How Broadway Imagines Africa
Until a few weeks ago, if you wanted to see Africa represented in a Broadway show, you had two options, both ridiculous. There is the colorful puppet wilderness of "The Lion King," in which Julie Taymor-designed zebras, warthogs, and hyenas come together to tell a Disney version of "Hamlet" by way of African folklore. And there's the hellish, AIDS-riddled Uganda of "The Book of Mormon," seen through the eyes of two t…