
Hamilton as Shenzi and Rob Sapp as Ed, with Ava Hailey Harris and Jillian Paige Platero alternating as Young Nala. McCall as Simba, Pearl Khwezi as Nala, James Brown-Orleans as Bonzai, Bonita J. Steven Taylor as Mufasa, Michael Hollick as Scar, Tshidi Manye as Rafiki, Cameron Pow as Zazu, Ben Jeffrey as Pumbaa, Fred Berman as Timon, Brandon A. Matthews and Bazemore will join a current “Lion King” cast that includes L. Bazemore, an alum of the Broadway and touring productions of “The Lion King,” has also been seen onstage in regional mountings of “Ragtime,” “Rachel” and “The Snow Day.”

“The Lion King” will mark Matthews’ Broadway debut he started performing at the age of six with White Plains Performing Arts Center and has also performed at Sandbox Theater and Random Farms Kids Theater.

and Dylin Rodrigo, who will exit the production at the Minskoff Theatre on June 4.

The Broadway production of “The Lion King” has announced that Davis Matthews and Donovan Louis Bazemore will alternate in the role of Young Simba beginning on June 6.
