L. Steven Taylor & Jelani Remy to Join The Lion King Pride on Broadway as Mufasa & Simba

Get ready to feel the love tomorrow night! L. Steven Taylor and Jelani Remy will join the cast of Broadway’s The Lion King on July 10 as Mufasa and Simba, respectively. The duo will replace current stars Alton Fitzgerald White as Mufasa and Aaron Nelson as Simba. Taylor is returning to the Broadway production after performing in the ensemble, and Remy will making his Broadway debut after playing Simba in the North American tour of the Tony-winning musical.

Taylor made his Broadway debut in The Lion King in 2005. His film and TV credits include The Electric Company, Last of the Ninth, Made For Each Other and Game Over. Remy has appeared on stage in High School Musical and High School Musical 2, Parade, Cabaret and Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

Taylor and Remy join current stars Gareth Saxe as Scar, Gugwana Dlamini as Rafiki, Jeffrey Kuhn as Zazu, Ben Jeffrey as Pumbaa, Fred Berman as Timon and Chantel Riley as Nala. Catch the whole gang at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre.