Brad Pitt’s longtime partner, Angelina Jolie has graced the opening night of the Australian production of “The Lion King,” much to the delight of the members of the play’s cast.

The energy level of the casts of “The Lion King” reached its ultimate high on its opening night when they got a surprise visit from Jolie at The Capitol Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.

This is the third matinee preview of the highly-acclaimed stage production and the night was made more complete with the presence of the A-list actress and now, a budding director for feature films.

Joining Jolie were children, Maddox (12), Pax, (9), Shiloh, (7), Zahara, (8), and twins Knox and Vivienne (5) who have been reported as fans of the Disney musical, noted the Sydney Morning Herald.

The news Web site posted photos of the cast with Brad’s fiancée. Looking up in the first photo, Angie was a picture of pride as she posed for photo opportunity with the cast members. Another photo showed Angie talking to the stage actors and actresses, holding her arms crossed, close to her chest, SMH pointed out as “sign of reverence.”

The same photo also had the Brangeline brood, standing before the cast members, listening in all smiles as their mother addressed the production group.

The SMH also said that Angie signed the cast’s signature wall that said: "Amazing Show! Much Love, Angelina Jolie."

With her signature on the wall, it is highly likely that the production may gain more audience who would want to take their pictures with Angie’s signature and message as their background.

The “The Lion King” musical is a two-act play based in the 1994 animation film of the same title. It debuted on stage in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 8, 1987. The musical’s instant success brought the production in many places around the world, including London (1999), U.S. (2000), Paris (2007) and Australia (2003).

The Australian production of “The Lion King,” played at The Capitol Theatre from October 2003 to June 2005. The next production ran at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from July 2005 to July 2006.

The musical adaptation offers a number changes from the film children fell in love with in 1994. One of the apparent changes includes changing mandrill Rafiki’s gender to female role.

The changes incorporated in the musical play did not escape 8-year old Finnegan Bodey who wrote a review of “The Lion King” published in The Australian.

“Having seen the animated movie, I knew the basic story but was surprised to see tweaks and new twists unfolding on stage,” said Bodey in his review as quoted by The Australian.

“These changes added new information to Simba's life story which I thought was good.”

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