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Five Inside: Get to Know The Lion King's Backstage MVP, Stage Manager Antonia Gianino by Jonah De Forest

Antonia Gianino has spent 20 years as the production stage manager for Broadway's crowd-pleasing mainstay The Lion King. In her estimate, she's called around 2,000 performances. For Gianino, a life in theater is something of a birthright. "My father was a stage manager, retired now. My mom is an actress. My godparents were in the business, they were a general manager and a casting agent. I grew up being in this theat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:01PM on January 30, 2026

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