APPLETON — Disney's "The Lion King" is not your average ... designed costumes utilizing puppets, masks, stilts, levers and wires to transform into animals, foliage and landforms.

THE LION KING IS NOW ON STAGE ... and at different points in the show, the mask comes down just to cover the actor's face and you just see pure animal. Mufasa has a similar mechanism like that.

“The Lion King” North American tour will ... Actors portray the animals using puppets, masks and headdresses. There are 200 puppets in the show, the release said. Deeds got a peek at some ...