Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, informally known as
Walt Disney Theatrical, is the
stageplayIn theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience. As an architectural feature, the stage may consist of a platform or series of platforms...
and musical production arm of
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
. It advertises as
Disney on Broadway in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
The company has gained a reputation within the industry for creating professional and popular (both critically and financially) performances, starting with the acclaimed
Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...
in 1994 and most recently with
The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen...
in 2008. The company is led by
Thomas SchumacherThomas Schumacher is a theatrical producer, currently president of Disney Theatrical Group, the theatrical production arm of The Walt Disney Company.-Biography:...
, and forms a part of one of the four units of The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Studio Entertainment. The division also manages Disney Live Family Entertainment, which incorporates Disney on Ice and Disney Live, produced by Feld Entertainment.
Animation adaptations
Beauty and the Beast
The show began previews in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
in March 1994 and officially opened at the
Palace TheatreThe Palace Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan.-History:Designed by architects Kirchoff & Rose, the theatre, built by California vaudeville entrepreneur and Broadway impresario Martin Beck, experienced a number of problems before it opened. E. F....
in April. The musical was the first
BroadwayBroadway Theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, is the theatre associated with the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City...
adaptation by Disney, based on the
movieBeauty and the Beast is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991...
by
Linda WoolvertonLinda Woolverton wrote the screenplay for Disney's animated feature film Beauty and the Beast and co-wrote the screenplay for the The Lion King. Woolverton then went on to write the Broadway musical version of Beauty and the Beast and assisted in adapting The Lion King to the stage...
and with music and lyrics by
Alan MenkenAlan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. Menken has collaborated with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz...
,
Howard AshmanHoward Ashman was an American playwright and movie music lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College and then went on to achieve his master's degree from Indiana University in 1974...
and
Tim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist....
. Several new songs were written for the Broadway musical, including
Home, a ballad sung by Belle which quickly became the signature song of the musical. It had a continuous run and the final performance took place on July 29, 2007 at the
Lunt-Fontanne TheatreThe Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 203-217 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.Designed by the architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings, it was built by producer Charles Dillingham and opened as the Globe Theatre, in honor of London's Shakespearean playhouse,...
to make room for another Disney production,
The Little Mermaid"The Little Mermaid" is a fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
. The show was Broadway's sixth-longest running production.
It has been performed internationally first in Melbourne, Australia and has also been performed in
LondonWest End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world...
,
TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
,
Kyotois a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area....
,
SeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million...
,
StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
,
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
,
Mexico CityMexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008...
,
GuayaquilGuayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. The city is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas and the seat of the namesake canton....
,
JohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi or Jo'burg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
,
MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
, and has also toured around the USA and
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. In the Netherlands this production was co-produced by
Joop van den EndeJohannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende is a Dutch billionaire media tycoon, theatrical producer, co-founder of Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment....
's
Stage EntertainmentThe musical production company Stage Entertainment is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has a very successful subsidiary in Germany based in Hamburg which almost has a monopoly in Germany.- History :...
. The production had new sets and costumes.
The Lion KingThe Lion King is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features...
The show debuted in Minneapolis in July 1997, before becoming a runaway hit and moving to Disney's restored New Amsterdam Theater in New York City that October where it was performed until June 13, 2006. The show then moved to the
Minskoff TheatreThe Minskoff Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1515 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan, It is now showing Disney musical version of The Lion King....
to make room for Mary Poppins. The show uses a range of theatrical techniques, and is not a conventional musical, yet is probably the most popular production Disney Theatrical have ever conceived and one of the most loved productions in the world. It has consistently been one of the highest grossing musicals on Broadway every week, always performing to nearly-sold out audiences. The production won the
Tony Award for Best MusicalThis is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, first awarded in 1949.-1940s:* 1949: Kiss Me, Kate – Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Samuel and Bella Spewack -1950s:* 1950: South Pacific – Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by...
at the 1998 Tony Awards.
Its popularity has spawned several additional open-ended performances around the world, including in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
,
TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
,
HamburgHamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the sixth-largest city in the European Union...
,
ScheveningenScheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, as well as one of its subdistricts .Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse...
,
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
,
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
,
ShanghaiShanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
,
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
,
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Nagoya,
SeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million...
,
JohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi or Jo'burg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
and
TaipeiTaipei is the largest city in Taiwan and has served as the de facto capital of the Republic of China since the Chinese Civil War in 1949. It is situated on the Danshui River, almost at the northern tip of the island, about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
.
Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame
The show was based on the animated flim
The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame is an Academy Award-nominated, 1996 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is inspired by Victor...
. It premiered in
BerlinBerlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
in 1999. This was adapted into a darker, more gothic musical production, re-written and directed by James Lapine and produced by the Walt Disney Theatrical branch, in
BerlinBerlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
. Considered to be a great boost for tourists in
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
, the musical Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (translated in English as The Bellringer of Notre Dame) was very successful and played from 1999 to 2002, before closing. A cast recording was also recorded in
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
.
TarzanTarzan is a stage musical based on the Disney film of the same name and the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The music is composed by Phil Collins, and the book by David Henry Hwang...
The show was based on the
movie of the same nameTarzan is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999. The thirty-seventh film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, it is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the only major...
and the novel
Tarzan of the ApesTarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914...
by
Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
, and debuted on Broadway on May 10, 2006 at the
Richard Rodgers TheatreThe Richard Rodgers Theatre, is a Broadway theater in New York City, built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased it to the Shuberts, who bought the building outright in 1931 and renamed it the 46th Street...
. The show was heavily publicized with
Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
and the lead actors promoting the new musical on several media shows including
The Today Show,
Good Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American news Morning show and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network, debuting on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour, available exclusively on ABC News Now, was introduced in 2007...
, and
Live with Regis and KellyLive with Regis and Kelly is a syndicated American television morning talk show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. Before 2000, the show was known as Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, with Kathie Lee Gifford co-hosting with Philbin...
. After playing at the
Richard Rodgers TheatreThe Richard Rodgers Theatre, is a Broadway theater in New York City, built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased it to the Shuberts, who bought the building outright in 1931 and renamed it the 46th Street...
for over a year the show closed on July 8, 2007.
On April 15, 2007 the musical debuted in
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
in The Netherlands as the successor of
The Lion KingThe Lion King is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features...
in
ScheveningenScheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, as well as one of its subdistricts .Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse...
. A Broadway musical had never previously arrived in the Netherlands so soon after its Broadway
premiereA premiere is generally "a first performance." This can refer to plays, films, television programs, operas, symphonies, and so on. Premieres for theatrical, musical and other cultural presentations can become extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media attention...
.
Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
was a special guest at the 2006 Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Awards. There he announced the news that Tarzan was coming to the Netherlands. For this production, the creative team made a lot of changes. They were able to do that because the Circustheater has more possibilities.
In 2008 a new production opened in Germany. A casting show on TV called "Ich Tarzan, Du Jane" ("I Tarzan, you Jane") searched for actors for the roles of Tarzan and Jane.
A revamped tour version had previously been announced to debut in January 2009 in Atlanta at the Theatre of the Stars. The new production was supposed to feature the same music and book, and directed and choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, with scenic design by Kenneth Foy, aerial design by Paul Rubin and lighting design by Ken Billington. This production has since been canceled due to a supposed mismanagement of funds by Theatre of the Stars.
The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen...
The musical began Broadway previews on November 3, 2007 and opened on January 10, 2008 at the
Lunt-Fontanne TheatreThe Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 203-217 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.Designed by the architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings, it was built by producer Charles Dillingham and opened as the Globe Theatre, in honor of London's Shakespearean playhouse,...
, even through trouble due to the
Local One stagehands strike2007 Broadway Stagehands Strike was a strike action by stagehands represented by Theatrical Protective Union Number One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees against the Shubert, Jujamcyn, and Nederlander theaters...
, which ended on November 28, 2007. The world premiere took place at The
Ellie Caulkins Opera HouseThe Ellie Caulkins Opera House, which opened on September 10, 2005, is located in Denver, Colorado as part of the large Denver Performing Arts Complex...
at the Denver Center of the Performing Arts in Denver, Colorado. The show features all songs in the movie and will boast nine new songs written by Menken and lyricist
Glenn SlaterGlenn Slater is a Tony-nominated lyricist who collabrates with Alan Menken and other musical theatre composers.Slater was born in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in East Brunswick, New Jersey...
. The book for the new musical is by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright
Doug WrightDoug Wright is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for his play, I Am My Own Wife.-Early years:Wright was born in Dallas, Texas...
, with direction by
Francesca ZambelloFrancesca Zambello is a leading American opera and theatre director. Zambello lived in Europe when she was a child, learning to speak French, Italian, German and Russian. Zambello is of Italian descent...
, choreography by
Stephen MearStephen Mear is an English dancer and choreographer best know for his award-winning work in musical theatre. In 2005, Mear and co-choreographer Matthew Bourne won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography, for their work on the new West End musical Mary Poppins...
, scenic design by
George TsypinGeorge Tsypin is an American sculptor, architect and stage designer .He studied architecture in Moscow and theater design at New York University...
, costume design by Tatiana Noginova and lighting design by
Natasha KatzNatasha Katz is a well known lighting designer in the theatre industry, having designed over 50 productions on Broadway since 1985. She was educated at Oberlin College and did an internship with Roger Morgan. She is married to Daniel Schreier, a sound designer and musical composer. She has two...
. Despite receiving mixed reviews by critics, the show's pre-broadway run in Denver has become the most successful tryout for a Disney musical by selling nearly 95,000 seats. The musical on Broadway opened to mixed reviews but with the audience response generally positive.
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The show features Chelsea Morgan Stock as Ariel,
Norm LewisNorm Lewis is a Broadway actor.-Biography:In 2005, Lewis starred in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona. He played Javert in the 2007 revival of Les Misérables on Broadway...
as King Triton,
Faith PrinceFaith Prince is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway.She was born in Augusta, Georgia and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she dabbled in theater at E.C. Glass High School. She made her Broadway debut in Jerome Robbins' Broadway and followed this with a role...
as
UrsulaUrsula is an animated villainess who first appears in the 1989 Disney animated feature film, The Little Mermaid. She is voiced by Pat Carroll in the film, the spin-off television series and the Kingdom Hearts video games....
, Eddie Korbich as Scuttle, Drew Seeley as
Prince EricPrince Eric is a fictional character who first appears in the animated Disney film The Little Mermaid. He later appears in the spin-off prequel television series and in the direct-to-video sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea....
, Brian D'Addario and Major Curda as Flounder, and Rogelio Douglas Jr as
SebastianSebastian the crab is a Disney character who first appears in Disney's 1989 feature film The Little Mermaid...
.
The musical closed on August 30, 2009 after 685 performances and 50 previews.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130725
The Man In The Ceiling
This show is currently a work in progress adapted from the novel with the same title. Disney will be producing the new theater venture.
Andrew LippaAndrew Lippa is an American composer, lyricist, book writer, performer, and producer, and the resident artist at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City.-Early life and education:...
(
The Wild PartyFor the musical of the same name by Michael John LaChiusa, see The Wild PartyThe Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name...
,
The Addams FamilyThe Addams Family is an upcoming musical with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon the characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams in his comic strip The Addams Family, which depicts a ghoulish American family with an affinity...
) is writing the original music. Original book author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jules Feiffer is writing the book for the musical. Dates have yet to be released.
Mary PoppinsMary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly-titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...
Cameron Mackintosh's stage adaptation of
Mary PoppinsMary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
had its world premiere at the
Bristol HippodromeThe Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre in the centre of Bristol with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1951. It frequently features West End theatre shows when they tour the UK as well as the yearly traditional pantomime.- History :...
starting with previews from September 15, 2004 before officially opening on September 18 for a limited engagement until November 6. The production then moved to the
Prince Edward TheatreThe Prince Edward Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Old Compton Street, just north of Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster.The theatre was designed in 1930 by Edward A. Stone, with an interior designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet...
on December 15, 2004. It was announced in June 2007 that this production would close on January 12, 2008, after a run of more than three years.
A UK tour of
Mary Poppins commenced in June 2008 and ended in April 2009.
It opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006, following a month of previews in the New Amsterdam Theater. A United States tour of the show began in March 2009.
A Dutch production will open in season 2009/2010 in the Circus Theater in Scheveningen.
High School MusicalHigh School Musical on Stage! is a stage musical based on the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, with music and lyrics by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Ray and Greg Cham, Drew Seeley, Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd, Adam Watts, Bryan Louiselle, David N. Lawrence, Faye...
The stage version of the hit
Disney ChannelDisney Channel is a cable television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience,...
movie
High School MusicalHigh School Musical is an Emmy Award-winning American television film, and the first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful movie that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2...
is currently a popular stage show done by over 2,500 local theatres. It had its world professional premiere at the Theatre of the Stars in
Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
. A US tour began on August 1, 2007 and ended on August 10, 2008. A
West EndWest End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world...
production opened in July for a limited run. A touring production is currently running in Spain and the Netherlands and other productions have been announced for
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
and
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
.
High School Musical 2Disney's High School Musical 2: On Stage! is the second adaptation of Disney's High School Musical franchise, and is currently being made available for community theatres and high/middle/elementary schools by Music Theatre International.-Act I:...
A stage version of the sequel movie
High School Musical 2 was released as a stage version in
October 2008. Like the original, the show is divided into two productions: A one-act, 70-minute show and a two act production. MTI is also handling rights to these shows as well.
AidaAida is a rock musical in two acts based on Giuseppe Verdi's Italian-language opera by the same name, the scenario of which was written by Auguste Mariette...
Based on the
operaAida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
by
Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
, it tells the story of a
NubiaNubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan. Most of Nubia is situated in Sudan with about a quarter of its territory in Egypt...
n slave who falls in love with an
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
ian captain. It was written by
Elton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single, Candle in the Wind 1997, has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the...
and
Tim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist....
, and debuted in 2000 on Broadway, before finishing in 2004 after 1882 performances, including previews. The Broadway production won four Tony Awards including Best Actress (Heather Headley), Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Music. Since its run on Broadway, it has had a U.S. national tour and productions around the world.
Hoopz
Hoopz is an original musical about the rise of the
Harlem GlobetrottersThe Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater, and comedy.Created by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major African-American community...
. A workshop held in June 2000 was co - directed by
Kenny LeonKenny Leon is an African-American director notable for his work on Broadway and in regional theater. His success on Broadway has made him one of its foremost African-American directors....
and
Savion GloverSavion Glover is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School.-Biography:...
and choreographed by Glover. With a script by Reg E. Gaines,
Hoopz was to tell the true story of the team that helped break the color barrier in professional sports. The workshop combined the coordination and skillful handling of a basketball known to the Globetrotters with Glover's choreography.
In December 2000, it was announced that Disney Theatricals had appointed a new creative team for the in-development musical. Glover, Leon, and Gaines "were dismissed after a recent unsuccessful workshop." New to the creative team were playwright
Suzan-Lori ParksSuzan-Lori Parks is an American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Topdog/Underdog.-Early years:...
and director
Marion McClintonMarion McClinton is a theatre director and playwright. He was nominated for the Tony Award for King Hedley II. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production and the 1999–2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for Jitney, and was nominated for the Drama Desk...
. As of 2003, although
Jeanine TesoriJeanine Tesori is an American musical arranger and composer who won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play for Nicholas Hytner's production of Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center and the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for Caroline, or Change.Tesori made her Broadway...
and Suzan-Lori Parks had been in talks to compose music for the show, they ultimately did not work on the show.
In an interview in September 2006, Thomas Schumacher, the president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said: "we gave up Hoopz and we gave up our rights to the Harlem Globetrotters. That was an issue of we had a limited window when we had the rights to make a musical out of it."
On the RecordOn the Record is a jukebox musical revue featuring many classic songs from a variety of live action and animated films and television series produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Broadway musical plays produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, and even Disneyland attractions...
Debuting in November 2004, the show brought together sixty classic Disney songs from 1930 right up to 2004. They are woven together loosely by a storyline which is set in a recording studio with young (and old) performers using the songs to express their moods and the interrelationships among the characters they portray. The show played at the National Theatre in Washington D.C., as well as other theatres on a national tour.
"Peter Pan"
Disney Theatrical Productions and
La Jolla PlayhouseLa Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. -Background:...
(California) have announced plans to present a production of
Peter and the Starcatchers, which is a prequel to the
Peter PanPeter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
story. The new play is written by
Rick Elice-Life:Eric Elice received his BA from Cornell University, his MFA from the Yale Drama School and is a Teaching Fellow at Harvard. He is a charter member of the American Repertory Theatre.-Work for the stage:...
, directed by
Roger ReesRoger Rees is a Welsh-American actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the character Robin Colcord on the American television show Cheers...
and co-directed by Alex Timbers, and is based on the novel by
Dave BarryDavid "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005...
and
Ridley PearsonRidley Pearson, born on March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York, is an American writer. Pearson has historically written suspense and thriller novels for an adult audience, but has also begun branching out by writing adventure books for children....
. It is to be produced as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Page to Stage program, scheduled to run from February 13, 2009 through March 8, 2009.
Complete List of Official Musical Productions produced or co-produced by Walt Disney Theatricals
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Houston, Texas (Theatre Under The Stars 1993) - Tryout
Broadway, New York (Palace Theatre 1994-1999 / Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 1999-2007) - Premiere
Los Angeles, California (Shubert Theatre 1995-1996)
US National Tour 1 (1995-1999
including Seattle, Portland, Denver, Detroit, San Diego, Atlanta, Tempe, Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Boston, Washington D.C, Chicago)
US National Tour 2 (1999-2003
including Philadelphia, Tampa, Orlando, Memphis, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Providence, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Tampa, Tempe, Tucson, Tulsa, Minneapolis)
Toronto, Canada (Princess of Wales Theatre 1995-1998)
Mexico City, Mexico (1997)
Mexico City, Mexico (2007)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998)
São Paulo, Brazil (2001)
Tokyo, Japan (Akasaka Musical Theatre 1995)
Japan National Tour 1 (1995-1999 including Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya)
Japan National Tour 2 (2004 including Kyoto, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo, Fukuoka)
Melbourne, Australia (Princess Theatre 1995)
Sydney, Australia (Capitol Theatre 1997)
Seoul, South Korea (2004)
Beijing, China (1999)
Johannesburg, South Africa (2008 Teatro at Montecasino)
Cape Town, South Africa (2009 Artscape Opera)
London, United Kingdom (Dominion Theatre 1997-1999)
Dublin, Ireland (The Point Theatre 2002)
UK National Tour (2001-2003 Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Southampton, Manchester, Edinburgh)
Vienna, Austria (Raimund Theater 1996)
Stuttgart, Germany (Palladium Theater 1997)
Oberhausen, Germany (Metropol Theater 2006)
Berlin, Germany (Theater am Potsdamer Platz 2007)
Madrid, Spain (Teatro Lope de Vega 1999)
Madrid, Spain (Teatro Coliseum 2007)
The Netherlands National Tour (2005-2006
including Hoorn, Tilburg, Almere, Gouda, Den Bosch, Amsterdam, The Hague, Drachten,, Apeldoorn, Groningen, Oss, Breda, Roosendaal, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Scheveningen)
Antwerp, Belgium (2006)
Moscow, Russia (MDM Theatre 2008)
São Paulo, Brazil - REVIVAL (2009)
Disney presents The Lion King
Minneapolis, Minnesota (1997) - Tryout
Broadway, New York (New Amsterdam Theatre 1997-2006/Minskoff Theatre 2006) - Premiere
Los Angeles, California (Pantages Theatre 2000-200)
Las Vegas, Nevada (Mandalay Bay Theatre 2009)
US National Tour (2002 Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, East Lansing, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Tampa, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis, Columbus, Boston, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit)
Mexico City, Mexico (2007)
Toronto, Canada (Princess of Wales Theatre 2000)
Canada (Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton)
Sydney, Australia (Capitol Theatre 2003-2005)
Melbourne, Australia (Regent Theatre 2005-2006)
Seoul, South Korea (Charlotte Theatre 2006)
Taipei, Taiwan (2008)
Tokyo, Japan (Shiki Theatre 1998)
Japan National Tour (1999 Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sapporo)
Shanghai, China (2006)
Johannesburg, South Africa (Teatro at Montecasino 2007-2008)
London, United Kingdom (Lyceum Theatre 1999)
Hamburg, Germany (Theater im Hafen 2001)
Scheveningen, The Netherlands (Fortis Circustheater 2003-2006)
Paris, France (Théàtre Mogador 2007-2009)
Madrid, Spain (Teatro Lope de Vega 2009)
Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Berlin, Germany (Theater am Potsdamer Platz 1999-2002)
Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida
Atlanta, Georgia (Alliance Theatre 1998) – Tryout
Chicago, Illinois (Cadillac Theatre 1999) – Tryout
Broadway, New York (Palace Theatre 2000-2004) - Premiere
US National Tour (Tampa, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Tempe, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington, D.C)
Toronto, Canada (2003)
Osaka, Japan (2002)
Japan National Tour (Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo 2004-2006)
Seoul, South Korea (2005-2006)
Scheveningen, The Netherland (Fortis Circustheater 2002-2004)
Essen, Germany (Colosseum Theater 2003-2005)
Germany National Tour (2005-2007 Berlin, Leipzig, Bremen, Frankfurt, Munich)
Bregenz, Austria (2005)
Zurich, Switzerland (2006)
São Paulo, Brazil (2008)
Békéscsaba, Hungary (2009)
Disney’s On The Record
US National Tour (2004-2005
including Cleveland, Chicago, Louisville, Ordway, Philadelphia, Richmond, Detroit, East Lansing, Indianapolis, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Fort Myers, San Antonio, Houston, San Diego, Denver, Washington D.C, Boston)
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present Mary Poppins
Bristol, United Kingdom (Hippodrome Theatre 2004) – Tryout
London, United Kingdom (Prince Edward Theatre 2004-2008) – Premiere
UK National Tour (2008-2009 Plymouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff)
Scheveningen, The Netherlands (Fortis Circustheater 2009)
Broadway, New York (New Amsterdam Theatre 2006)
US National Tour (2009 Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Dallas, Tampa)
Melbourne, Australia (tba 2010)
Disney presents Tarzan
Broadway, New York (Richard Rodgers Theatre 2006-2007)
Scheveningen, The Netherlands (Fortis Circustheater 2007-2009)
Hamburg, Germany (Theater Neue Flora 2008)
Disney’s High School Musical
US National Tour (2007-2008 Chicago, East Lansing, Buffalo, Atlanta, Rochester, Columbus, Cleveland, Baltimore, St. Louis, Appleton, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Raleigh, Des Moines, Little Rock, Tucson, Memphis, Nashville, Washington, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Spokane, Portland, San Jose, Costa Mesa, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Denver, Salt Lake City)
Canada (Toronto, Vancouver)
UK National Tour (2008-2009
including Manchester, Liverpool, Bromley, Nottingham, Wimbledon, Stoke-On-Trent, Woking, Norwich, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Leeds, Plymouth, Crawley, Southampton, Hull, Newcastle, Brighton, Canterbury, Northampton, Leeds, Sunderland, Salford, Southend, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Belfast, Derry)
Ireland (2009 Dublin, Killarney, Castlebar)
London, United Kingdom (Hammersmith Apollo 2008)
Spain National Tour (2008-2009
including Bilbao, Benidorm, Madrid, Zaragoza, Malaga, Barcelona, Seville, Vigo Granada, Valencia, Castelon, Murcia, Alcoi)
The Netherlands National Tour (2009 Hoorn, Zoetermeer, Tilburg, Almere, Nijmegen, Gouda, Den Bosch, Amsterdam, The Hague, Drachten, Dordrecht, Veenedaal, Zaandam, Heerlen, Dronten, Rotterdam, Ijmuiden, Amsersfort, Hoogeveen, Uden, Middelborg, Roermond, Alkmaar, Rijswijk, Apeldoorn, Groningen, Oss, Breda, Roosendaal, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Enschede, Venlo, Venray, Leuuwarden, Utrecht)
Italy National Tour (2008-2009
including Bologna, Milan, Rome, Mantova, Brescia, Ravenna, Pisa, Genova, Ancona, Brindisi, Fermo, Bari, Pordenone, Assisi, Montecatini, Firenze, Trento)
Johannesburg, South Africa (2009)
Cape Town, South Africa (2008)
Australia National Tour (2008-2009 Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide) [All cities after Sydney cancelled]
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Denver, Colorado (Ellie Caulkins Opera House 2007) – Tryout
Broadway, New York (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 2007) - Premiere