“Every time I’m on stage, I give it my all.” South African actress Lindiwe Dlamini is renowned in some Broadway circles as the longest-performing cast member of Disney’s The Lion King, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on November 13.
It is a bright, sunny Thursday afternoon. The actress sits on a bench in the church her deceased father, the Reverend Samuel Dlamini, built in Umlazi a township on the outskirts of the city of Durban on the east coast of South Africa. The room is packed with kids from the community. And two light-footed, sweet-faced, intense preteen ballroom dancers sweep across the room to enormous applause.
And the activity at her father’s church is the result of philanthropic support that stretches from New York City’s theater community to this haven for young artists.The church, which is simply named Evangelical Church and is situated between Thandanani and Masakhane roads, anchors Lindiwe’s annual sojourns to her hometown.
The duo also plans to build their own arts center in the nearby rural area to provide young people with even less resources than those in the township access to global opportunities.in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997, and since being cast, has clocked in around 9,000 performances. That adds up to about a show or two every weekday for two-and-a-half decades, but who’s counting?at some point, but I can’t remember the number,” she says. Clearly, she is not out to gain fame as a record holder.
“Like, I remember when the George Floyd thing was happening, we were very comfortable talking with each other and expressing ourselves,” Lindiwe says. “You need that to be okay, or you could become depressed.”They understand each other. Both are easygoing and prone to bursts of laughter, but Bongi is perhaps a wee more outgoing and Lindiwe a tad more serious.“Oh, I knew her brothers,” says Bongi when asked how he felt about their first encounter.
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