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Circle of Life
Unsuspecting, the New Yorkers get into the subway and are surprised by an amazing live performance by the American Lion King.
At first, it looks like it's just a normal day in New York City, with a very ordinary ride in the subway. But after 20 seconds the woman who just seemed to be absorbed in her book begins to sing. And not just any song, but the first lines of the famous Lion King song Circle of Life .
Gradually, more and more people are starting to get involved in the performance. Not all New York subway passengers suspect at this time: this is by no means an ordinary flash mob. Because real professionals are at work here .
On board the subway, which will soon be the venue for the live performance, are about 30 performers from the American Lion King musical . At first they still look like normal passengers - until they start to sing.
The reaction of the subway driver is only restrained. But gradually, a smile appears here and there on a face, smartphones are drawn, videos are turned off and iPods are switched off. With such a conversation, the ride by train is a real pleasure.
Background to the performance: The musical The Lion King has been the first Broadway show since last year to collect more than $ 1 trillion. The New York subway, in turn, carried over a trillion passengers last year. To acknowledge this success, the Lion Cast Lion decided to stage a surprising performance by Circle of Life .
However, the American musical actors did not have the idea first to organize a Circle of Life Flashmob . In the spring of this year, the Australian cast of the Lion King performed the opening song live in an airplane.
