Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (82 page)

"The Circle of Mice" (The Lion King)

IRAFREAKY the baboon is discovered standing center
stage, chanting in quasi-African. I

RAFREAKY

You understand? No? Rafreaky translate.

I Motions pulling the handle of a cash register.]

Ker-Ching! Ker-Ching!

BUTTO HAVE A HITTODAY, I FEAR,
THE VISUALS OUTRANK WHAT'S PROFOUND.
AND NOW HUNCHBACK IS NEXT!
BUT MY HUNCH IS IT'S HEXED!
THE THEME PARK SHOWS
KEEP GAINING GROUND.

"Can You Feel the Pain Tonight?"

NALA

SIMBA

NALA

BOTH

[They go to kiss and scream out in pain.]

"Andrew Lloyd Webber"

CHORUS

ANDREW