Nick Cordileone as “Timon” and Ben Lipitz as “Pumbaa” in THE LION KING North American Tour. ©Disney

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Nick Cordileone as “Timon” and Ben Lipitz as “Pumbaa” in THE LION KING North American Tour. ©Disney. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus.

BEN LIPITZ (Pumbaa). Over 6,000 performances as Pumbaa on Broadway/National Tour of Disney’s The Lion King. Stage: Michael in God of Carnage; Max Bialystock in The Producers (Walnut St. Theatre); Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Live); Policy Pinkle in Red, Hot and Blue (Goodspeed Opera, PaperMill Playhouse); Just So (Goodspeed Opera); as well as ART; Dirty Blonde; Laughter on the 23rd Floor. TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Sopranos,” “Law &Order,” “100 Centre Street,” “Homicide.” Film: The Giraffe and Find Me Guilty (with Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage). Member of The Actors Studio. Love and kisses to Rosalie, Matthew and Mikaela. CalArts Alumnus.

NICK CORDILEONE (Timon). Off-Broadway: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Mint Theater), Hamlet (Theatre by the Blind). Regional: The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Lobby Hero (The Old Globe); Crime and Punishment (Cincinnati Playhouse and Actors Theatre); Henry VI, Richard III (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Film: Step Up 2. LOVE: Amy and Hero.

Location: Hall of Mirrors
Menu: Spinach with goat cheese, toasted almonds & raspberry vinaigrette and apricot mousse – salad appetizer and dessert for all entrees.
Regular Entrée – Grilled chicken with sweet potato puree, arugula & onion jam.
Vegetarian Entrée – Baked tofu with sweet potato puree, arugula & onion jam.
Salad Entrée – Poached salmon* over bibb lettuce with radish, goat cheese, orange segments & citrus vinaigrette. *Grilled chicken can be substituted for the salmon.