Cast members perform "Circle of Life" during the media day for Disney's "The Lion King" at the production's rehearsal space in Toronto, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young ...

In the opening moments of “The Lion King,” a shamanistic mandrill named ... the animal kingdom awakens. “It’s the circle of life and it moves us all through despair and hope, through ...

THE BASICS: THE LION KING, the Disney movie turned into a ... From her first electrifying notes in “Circle of Life,” Mukelisiwe Goba commands the stage as Rafiki, the mandrill mystical ...