centre St.", "Homicide". Film: The Giraffe and Find Me Guilty (with Vin Diesel). Member of The Actors' Studio. Love and kisses to Rosalie, Matthew and Mikaela. CalArts Alumni. Proud member of Actors' Equity.
A proud Chicagoan, Aaron received his BA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. His regional theater credits include columbinus 2.0 (ATC), RENT (ATC), and Dreamgirls (Theater 47). He made his television debut as "Kyle" in NBC's "Chicago Fire." Love to Ashley and Aaydin, his parents and the rest of his family. He dedicates his performances to his uncle Dr. Larry E. Ross.
Nia is ecstatic to join the cast of The Lion King. As an actress, vocalist and dancer, Nia has appeared at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, on the Hub Network show "Majors and Minors" and at various other venues as a live performer. She thanks God and her family and friends for all of their love and support.
Broadway credits include Richie in A Chorus Line, BJ in OH KAY!, Wonder Boy in The High Rollers, Horace in Olympus on my Mind, Banzai in The Lion King. Tours include Dancin, The Tap Dance Kid, Sophisticated Ladies, Five Guys Named Moe. Regional: Stand Up Tragedy, Betsey Brown, Kiss Me Kate, Bo Bo's, A Son Come Home. Show dedicated to wife Deidre and my lovely daughters Tyler and Jordan. Big shout out to my lord God.
is over the moon to join The Lion King family! Regional credits: The C. A. Lyons Project, Stagger Lee, Much Ado About Nothing, SPUNK, Race, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun,Cabaret, A Christmas Carol. Film: "Dallas Buyers Club". MFA Acting graduate from SMU. She sends never-ending love and gratitude to her Mom, Dad, April, Reginald, Auntie Earnestine, Russell, and her amazing friends.
Robbie is honored and excited to return to the Lion King family. Stage credits include Snoopy!, Rumbles, The Red Flower, Water Children, Our Town, Godspell, etc. Film/Television: On The Run (Hyperboy), "Fastlane" (Fox), "Urban Graffiti" (Fox), "Scrubs" (NBC), etc. Many thanks to God, Mom, Dad, The Starting Five, Family and Friends. Special thanks to Barry, Karen and Lois Yvonne. Robbie is a proud member of AEA, SAG and ASCAP. I dedicate this show to my beautiful wife, Lisa. You are my heart, my life, and my inspiration. Thanks for marrying me.
BJ is thrilled to join the cast of Lion King as "Young Simba" in what has become a bit of Lion King history! He is the brother of former "Young Nala" Nya Cymone Carter and proud to be the 4th Lion King Cub cast from East Orange NJ - the 1st Young Simba! BJ made his professional acting debut as "Ben" in the 2014 Cast of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes. BJ is grateful to God for all his blessings and for all the love, support and encouragement of his family and all who love him!
Fleisher is an 9 year old actor, singer, model from Flemington NJ who is excited & honored to be on tour with The Lion King. She would like to thank her family, friends for all their love & support. Special thanks to all her coaches and teachers that help her reach her goals every day, this is more than a dream come true! Always from the heart...Savanna 💜
is happy to be a part of The Lion King as Young Simba! He is an 11 year old actor from Springfield, VA. He is grateful to God for this blessing and thanks his parents, grandparents, teachers and his many relatives and friends for the love and support in making his dream come true. www.iamtrejones.com
Mikari is a 6th grade straight A student from Smyrna, GA who is thrilled to be on tour with The Lion King. Born to entertain, this little triple threat has been dazzling audiences since the age of three. She thanks her parents, family and teachers for giving her the skills to perform. She gives higher thanks to God for her gifts so that she can shine her light for all of the world to see! Folle her adventures @mylifeaskari623 on Instagram and MikariNichelle on Facebook.
Regional premiere of Kander & Ebb's Scottsboro Boys. The Lion King Las Vegas. Nat'l tours: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New York: Showboat (Carnegie Hall), Godspell (workshop), Disney's High School Musical 2, Respect (NYSAF); TV: CBS "My Broadway Debut." University of Michigan.
(Swing) is honored to be a part of The Lion King National Tour. Stage: Philadanco, Aida (China Tour),The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway & National Tour), Alicia Keys(Girl On Fire Tour); TV and Film: Victoria Secret's Fashion Show, Beyonce, Friends with Benefits" and So You Think You Can Dance. Thanks to God and my parents for all their Love! www.Mykallaury.com
Broadway/National Tours: A Night With Janis Joplin (Original Broadway Cast - Blues Singer/Bessie Smith), The Book of Mormon, The Color Purple (Shug Avery- Best Featured Actress in a Touring Musical), The Pajama Game, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Thank you GOD! www.taprena.com
This New Orleans native received his Masters of Music and has since logged time professionally in several operas, including La Boheme. He made his broadway debut with The Lion King and has also appeared on NBC's "Lipstick Jungle."
Raymond is a S.U.N.Y. Purchase graduate debuting with The Lion King Gazelle Tour. He has worked and trained under companies Complexions & Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. I thank God for always taking care of me, performances dedicated to my angel Karen Williams.
is from the Bronx, NY. She holds a B.F.A. from NCA&T SU (AGGIE PRIDE!) and is a proud member of the illustrious Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is humbled by her friends' and family's unwavering support on her artistic quest. Such gratitude to the most high! www.KalilahBlack.com
From Jacksonville, Florida, Izell holds a BFA in dance from SMU and has performed in the Broadway, National Tour and Las Vegas productions of The Lion King. Most recently Izell spent the summer in China as associate choreographer for the major motion picture entitled The Thief.
Morehouse College graduate. Professional credits: Smokey Joe's Cafe (1st National, Japan), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1st National), The Lion King (Cheetah Tour, Mexico, Taiwan); Big River (Goodspeed; Best Actor- Connecticut Critics Circle).
Amyia is thrilled to be a part of the Lion King cast. She has performed with Disney since 2003 appearing in shows at Tokyo Disney and Disney World. She would like to thank her family (especially Noah and Tally) and friends for their constant love and support. She gives God thanks for continuous blessings and grace. Proud member of AEA.
is ecstatic to join The Lion King! London West end: Duchess of Malfi (Duchess) and The Taming of The Shrew (Katherina). Regional: Once On This Island (TiMoune). Film and Television: Boardwalk Empire! Love to Mom, Dad, "Tweety", and Avalon! www.darilyncastillo.com
Born in Durban, South Africa. Credits: "The Nat & Natalie Show" with Colin Penn & The Pennants, Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses," Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors," The Lion King (UK & Ireland Tour). Trained with the "Flatfoot Dance Company." TV Appearance: ETV POPSTARS 2010. Thembelihle is honored to be a part of the National Tour. She Thanks her Family and God for being the center of it all!
is a Baltimore, MD native and UArts BFA graduate. Credits include: Cirque Du Soleil, Jennifer Hudson: SMASH, So You Think You Can Dance, L'OREAL Redken, NASCAR Awards, Philadanco, Western Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico, Brandywine Ballet, HX Magazine, CAL Ripken PAL Billboard.
Gabriel has a BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia. He was most recently seen in The Lion King on Broadway in NYC. He is thrilled to be returning to The Lion King Gazelle Tour. Other credits include: Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse), West Side Story (Trinity Repertory Company), George C. Wolfe's Harlem Song (Apollo Theatre). Dance Company credits include: Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Patricia Kenny Dance Collection, Amy Marshall Dance Company, A Few Good Men Dancin' and Melissa Thodos and Dancers.
Erynn began her artistic studies at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where she was cast in various musical theater productions at the Freud and Geffen Playhouse. She then graduated from Fordham University and the Alvin Ailey school with B.F.A. and a minor in communications. Since then she has appeared in various print ads, TV shows, commercials, music videos and films.
was born in Durban, South Africa. Training: Mbongeni Ngema's Academy. Credits: K-Cap, Umoja, and Lion King (Madrid). Television: Telethon (France) and 40 Principals (Madrid). She was a back-up vocalist for a South African Gospel star Rebecca Malope. Mukelisiwe thanks her family for their constant support.
Tony has played Zazu (and occasionally Scar) on Broadway and across the country over 3,000 times. Now he loves also getting to play Timon and Pumbaa. He did Tony Kushner's musical Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the original Broadway cast. Tony performed guest roles on both "Law and Order" (twice) and "Law and Order, SVU".
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, NC (2013 & 14) GHOST, Manila (2014) ADARNA, NC (2012), THE LION KING, (2003-11) Singapore, London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING (2007-08) Hong Kong Disneyland XANADU, Manila (2010)
is proud to be from Toronto, Canada. Favorite credits include; "The Lion King" (Broadway, Las Vegas, West End and Toronto Companies), "We Will Rock You" (Mirvish), "Cabaret" (Stratford Festival) and "Chicago"(Stage West). Many thanks to THouse, my family and William. Continuous gratitude to God always.
After a successful run in Las Vegas, Michael is excited to rejoin his friends on the Lion King National Tour. Broadway: Tarzan, Jumpers. Off-Broadway: Fuerza Bruta, De La Guarda. TV:"Law & Order", "Sex and the City", "Guiding Light". Regional: The Wilma, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, Great Lakes Theatre Festival. BFA, Carnegie Mellon. Michael starred as NikoBellic in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Love to my wife Angela and our little cub Max. Follow our tour adventures at 3fortheRoad.com!
J.E. trained at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He's danced with Forces Of Nature, Creative Outlet, Hubbard Street 2, DanceWorks Chicago, Cleo Parker Robinson, Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera, Cirque Du Soleil (Beatles LOVE), and the National Tour of The Color Purple.
Gratefully fulfilling a dream joining the Lion King. Credits: Comedy Centrals "Broad City", and August Rush The Musical. IG: @rodericklaw Love to Mom, Pops, Evan, Shelby, Aunts, Granny, Cousins, Wolockos, Cynthia, Vicky, Scott, Dickersons, Nelsens, Gabe, FFAM, and Chelsea. You made this possible. Baldwin Wallace
is from Washington, DC. BFA, SUNY-Purchase. Regional: On The Town, Oklahoma! (5th Avenue), Measure for Measure (STC). Company Experience: Elisa Monte, Wideman/Davis Dance, Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theater and The Trey McIntyre Project. For my Parents, Papa, Ayana, Matthew and Don.
Tonoccus is proud to be making his Touring debut! He could be seen reporting on "Channel One News", performing in Los Angeles Opera's Porgy and Bess—3 Academy Awards® live telecasts and heard singing in televisions "Glee", "The Good Wife" and film soundtracks Avatar, Star Trek, The Simpsons Movie.
from Syracuse, studied at North Carolina Dance Theatre, Lines Ballet School, The Joffrey Ballet School, a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program, and a member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 08-13. She can be found in the Best-selling book Dancers Among Us.
Kendra is Canadian born and trained in Edmonton, Alberta. A member of The Lion King Cheetah tour from 2003–2008, Kendra has danced with Ballet Austin, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has traveled extensively with all these companies. Love to my family and friends.
Selena is from Orlando, FL and a Rollins College graduate (Environmental Studies). She has performed with the Pittsburgh CLO, Orlando City Ballet, Royal Caribbean, and Walt Disney World dancer/aerialist). Selena is grateful to God, family and friends, for their love and support. selenamoshell.com
Sihle, born in Newcastle, South Africa, vocally trained by Boycie Phokeng & Mbongeni Ngema. Theatre: The Lion King (Australia & Shanghai), Dance Through Me, Mama, Woza My Fohloza, Jika The Musical. Television: X Factor, Nelson Mandela 80th Birthday Celebration. Film: Elephant Tails- Soundtrack Vocals.
Born in Queens, New York. Lilli graduated from the Ailey/Fordham University BFA program with Departmental Honors in dance in 2009. And was a member of Evidence Dance Company/Ronald K. Brown.
Rob is a native of Grand Rapids, Mi., now residing in NYC, Rob is thrilled to be a part of the National Tour of The Lion King! Rob has sung throughout the U.S. and China singing musical theater, jazz and opera. Many thanks to Avalon Artists and Prestige Management.
Beyond ecstatic to join this amazing company! Much love and thanks to God, Elon family (Long Live Elon!), MT15, her agents, and ALL friends, and family who have supported her dreams! Ma Talamaku, this is for you! BetoBayayi! IG/Twitter:@thatssophylicia #stayPHYerce!
FortWorth, TX, trained at Dian Clough West Studios, Debbie Allen Dance Academy and The Ailey School receiving the prestigious Alvin Ailey Fellowship. Professional credits include Ailey II, and tours of Radio City Christmas Show and Movin'Out.
Detroit native and University of Michigan graduate, John Sloan III is excited to perform with a talented cast and crew. Regional theatre: Aida, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Julius X. John thanks God, his family, friends, agent, cast, and crew.
Credits include The Lion King on Broadway, National Tour, Taipei, and Taiwan. Thanks to Mum, my two sisters, my twin brother and friends for their love and support.
Derrick is a native of Washington, D.C. He has danced with Washington Reflections Dance Company and National Ballet of Santa Domingo.
A Columbus, Ohio native and Howard University graduate. Credits: Ragtime, Trojan Women, and The Secret Garden. She has traveled the Mediterranean as a principal singer with Norwegian Cruise Lines, and most recently as a vocalist at The Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Maiori, Italy. "Praises to God for this dream come true!"
Frank joins the Gazelle Company after having been blessed with performing in the Cheetah and Broadway companies of The Lion King. He thanks God for his wife, Charlotte and son, Paden. With God all things are possible.
Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Jungle Book. International: RSC, Franco Dragone's House of Dancing Water. NY: 39 Steps, Stew and Heidi Rodewald's The Total Bent and Family Album, Measure for Measure and As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park), Public Theater. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center. www.stagemanager.nyc
National Tours: Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk; Cinderella; Jekyll & Hyde; Annie 20th Anniversary Tour. Broadway: Damn Yankees!, Arcadia, The Red Shoes. Off-Broadway: Cowgirls. Proud member of Actors' Equity Association and IATSE.
Tours: The Book of Mormon, American idiot, Billy Elliot, in the Heights, Avenue Q, Camelot, Peter Pan, Contact, Beauty and the Beast, Cirque du Soleil's Alegria. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, Lost in Yonkers, Death and the Maiden, Mastergate, A Month of Sundays, Broadway Bound. AEA since 1987.
is proud to be back with The Lion King. Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular (ASM), JabbaWockeeZ: Prism (PSM), Lion King - Los Angeles & Cheetah (ASM). Love to my family for their support, and thanks to Stan for the lesson in responsibility.
BFA: Theatrical Stage Management. National Tours: The Spectacular New Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages (1st National), Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago and Movin' Out. Pre-Broadway: Wonderland and Miss Abigail's Guide…, Regional: My Fair Lady (The Asolo), West Side Story (The Fulton), The Threepenny Opera (Seaside). Special thanks to
his family and his beautiful wife for their love and support. Proud AEA Member.
The monumental career of international singer/songwriter and performer Elton John has spanned more than three decades. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 35 gold and 25 platinum albums and more than 250 million records sold worldwide. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has awarded Elton multiple GRAMMY® Awards, including the Grammy Legend Award. In the early 1990s, Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the soundtrack for The Lion King, winning him an Academy Award. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and "Circle of Life." The Tony Award-winning Broadway productions of The Lion King and Aida both awarded Elton with GRAMMY® Awards for Best Musical Show Album. Billy Elliot was nominated for a record-tying 15 Tony Awards and won 10 including Best Musical. In 1992, Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading nonprofit HIV/AIDS organizations. In 1998, the Queen of England knighted him Sir Elton John, CBE. In 2004, Elton received the Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contributions to American culture and excellence through the performing arts. In 2013, Elton was honored as the first recipient of the prestigious BRITs Icon Award. The Diving Board, his first solo studio album in seven years, was released this fall to stellar reviews.
Tim Rice has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim's ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew's obsession – musical theatre. Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr.Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes Of Us. Their next three works together were much more successful – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast) and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). His first new show for ten years, From Here To Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, co-produced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book by Bill Oakes, opens in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in October 2013. He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was President of the MCC in 2002. He recently wrote and presented a 52-part series for BBC Radio 2, American Pie, a trawl through the music and musicians of every American State. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up.
Roger Allers makes his Broadway debut with co-author Irene Mecchi, with this Tony®-nominated book , adapted from the animated feature, which he co-directed. Mr. Allers has been instrumental in shaping the structure and dialogue for many Disney animated features since 1988, including Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company, Rescuers Down Under, Prince & the Pauper and the computer-animated movie, Tron. He directed the Academy Award nominated short The Little Matchgirl for Disney and co-directed the 2006 animated feature Open Season for Sony Studios. Prior to working with Disney, he created animation on children's programs and features for studios in Boston, Toronto and Tokyo. He is currently writing and directing an animated adaptation of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.
Irene Mecci began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney's animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. Along with co-author Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony® nomination for writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote the teleplay for Annie, directed by Rob Marshall. Irene shares a writing credit on Disney Pixar's Brave and is currently adapting the Warners' 1954 A Star Is Born film as a stage musical, as well as developing a project with Lucasfilm.
Julie Taymor won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumes for The Lion King. It also garnered Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards for Taymor's direction; three Moliere Awards, including Best Musical and Best Costumes; and myriad awards for her original costume, mask and puppet designs. Taymor made her Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan Darien: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center), nominated for five Tony Awards. Other theatre work includes The Green Bird (New Victory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, the Cort Theater on Broadway); Titus Andronicus; The Tempest; The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience); The Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival); Liberty's Taken (Castle Hill Festival); and Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (Hilton Theatre on Broadway). Her opera productions include the Pulitzer finalist, Grendel, composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival); Mozart's Die Zauberflote, in repertory at the Metropolitan Opera since 2004; and Oedipus Rex with Jessye Norman, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, for which she earned the International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production and an Emmy for a subsequent film version. Her first film "Fool's Fire," an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, aired on PBS in 1992. Her feature films include Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange; Frida, starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina (six 2002 Academy Award nominations, winning two); Across the Universe (2008 Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy); and The Tempest, starring Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand and Ben Whishaw. She recently directed the play Grounded, starring Anne Hathaway at the Public Theater and completed a cinematic version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed during her critically acclaimed, sold-out stage production that ran at Theatre for a New Audience's new home in Brooklyn. Taymor has received a MacArthur "genius" Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Obie Awards and the first annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, among many others. A book spanning her career, Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire, is in its third edition from Abrams.
Garth Fagan is the recipient of the 1998 Tony® Award for Best Choreography and the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer (London, UK) as well as the Drama Desk Award, the Astaire Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work with The Lion King. Mr. Fagan was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and for more than 33 years has toured the world with Garth Fagan Dance. On television the company has appeared on "Great Performances," "The Tonight Show" and the Academy Awards®. Mr. Fagan forged his own dance language and technique, drawing from modern dance, Afro-Caribbean and ballet, and has choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Jose Limon Company, the New York City Ballet's 50th Anniversary, and others. In addition, he choreographed Joseph Papp's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie at the Kennedy Center. A distinguished university professor at SUNY Brockport, he has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow. He has also been inducted into the American Academy of Achievement.
Lebo M. is known as the "voice and spirit of The Lion King." Once a teenage singer in Soweto, the Grammy® Award winner and Tony® nominee's music brings audiences to tears with hauntingly inspiring African rhythms and melodies. Lebo's talents have been hailed by the worldwide press in superlatives that might describe the most delightfully poetic of musical deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff and Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies and collaborators. Lebo has performed and produced four albums, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning(Gallo) and The Lion King (Japanese and Hamburg cast recordings). Other credits include The Power of One, Back on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Warner Bros.) and Born to Be Wild (Paramount); and the Disney television special "People." He has performed on the Academy Awards® and the Essence Awards Show, with Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists for a Free South Africa.
A Tony® nominee and multi-platinum, three-time Grammy Award®-winning composer, he was an obvious choice to produce the music for the stage production of The Lion King, having arranged and produced songs for the blockbuster animated feature film, for which he received both Grammy and American Music awards in 1994. The film also spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands, for which Mr. Mancina co-wrote, arranged and produced three tracks, including "He Lives in You" and "Shadowland," which are featured in the stage production. Ranked among the upper echelons of film composers, his credits include mega-hits Training Day, Speed, Twister, Bad Boys, Tarzan and Brother Bear among many others. Current feature films include August Rush, Camille and Shooter.
Hans Zimmer received the Oscar®, Golden Globe® and two Grammy® awards for his original film score for the film version of The Lion King. He started his film scoring career with My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985, and his other credits include six Oscar-nominated film scores, among them Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as It Gets and Rain Man. Additional credits include the Grammy-winning score for Crimson Tide, Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down and The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise. Mr. Zimmer also heads the film music division for DreamWorks SKG studios.
The Grammy Award®-winning producer, together with producing and composing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a multifaceted entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television. Their partnership has earned them numerous awards and nominations, including Academy Award® nominations, for the film scores of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man and The Lion King. Following the success of The Lion King, Jay conceived and produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. He is also chairman of Media Revolution and a founder of the film production company Media Ventures Pictures.
Richard Hudson was born in Zimbabwe and educated in Zimbabwe and England. In 1988 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for designing a season of seven plays at the Old Vic Theatre, London. His set designs for The Lion King have won numerous awards, including a Tony in 1998. He is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). In 2003 he won the Gold Medal for Set Design at the Prague Quadriennale, and in 2005 he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey. He has designed sets and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Young Vic and the Gate, London. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera, English National Opera, La Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston and Washington. He designed American Ballet Theatre's current productions of The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet for National Ballet of Canada, and La Bayadère and Le Coq D'or for Royal Danish Ballet.
Donald Holder received the 1998 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Lion King (Broadway) and the Moliere Award for The Lion King (Paris). Broadway: 'The King and I' (2015 Revival); The Bridges of Madison County; Golden Boy,; South Pacific (2008 Tony Award); Ragtime, Les Liasons Dangereuses; A Streetcar Named Desire; Gem of the Ocean; Movin' Out; Juan Darien (all Tony nominated); On The Twentieth Century; You Can't Take It With You; Spiderman-Turn Off the Dark; Promises, Promises; Annie (2012 Revival); Arcadia; Come Fly Away; Cyrano de Bergerac; The Little Dog Laughed; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Boy from Oz; many others. Off-Broadway: 'Heisenberg'; Blood and Gifts; Happiness; Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lortel Award); A Man of No Importance; Jitney; Three Days of Rain; Jeffrey; Spunk, many others. Television: "Smash" seasons one and two, NBC/DreamWorks.
Over 25 years Michael has worked widely as a visual and concept designer for numerous companies, such as Disney Theme Parks and Theatrical Productions, Cirque du Soleil, The Metropolitan Opera, seven Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Universal Studios Theme Parks, and many others. He collaborates regularly with visionary directors and producers. Mr. Curry has received many prestigious awards, including several for his work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, and his continued innovations in the fields of scenic visual effects, and puppetry design. In the music industry Michael is known for his innovative designs for Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and countless others. Michael Curry Design, Inc. is comprised of 50 innovative designers and fabricators who conceive and produce state of the art creations for live entertainment. His studio is located in Portland, Oregon.
Steve Canyon Kennedy was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. Broadway sound design credits include, On Your Feet, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands On A Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can, Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who's Tommy (Drama Desk Award).
Michael Ward designs for opera and theatre. For Disney: The Lion King (Broadway and others) and Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (Berlin). Other work has been seen in Britain, the United States, Holland, France, Japan, Israel and Portugal. Along with his design work in theatre, he works as a garden and landscape designer.
Binder Casting has cast over 70 Broadway shows including the Tony Award® Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Dames at Sea (upcoming), Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian's Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey's End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin' Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King & I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, The Goodbye Girl and every City Center Encores! production since its inception in 1994. Film/TV/Other: Carousel (NY Philharmonic/PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), So You Think You Can Dance, West Side Story (San Francisco Symphony), Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. Ten–time Artios Award winner.
Tony® and Drama Desk nominee Robert Elhai has orchestrated many concert, theatre and film scores for composers Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darien, Final Fantasy) and Michael Kamen (Don Juan de Marco, X-Men), among others. His arrangements for Metallica's GRAMMY® Award-winning "S&M" made good use of his doctorate in composition from Yale University.
David Metzger has orchestrated many films, including the Disney animated film Tarzan, Training Day, Domestic Disturbance, Bait and Return to Paradise. His television work includes composing episodes of "The Magnificent Seven" and Disney's "The Legend of Tarzan" and five years as an arranger/composer for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." David was nominated for Tony® and Drama Desk awards for The Lion King.
Bruce Fowler is an accomplished trombonist who has played with such notables as Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Frank Zappa, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Don Van Vliet. He performs with his family's band, The Fowler Brothers (there are five Fowlers); his own band, The Enormous Bones; and Banned from Utopia. Bruce was the supervising orchestrator for Pearl Harbor (he also composed the big band numbers), Shrek, As Good as It Gets, Black Hawk Down and Hans Zimmer's Academy Award®-winning The Lion King movie score.
Clement is a conductor, composer and arranger. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Royal Conservatory of Music, where he specialised in composition and conducting as well as singing with Joyce Britten. Conducting credits include Abbey Players Opera Company, Ad Astra Chorus, Addison Jazz Ensemble and West London Gospel Choir. He also conducted the new ballet Awakening at Sadlers Wells. West End credits include: Five Guys Named Moe, Ain't Misbehavin' Smokey Joe's Café, and Soul Train. He has also directed and arranged the music for numerous shows which include: Sweet Lorraine, Up Against the Wall, The Amen Corner, The Grape Vine, The Cavalcaders and most recently Gem of the Ocean at the Tricycle Theatre. His classical compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide as well as being broadcast by BBC Television and Radio. His opera Grazyna was performed at the Royal Opera House's Lindbury Studio and his most recent commission, for the London Piano Trio was performed at Cardogan Hall in 2008.
A native of Toronto, Canada, John studied theatre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Upon leaving school, John worked as an actor and voice over artist in both Canada and the U.K. He can be heard in many cartoons and commercials as well as being heard as the voice of the Cartoon Network. He has taught, directed and guest lectured for many theatre schools and colleges in Toronto, New York, and London including the Royal Academy of Music, Sylvia Young Theatre School, and Duke University. For three years John was the Artistic Director for Stagedoor Manor in New York directing many productions including Side Show, Sweeney Todd and A Midsummer Night's Dream starring Natalie Portman and Bryce Howard. John has worked as Resident Director for Cameron Macintosh and JAR Productions on Hey Mr. Producer! and for Disney's The Lion King at London's Lyceum Theatre as well as the American National Tour. John is thrilled to be continuing his work with this incredible company.
A native New Yorker, Miss Griffith toured worldwide with the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as a featured dancer/soloist for 8 years. She is most known for her performances in the works of the late, world renowned choreographer Ulysses Dove. Other guest appearances include Déjà vu Dance Theatre, and the Spoleto festival in Italy. She worked as co-choreographer on the star studded production of The Wizard of Oz in concert at Avery Fisher Hall with Nathan Lane, Joel Grey, Jewel and Natalie Cole. Miss Griffith has appeared in numerous commercials and voice-overs. Her soap opera credits include As the World Turns and Another World. She has also performed with Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. Miss Griffith joined the creative team of The Lion King in August of 2000. She feels privileged to work with choreographer Garth Fagan.
The Lion King orchestra is one of the three largest orchestras currently on Broadway. Its 23 members play 132 different instruments, 87 of which are played by the four percussionists. For more information on Broadway orchestras and the members of The Lion King orchestra, visit www.broadwaymusicians.com.


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- Cameron Robert
- West Hartford, CT
- United States
This conversation is closed.
A deceptively simple question: What is, was, and will always be impossible to occur?
I'm having difficulty answering this question with any certainty.
At first glance, most people would agree that some things are impossible.
But then have a difficult time giving an example.
The imagination allows us to think of something seemingly "impossible" and then in the next thought, to think of a way that it might be possible.
Is this a true reflection of reality?
Might nothing be impossible?
Impassable numbers such as the speed of light and absolute zero are not as absolute as they were once considered to be.
This type of thinking leads to the suggestion that all endeavors will eventually succeed and that any idea put forth at one point was, or will be valid.
Dare I say, might a god exist, just not yet?
Can any of this be true?
As a caveat, this question does not concern labels.
It is impossible for a triangle to have 4 sides, but it is possible for a triangle to be modified in such a way that it now possess 4 sides. The label of triangle is no longer appropriate, but it was never meant to be binding in the first place.
Closing Statement from Cameron Robert
This conversation has come to an end and I thank everyone that took the time to participate.
We certainly did cover a lot of territory.
I think the take away message here is that nothing should be assumed.
At one time or another, we (all) assumed something that wasn't true.
In order to overcome this, we needed the help of another perspective.
Indeed, I started this conversation on TED to seek out this very thing.
Although I have not come across anything that I am convinced is impossible, another interesting question has arose.
As proposed by LaMar Alexander, it is impossible (for humans) to know what is impossible.
This may be true. But why might it be true?
Is it impossible because our minds are limited?
Is it impossible because impossible doesn't exist?
Are we unable to find the destination or does the destination not exist?
Either way,
I think it is interesting to think about the limits of the human mind and how those limitations might be overcome.
And also to consider that minds greater than ours might exist, conceiving of what is just outside of our reach.
Until then, think about it.
May 18 2013: It's impossible to imagine everything that is possible.
May 19 2013: What limits of the imagination are you referring to?
Can you give an example of something that you cannot imagine?
I hope you realize that by doing so, you have proved yourself incorrect.
There is nothing beyond your imagination.
May 19 2013: Let's look at the rhetoric of the original statement. "Everything that is possible." I didn't say "Anything that is possible."
If I had said "anything," then of course you're right because if I can give you an example of something that I can't imagine, the I'm imagining it, and if I can't give you an example of something I can't imagine then I can imagine everything. It's a nice paradox. :)
But I said "everything." Sort of like the question of "can we conceptualize infinity when infinity+1 is infinity?" Do we have the ability and time to imagine "everything?" I don't think that's possible.
Interpret it how you wish.
May 19 2013: Can you imagine a mind that could?
I can.
and I think you can too.
This is especially easy if you believe in an omniscient being.May 19 2013: 1. I don't believe in one.
2. I meant humans imagining it. Sorry if I didn't imply that clearly enough.
3. And infinity isn't a conceptual whole. It can't "fit" into a being. You study neuroscience don't you? Let's make some situations. If I say that one neuron=x information and x is infinity, I need infinity neurons in which the either the size is infinity or the density is infinity. If I wanted a size that is imaginable, the each neuron would have to fit an infinite amount of information, in which case I can't imagine that either.
Trying to help you answer your question. I hope you made this thread to get an answer instead of promoting some mindset ;)
May 19 2013: I am certainly without an agenda.
But I have yet to hear a convincing argument to the contrary.
As I state in the initiation question.
"I'm having difficulty answering this question with any certainty."
My replies are in pursuit of the truth, pointing out flaws and imperfections.
This looks one-sided because few have taken the position that everything is possible.
I would not hesitate to point out the flaws in their logic as well.
Neuron argument:
This would be true if one neuron equalled one idea, but they may not.
It is possible to create all numbers using 0-9.
This may be true of the brain and it's hierarchical organization.
The brain doesn't need to imagine all numbers, but has the pieces to do so.
Infinity as a concept can also be represented as one neuron.
This does not require an infinite number of neurons, but only one.
The dimensions of a neuron are independent of its content.
With all of this said.
It might be possible for a new type or brain to exist or one that is computerized.
Attaching one's brain to it might augment the current brain's ability to imagine everything.
I don't mean to sound dismissive.
I've already spend time considering the possibilities laid out here without success.
I agree that this question is a difficult one.May 19 2013: Neurons! Sure we can create any number with 0-9. But my original argument was that it would be impossible to create every number in the sense that we simply don't have the time.
Sure, infinity is indeed a concept. But it's not a definable concept. Can I represent infinity as a neuron while truly maintaining all the aspects of infinity? Can I imagine a box that is "infinity" while still making sure that it isn't finite? No.
Computers and brains would augment our power, but again both are bound to TIME.
Sorry for the inconvenience Mr. Bosinski. I must study for my finals. We can continue this discussion tomorrow if you're still interested.
MichaelJun 14 2013: I'm afraid you've missed the answer :
A particle, we are told, is also a wave.
Allan Macdougall
It means, that not only everything you can imagine is possible , but anything you can't is possible too :)
Jun 14 2013: What is impossible about a particle being a wave?
Can you substantiate your claim?
How would you know if you were wrong?
Jun 14 2013: If i knew that i was right, sure i would be wrong :)
I don't have claims !
Your question is : how potential 'all probabilities' become ' actual possibilities " ?
Did i restate you right ?
Jun 14 2013: I'm not sure that I understand what you are saying.Jun 15 2013: Sorry !
iow. how reality undergo the formality of actual occurring ?
Is it any better ?
Anyway, i have at least one impossibility, right now :
it's impossible to explain anything without explaining everything.
"Only he who comprehends the whole can also comprehend a part"
The Whole is incomprehensible by definition.
Jun 15 2013: I don't think you understand what "by definition" means.Jun 17 2013: 'by definition' - because of the nature of someone or something
That's what i meant.:)
Is there anything more to it ? I would appreciate your help .
Thanks !
Jun 17 2013: "The whole is incomprehensible by definition."
There is nothing about something being a whole that makes it incomprensible.
I can eat a whole pizza or work the whole day, but this has nothing to do with understanding.
By definition would apply to something like a bachelor.
Who is, by definition, an unmarried man.
If that man was married, he is not a bachelor, by definition.Jun 17 2013: I didn't say ' whole' i said ' the Whole '
The Whole is incomprehensible by the very nature of the Whole. It is unfolding/enfolding, it is always changing to stay the same. To put it simply, it's a System of infinite complexity. To comprehend the Whole one must see all points of the Whole with equal clarity at once.
Apparently, we are talking about different things :)
Jun 17 2013: Well this again works.
I can see a whole pizza at one time.
I don't see why this "Whole" would be any different.
I'm sure that if you believe in a god, then that being must be able to comprehend the whole.
If it didn't, then it couldn't be god, by definition.
If one had an infinite amount of time to explore an infinite amount of space, wouldn't they be able to experience all of it? Infinity is only infinity, no more, no less.
But in general, I'm not convinced that the whole is infinitely complex.
It has a finite number of rules that govern it, not an infinite number of them.Jun 17 2013: You think you know what 'a whole pizza' IS ?
Then try to cook it from scratch.
Sooner or later you'll discover that you need to create the Universe first :)Jun 17 2013: Re : if you believe in a god, then that being must be able to comprehend the whole.
I am not a believer, but in my understanding, God is the Whole, no comprehension required when Observer is the Observed. Mathematically it's One without the Second.
Jun 17 2013: In all of those cases, we are talking about finite things.
The laws of physics are a finite thing.
Some laws apply and some don't.
I'm not sure how your logic supports your initial assertion that for some reason the whole universe is incomprehensible.
This would be especially true if the multiverse exists.
Where one stops another can begin.Jun 18 2013: "...we are talking about finite things."
There is no clear cut between finite and infinite.
Once more : "A particle, we are told, is also a wave."
A particle ( finite ) never leaves the domain of a wave ( infinite) where it is embedded.
They are entangled.
Jun 18 2013: No one disagrees that a particle can also be a wave.
Actually, by definition, something infinite is not something finite.
Adding one more number will never lead you to infinity because these are finite.
Infinity is different in kind not in degree.Jun 18 2013: Infinity is different in kind not in degree
Yes, but on the other hand, everything is here, if it is not here it is nowhere else.
It's another dimension, one must be tuned to it to be there.
It's "...to see the infinity in the grain of sand "
Jun 18 2013: I don't follow.May 21 2013: A particle, we are told, is also a wave.May 20 2013: Violation of any of these three Classical Logic Laws is, always was, and always will be impossiible: 1) Law of Identity- An object is the same as itself. 2) Law of Non-contradiction- "A" cannot be both "A" and "Not A". 3) Law of the Excluded Middle- Either a proposition is true or its negation is true. Also, the Cubs will never be world champs!
May 20 2013: Agreed, but these are all labels of what something is and do no dictate what something can be.
An object can become anything.
A tree can become a boat.
A can be A at one moment and not A in the other.
A meal can become garbage.
Everything is possible.
Is this true or false? and more importantly, how would we know the difference?
Maybe this should be the Cubs new battle cry:
Everything is possible!
May 20 2013: A boat is not a tree. A tree cannot be a boat while it is a tree. It must cease being a tree in order tom become a boat. It is, was, and always will be impossible to be both simultaneously.If A becomes something other than A, which is not A, it is no longer A. It cannot be A and Not A simultaneously. It is, was, and always will be impossible. Garbage can be a source of nutrition for a foraging animal, or a starving person but that does not make garbage a meal. That is a semantic argument and semantics are often illogical. The only way one could logically pronounce that everything is possible is if one were omniscient and that is, was, and always will be impossible (that's four examples I've offered). Either the Cubs will be world champs, or they will never be world champs, it is, was, and always will be impossible for both of those to be true simultaneously.
May 21 2013: Tree-boat and Boat-tree, both seem possible.
I'm not sure that it has to stop being one to become something else.
A basketball may also be a baseball player, although not very well.
I don't see the necessity to destroy one to become the other, in all situations
I do like the second part of this however.
It seems that the cubs are destined to be champs or are destined to not be champs.
It is equally possible for either to occur, but only one is possible.
If one occurs it is at the exclusion of the other.
If something never occurs, does that mean it never could occur?
If the cubs never win does it mean that it was be impossible for them to win?
What is this mystical force preventing them from doing so?
Would going back in time, not be enough to change this outcome?
If so, how and why?
To be or not to be, but not both.
Does that about sum up your position?May 21 2013: Although, I did forget to add.
Doesn't quantum physics allow for something to be in 2 places at the same time?
If it is here, then it cannot be there.
In this view, something can be both, here and there.
Might this somehow apply to other attributes as well?May 21 2013: RE: "Although I did forget to add. . . " When everything is theoretical and uncertain, as in QM, then I don't see why 11 things can't be 11 other things because there is no such thing as simultaneity. Information can be true and its opposite can also be true! Yes is no and 2+2= whatever we care to theorize it to be. Parallel lines can intersect and what goes up may not have to come down. Nothing is true and nothing is false. Everythig is, was, and always will be impossible. . . and possible.May 21 2013: RE: "Tree-boat and Boat-tree. . . " Seriously? You can imagine the mesquite tree now growing in my front yard simultaneously being a boat in my front yard? I have trouble thinking you are serious about that. Sure the tree could be chopped-down, milled, dried, and made into a boat but it would not be a tree any more. A basketball player can stop playing basketball and begin to play baseball, but they CANNOT be playing both sports simultaneously.And, no, that does not sum-up my position. The three Laws of Classical Logic I shared with you sum-up my position about something being; was always; and always will be; impossible.
May 22 2013: I will take this response more seriously.
According to laws,
What it is, is A and A is what it is.
Either it is A or it is not A.
These are the only two options.
This has no bearing on whether it is B or not B.
(Although, it must be one or the other, according to #3.)
For example, a man can simultaneously be a father, a child, a police officer, a citizen, and the list goes on. Having one quality does not exclude it from having another.
This is certainly true when the same thing is viewed differently in different contexts.
It may be A in the first, but B in the second.
(These may be mutually exclusive or not)
Not to be curt, but rather to be Kant.
You are misinterpreting the laws to say, If A then not B.
This is incorrect.
A or not A.
(To) B or not (to) B.
This statement sums up the classic laws of thought.
At this time, I would like you remind you that these are not natural laws.
These were put forth by Socrates to define communication and formal logic.
Put more precisely, the laws are better defined as:
What is accepted to be A is A and is not not A.
It is because we agree that it is, not because it actually is.
The definition is based on our mutual acceptance of that term's meaning.
This is a description of how we view the world, not as it exists.
As stated by you, quantum mechanics seems to defy our view of the world.
Therefore, do not be bound by how you think about the world.
Rather, consider that this is a limited and inaccurate representation of what is.May 22 2013: RE: "I will take this response . . . " On what do we agree? 1) It is not possible for something to be both 'A' and 'NOT A'. It is possible for you to be brother (A) and a husband (B), but it is NOT possible for you to be a brother (A) and a sister (C) because chromosome laws will not allow it. Therefore, "A" is "NOT C" and "C" is "NOT A". We cannot say that "B" is "NOT A", but we can, and must, say "C" is "NOT A". You cannot be both "A" (brother) and "NOT A" (sister). This truth is not dependent upon you or me believing it, it is true regardless of our assessment of its veracity. You can SAY you are both brother and sister but you cannot BE both brother and sister. Do we agree on this?
May 22 2013: Any transgender person would disagree with you.
So would anyone that has an abnormal number of sex chromosomes.
These are manmade divisions.
An object can by many things and differ to the extent that it is each.
A chair can be more stool-like or have some sofa-like qualities. It is not only chair.
Labeling it as only one thing is an imprecise characterization.
Nature does not say what is male and what is female.
Many species are both, neither, or can switch between the two.
This is the labeling conversation that I had stated above that I wanted to avoid.
Possible and Impossible are mutually exclusive.
Male and female, among many other attributes, are not.May 22 2013: RE: "Any transgender. . . " So a transgender person actually takes-on the chromosomes of their new sex? I don't think so. You are arguing that it is possible for one person to be both a brother (XY) and a sister (XX) at the same time? Pure foolishness. Nature does not say what is male and what is female? Rediculous! Male and female are not mutually exclusive? Sure they are. Even a hermaphrodite cannot be both a brother and a sister. What you are calling labels are actually statements of infrangible facts. I suspect you think I am not serious here, and I have the same suspicion about you, so why don't you take the last word in our thread here and I will sign-off now. Bye.
May 22 2013: Then allow me to inform you.
49 XXXXY syndrome
Klinefelter's syndrome
Turner syndrome
XX gonadal dysgenesis
XX male syndrome
XXYY syndrome
XYY syndrome
Do you consider a hermaphrodite to be a male or female?
You apparently reject that it can be both.
We are simply disagreeing about the boundaries by which these terms abide by.
I don't see the world as black and white as you do.Jun 15 2013: I think you question is somehow tricky, seems like you are accounting time in a rather unusual way, so I hope not to give you a naive answer.
We all know one plus one equals two, that is present time and as far as there is written records it always has been that way, and even if we push time far back into the very big bang moment, 1+1 still yields 2, the same if we go forward in time to the end of the universe, 1+1 will still be 2. This is something you cannot bend or twist, it is perhaps the most fundamental law of both mathematics and nature, you may change the name or the graphic representation of the numbers 1 and 2, but the concepts of 1 and 2 will remain unchanged, therefore 1+1 always was, is and will be 2, so anything that contradicts this, is, was and will always be impossible.
Jun 15 2013: So this is a question about labels and categories.
A bachelor cannot be married.
Once he is married, he cannot be a bachelor.
He cannot be both at the same time.
This, however, does not address what he can become in the future or what he was in the past.Jun 15 2013: If nothing is impossible, then impossibility is impossible. Therefore, asking if anything is impossible is like saying "this sentence is a lie".Jun 14 2013: It's impossible for me to give you the answer to this question at this time.
Jun 14 2013: Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean that it was impossible for it to happen.
Jun 15 2013: Can you substantiate your claim?
Jun 15 2013: Yes. That thing can be done at another time.
If it is possible now, it was always possible.Jun 16 2013: But i said it was not possible now. It might be at another time, but not now.
Jun 16 2013: Correct, which is why it is possible.
If you reread the question, it states:
What is, was, and will always be impossible to occur?
Whether something is possible or impossible is independent of time.
This semantic point is a critical component of the question.Jun 16 2013: I realized that after i posted my comment.
It would seem that nothing is impossible. But that would not make sence, because if that were the case, impossibility would be impossible.
You seem to be quite the gadfly.
Jun 16 2013: That sentence has a double negative.
It can be said another way, everything is possible.
But another interpretation is that the process of impossibility does not exist.
Only possible things exist.May 24 2013: sorry for the slow response Cameron. This question boggles my mind..A straightforward answer is that reality means everything that appears to our five senses - everything that we can see, smell, touch and so forth.
However, Are we are part of a cosmic hologram? Do we exist in an infinity of parallel worlds? I do not believe we will ever agree on a universal definition.
May 24 2013: Wouldn't we if we uncovered the correct one?
One day someone might find proof that we are in a hologram, then it would be difficult to not accept that definition.
I don't think that the nature of reality is so elusive that it will never be explained.
What if only a few people survived a mass extinction?
Might the small number of people alive make this task easier?
If it is able to be made easier, then it was able to be done in the first place.
This question is really trying to define what the limits of our reality are (if there are any).
Although history might tell us differently, I don't think that it is impossible for humans to all agree in the future.May 24 2013: YOU don`t believe so,then tell me sth impossible,
May 24 2013: "sth" isn't a word, so I'm having difficultly understanding what you are saying.
May 25 2013: the 'WILL" in your question makes it hard to say that something is impossible even in future.
for example,I say:"I can run 500000km per hour." do you believe it?is it possible?at the present time,it is impossible. but how about the future?it can be possible in future,can`t it?
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May 23 2013: So I've been down this path with Edward Long below.
I encourage you to take a look at that conversation and see with what you disagree.
This is about the laws of thought. Here is my interpretation.
What it is, is A and A is what it is.
Either it is A or it is not A.
These are the only two options.
Statements that are contradictory by definition, cannot be true.
A married bachelor. An unmarried spouse.
This becomes a question of whether things are black and white or are gray.
To me possible/impossible is black and white, but most other labels are not.
Is the convention that we have adopted, which allows us to communicate and reason, actually a feature of reality, or is it only manmade?
Are we accurately characterizing reality or is it just an approximation?
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May 23 2013: Either A exists or A does not exist.
Are there other options?
Laws of logic are based on manmade conventions.
Something is A because we have agreed that we can call it A.
My main question is:
Are the laws of logic truly a reflection of reality?
What if they aren't?May 22 2013: G'day Cameron
For anything to exist it has to vibrate, nothing can exist without vibrating. An atom vibrates, the differentiation of colours is brought on by different frequencies vibrating to give certain colours everything is a vibration of one sort or another depending on the frequency of vibrations.
You see something to be alive it has to feel & breath In some way or have organs & a brain but I don't because I see pass this & look deeper within the very structure in how each molecule is vibrating. It's these vibrative frequencies that give us different form like a kettle to a cup for instance or one person to another.
I'm not offended by you just disappointed Cameron as I thought we were going to have an intelligent conversation but it doesn't look that way because you are stuck within one mode of thought & can obviously only think within that mode of thought but I don't.
May 23 2013: Can you post a link substantiating your claims about vibrations?
As far as I know, a kettle or a cup are different things because they contain different proportions of different atoms.
Inducing a change in the vibration of a cup doesn't turn it into a kettle, unless you have evidence to the contrary.
I find this unlikely, however, as going to a concert would change each person's vibration and according to you, that person would not longer be the same person.
Also, isn't something at absolute zero temperature without vibration?
Temperature is a measure of kinetic energy.
According to you, once this occurred, that thing wouldn't exist anymore.
If you are talking about string theory, then that is completely different.
The subatomic particles are proposed to be caused by strings vibrating at different frequencies.
But this has yet to be determined experimentally.
Keith W
May 22 2013: Well to start Science will never prove a negative. we will never have proof there are NO GODS OR GOD, we will never have proof there are NO GHOSTS or NO MULTI DIMENSIONAL BEINGS ETC... So yes there is something will never do.. prove something metaphysical doesnt exist.
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May 22 2013: Before you get ahead of yourself, science never proves anything.
Data can support or refute, but not prove.
Keith W
May 22 2013: Well there you go..May 21 2013: G'day Cameron
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In regards to the physical for example you can produce a number of kettles at the same time that are seemingly exactly the same but the physical structure of all the kettles are actually vibrating at a slightly different frequency because nothing is exactly the same even when it's made in the same exact way.
If I transported myself back to tomorrow these kettles would be vibrating at exactly the same individual vibration however because we are consciously aware of transporting ourselves back in time we have in fact changed the vibration of that time & I theorise we changes the said kettles vibration as well this is because everything vibrates & vibrations can & do affect each other. Take the shrimp experiment, the shrimp being boiled affected a plant in the next room.
Light is a vibration so are brain waves & for us to be able to see & touch a physical item it has to be vibrating & the same goes with the mind, to be able to treat mental illness one has to have something to treat which is a vibrational frequency of some kind, everything in existence vibrates therefore in one way or another is alive.
The thing is Cameron nothing is of the past or the future as it's all of the now. You could look at a clairvoyant predicting the future & the only way they can do this is as if it's already happened so everything is of the past therefore was can be re-experienced precisely however we are forgetting about the now, the now can only be in the now. It would actually make sense if everything was in the now not the past or future.
People like the clairvoyant are connected to the inner self to some extent which allows them to make predictions, this is done by seeing everything as being of the now not of the past or the future.
May 22 2013: I'm not sure that I'm familiar with this "vibration" that you keep referring to.
What is it? What creates it? What influences its behavior?
I'm not sure that consciousness has an affect on physical vibration.
What is the mechanism of action?
I don't see how "plant consciousness," if that even means anything, plays a role here.
If something isn't vibrating then we can't touch it?
Why can't we? What isn't vibrating?
If you think vibration means that something is alive, then I can't agree with your definition of alive.
Also, saying that mental disorders are caused by bad vibrations, is no better than saying that they are caused by demonic possession. These simply aren't true.
Are you unaware of these scams? If they were true, this guy would have found them.
I can't say that your last two paragraphs are the least bit intelligible.May 21 2013: nothing is impossible = Everything is possible
dear, It seems that you are trying to find a logical reason for god existence,am i right?if it is so I have to say that
god existence is not that much easy to understand because it is full of paradoxes[ you know, "paradox and logic" is like "water and oil"] ,for example: god is everywhere and is nowhere,we can see god and we can`t,we can feel god and we can`t.
in this matter when you think you have enough information about god,you understand that you don`t have any information.something which is possible can also be impossible and sth which is impossible can be possible.[I know that these sentences might be confusing,but I couldn`t say it in other words.sorry]
May 22 2013: I have no divine agenda.
It doesn't matter to me whether or not god exists.
But if it is possible that he/she/it does, then we should explore it.
We spend our time sending out messages to outer space, just incase we hear something back.
I can't follow what you are saying in the second part.
May 23 2013: ok,if it is so, my answer to your question is: there is nothing impossible,because sth which is impossible now can be possible in future or maybe it was possible in the past, who knows!
about the second part,to understand it better,I recommend that you read the translation of Hafiz poems.
May 23 2013: Can you substantiate your claim that nothing is impossible?May 21 2013: A very interesting question.
Unless the laws of logic change, then what is impossible shall always remain impossible.
Of-course I have no problem with accepting the possibility of a "God"...
Just have not come across a logically valid argument for (the Christian) God's existence.
(I have many problems defining these two words (ironically) though : "God" and "existence")
Yet I do feel it is more reasonable to argue our concept of "God" is just a by-product of evolutionary psychology.
That the concept of "God" is produced by our "theory of mind" (or dualism).
May 22 2013: The inclusion of was, is and will be, is redundant only for clarification.
Not all people consider impossible to be unbound by time.
I'm not pushing one conceptualization over another.
I am only considering the possibility that we may have been shortsighted.
May 22 2013: So I am unsure as to what this debate is asking.
Are you arguing that what is impossible by definition may indeed be possible, due to our lack of cognitive abilities in these area's?
Forgive me for not understanding!
As stated above, unless the laws of logic (the premises) change. Than what has been impossible (in the past), shall always remain impossible. Look up the "Problem of Induction".
May 23 2013: I'm looking at 2 main things.
First, since we can't prove that anything is impossible.
Might this be a true reflection of reality?
Are we prevented from knowing what is possible or is there really nothing impossible?
Second, what are the limitations of what is possible?
Can we determine these or even just what is not possible for our minds to understand?
In the dark, it is impossible to see any objects.
But using technology, it is still possible to detect and locate them.
Might our cognitive limitations be overcome somehow?
If so, we need to have a better idea of where those limitations are.May 21 2013: Impossible is impossible.
Impossible was impossible.
Impossible will always be impossible. :)
May 21 2013: It is impossible for something to be impossible.
Nothing is impossible.
The negation of which is:
Everything is possible.May 20 2013: ...a deceptive answer - nothing much - a non-deceptive smile :)
Best wishes :)
May 21 2013: Can you substantiate your claim?May 20 2013: a universal definition of reality
May 21 2013: I'm not saying that we have it, but what about the one correct definition of reality?
Would this not suffice as a universal one?
Are you suggesting that such a definition doesn't exist or that it can't be found?
These are two different things.May 20 2013: As heart beats continuously so also the mind keeps thinking always. Proven scientifically. It is impossible to stop thinking.
May 20 2013: A citation of that scientific evidence would be appreciated.
What thoughts exist during sleep, coma or under anesthesia?
These situations are certainly without thought.
Please post any scientific evidence to the contrary.
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May 20 2013: Net is replete with numerous articles on Brain activity in coma or sleep.... please be informed. Google search "Brain activity in coma or sleep"
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How Active Is the Brain in a Coma?
A new type of brain scan is giving neurologists insight into what is happening in the brains of patients who appear to be in comas.
When doctors recently tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon brain with a functional MRI, they found "robust" brain activity when he was shown pictures of his family and heard his son's voice. A stroke and brain hemorrhage left Sharon in a coma seven years ago.
While the findings don't change the prognosis of many patients, doctors are excited because the technology could foster a primitive form of communication with patients who are minimally conscious. It could also help prevent and correct misdiagnosis of patients who appear to be in comas, but are actually in a "locked-in" state.May 20 2013: Functional brain imaging during anesthesia in humans: effects of halothane on global and regional cerebral glucose metabolism
MT Alkire, CJD Pomfrett, RJ Haier, MV Gianzero… - …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
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May 20 2013: Neural activity exists in my hand, but I doubt that you would attribute thought to it.
fMRI is not indicative that thought exists.
Even in brain dead people, whether cortically or brainstem, both have some neural activity.
Minimally conscious and locked-in are both "awake and aware" to some extent.
Unfortunately, I am not convinced that all neural activity corresponds to thought.
This is especially true of areas phylogenetically more ancient than the cortex.
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May 20 2013: Unfortunately, not all answers are correct.
Said another way: If it has occurred because it can occur, then it is possible for you to conceive of it.
This is the negation of your previous statement.
This means that you can conceive of all that is possible.
I am questioning what this limit is and what is not possible.
You have simple said that is possible to conceive of all that is possible.
I agree.
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May 20 2013: The first word spoken was entirely original.
It was neither learned nor taught.
Then where did it come from?
It had to originate somehow, even if it was accidentally.
Before Einstein thought of e = mc^2, it was inconceivable.
Then how did he conceive of it?
Original thought exists.
It is possible for you to know something that no one else knows.
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May 21 2013: Then do you believe that all organisms have thought?
Does a worm or a jellyfish think?
If not, then one organism at some time had to have the first thought.
But if they do, then the first living being that existed had the first thought.
I don't think you are proposing that bacteria or viruses have thought.
I, as well as Einstein, don't discredit the help others had in helping him construct his theories.
The people who taught him language should also be given credit.
For he could not have uttered anything without it.
But your reasoning seems to suggest that nothing is ever new.
Diamonds are simply different arrangements of coal.
Are these not two different things? Is one not new from the other?
Also, by your logic, you and I are simply permutations of each other.
Are you suggesting that we are both one and the same?
Where do you draw the line on what is new and what is old?
I hope that you can see that this logic isn't sustainable.
Einstein was able to come up with something that his predecessors hadn't.
Something different and new.
But even if you don't believe that he, himself, made this new advancement.
Then you must believe that someone, at sometime, did.
And if it did not originate with that person, then from where did it originate?
What is its origin? Who or what can claim ownership?
Any original song is at least, in part, original.
The first song to ever exist, would have had to have been entirely original.
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May 23 2013: This is a pretty good understanding. Not even a need to cite einstein because you have it pretty sewed up.
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What is impossible? To conceive of what is possible.
This statement is supported by the content of your statement : )
We cannot conceive outside of our own amalgam of experiential reference therefore it is impossible to conceive of even a fraction of what IS possible (or simply what IS).
Nice post!
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May 21 2013: I would like to remind you that a lack of evidence is no evidence at all.
But let's explore what type of answer would satisfy your inquiry.
Any original idea that I express would be in the words I've learned from someone else.
I could then make up a new word, but of course I would use an alphabet that I have been taught.
I could then make up a new language, but somehow it would be affected by my original language.
As you have stated earlier, words are not thought.
The idea that I created, might be completely original, but it must be communicated.
At this point, I am required to use methods of communication that I have learned.
I think that it is obvious that although the communication may not be original, the idea is not bound by this limitation.
Its manifestation is more personal and unique than what anyone has experienced before.
If it wasn't, how would it be possible to know something that no one else knows?
Being the first person to experience it, that idea originated from that person.
At what point would something new exist?
The next time you order a sandwich, you should not be surprised if you receive a soup.
To you, they are both the same, completely interchangeable.
You need to draw a line somewhere.
What the big bang does not address, is where that initial matter came from.
Even more so, what caused the big bang?
You deny that things can spontaneously occur.
Then what is your unmoved mover?
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May 22 2013: Again, a lack of evidence is no evidence at all.
If you cannot prove your position, then your lack of belief in mine does not hold water as proof that you are correct. It only makes it obvious that you lack the aptitude to discern what can be considered proof and what cannot.
I am the only one who knows what I ate yesterday.
Is this not an original thought?
Is someone else privy to this information?
If that experience did not originate with me, then from whom?
Surely, you will not suggest that the earth, trees, and air communicated it to me.
It did not originate with them, it originated with me.
You are stating that I can't conceive of what does not exist. Correct?
Do you think that god exists? If not, then there is one.
The next big invention of the future does not exist by definition, but I can certainly think of it.
The end of the world does not exist, but I can think that it might.
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May 22 2013: I just thought of one! It's unlike anything I've experienced before.
Unfortunately, words do not exist to describe it.
Have your requirements been satisfied?
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May 22 2013: Please explain why hallucinations do not count.
I have ascribed a word for my experience: mju76yhn
It is so original that it requires, not only letters, but also numbers.
"all the experiences you had and extrapolate from that imagery something different"
This is the crux of the disagreement.
Even something different that I have experienced from before is not new, in your opinion, because I am basing it off of what I have seen before.
Your definition of original excludes both A and not A.
Both (things I have experienced) and (things I have not yet experienced) are not original.
By the conventions of logic, this does not make any sense.
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