He's making his Broadway debut next week as Simba in the Lion King.
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Donovan Bazemore, 10, landed the role of his dreams earlier this year.
The Lion King on Broadway, a Disney classic, is one of the longest-running stage productions.
He says he's only been working towards this goal for two years.
"This is the show that I started acting for," he said. "The first Broadway show that I saw was The Lion King. I saw when it was eight, and it inspired me to act."
He's one of two Simbas and began rehearsals in the Big Apple last month.
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Bazemore performed locally in Ragtime at the Arden in Old City and Rachel at the Quintessence Theater.
He has also appeared on a couple of television series. But for the 10-year-old, Simba is a role of a lifetime.
The Lion King show opened on Broadway in November 1997 and has had an open-ended run, excluding the shutdown of the pandemic.
Bazemore makes his debut next Tuesday.