I was skeptical about ‘The Lion King” as I first signed up to attend the showing but in the end, it was nothing short of astonishing. I could not hold back the tears as I saw all the different animal costumes coming on to the stage for the scene of the “Circle of Life. “ It was just such a beautiful sight. The costumes were so amazing and creative. It really helped that the whole cast was in great shape. The skin-tight silk suits that the cast wore emphasized every powerful muscle. “The Lion King” has nearly 230 costumes that are worn by a cast of more than 50. Some costumes are made from the same light-weight materials used to make airplanes. Among the collection of costumes were giraffes with inhabitants walking on stilts, a massive elephant with as many as four actors controlling it, zebras, an actor with as many as three gazelles, puppet jaguars, and Mufasa with his lionesses and a robot baby Simba. The costumes embraced the faces of the cast and did not hide them. The actor pulling the strings for the Timon puppet, Nick Cordileone, was covered from head to toe in bright green paint. “I buy green sheets and clothes just because the green paint does not completely come off,” commented Cordileone. It’s hard to pick a favorite character, but I would have to go with Timon. He was hilarious. A fun fact of Timon is that the puppet weighs 15 pounds and has a face “made of foam so sensitive, the touch of a human finger will ruin it,” as stated in The Wichita Eagle.