DENNIS GREEN (Additional Lyrics) met Howard Ashman in 1975, shortly after moving to New York. He quickly convinced Mr.

Billy Barnes Lyricist, Composer, Musical Director.

Won two Emmy nominations for writing specialty material on TV for such stars as Carol Burnett, Danny Kaye, and Sonny & Cher.

Lebo M is known as the _x001c_ voice and spirit of The Lion King._x001d_ 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.

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 Musi

Marketa Irglová is an Academy Award winning musician and actor born in the Czech Republic. Film: Once and Milluji tě Modře.

David Scott was born in Cambridge, England, in 1947. He was educated at Solihull School, then studied Theology at Durham University and at Cuddesdon College. After ordination he spent two years as curate at Harlow, then was appointed chaplain at Haberdashers' Aske's School.

Jean-Marc Natel was born in 1942. He studies art at the Beaux Arts in Toulon before turning to poetry and has published two volumes of his poems.

James Fenton was educated at the Durham Choristersi School, Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry.

Evans Haile has served as the Producing Artistic Director of North Shore Music Theatre and currently serves as Artistic Director of Cape Cod's Cape Playhouse, America's oldest professional summer theatre.

Rebecca Feldman is the conceiver of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for which she won a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Tony Nomination for Best Musical. She directed its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004.