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Billy Eichner Teases Hollywood Bowl Singing Debut at ‘Lion King’ Celebration: ‘I Feel Like I’m on Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour’


Billy Eichner talks about singing live on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during this weekend's "Lion King" celebration.

The “Bros” star is making his Hollywood Bowl singing debut this weekend during “ The Lion King ‘s” 30th anniversary live-to-film concert. Eichner says he first dreamed of being in a Broadway musical when he was barely a teen after seeing Lane in “Guys and Dolls.” “My parents took me to see it for my 13th birthday,” the “Billy On the Street” host recalled. Eicher became friends with Lane, who played Timon in the original “Lion King” movie, after they were introduced at a birthday party for Bridget Everett.

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