The Jungle Book (musical)

The musical's songs, along with a shortened version of the story narrated by Avi Yaffe as Packli the squirrel, were distributed on VHS.

In December 1996, a film called "Jungle Hero" was produced for the Israeli Children's Channel directed by Natan Gur Levy, documenting the behind-the-scenes of the show.

Over time, this production, along with the musical's song cassette, became a cult film among young people who watched it as children, and even "active screening" events were held based on it.

Between April 17, 2002, and Sukkot 2003, the musical was performed at the Ramat Gan Safari (produced by Miki Peled - Solan Productions), where an additional 200,000 people saw it.

Tuvia Tzafir as Baloo the bear, Sassi Keshet as Bagheera the panther, Eli Danker as Shere Khan the tiger, Yossi Toledo as Kaa the snake, Avi Yaffe as Packli the squirrel, and Pini Kidron as the leader of the elephants, with the actor Eddie Alterman replacing the original monkey leader, who was Yossi Toledo in the original production.

and in halls throughout the country (2003 - 2004) Additional actors: Yehuda Nahari, Gili Gabel, Shahar Matlon, Noam Amit, Yifat Aharon, Yotam Kuznets, Yoav Milstein.

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