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Inviato da: veu il 23/9/2008, 21:24
Dal sito http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/09/21/1A_DISNEY_MUSICALS.ART_ART_09-21-08_E1_18BAF84.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101:
Disney tapping new sources for family musicals
Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:28 AM
By Michael Grossberg
Disney has built its Broadway brand with family shows inspired by some of its best-known animated films.
Yet the mostly charmed circle of stage life -- which started with Beauty and the Beast in 1994 and The Lion King in 1997 -- is about to expand.
Beyond the animated titles, the company is seeking more-varied sources for a new cycle of family-oriented musicals, according to Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions.
Schumacher discussed the past and future of Disney while visiting Columbus to help oversee a backstage revamping of The Lion King.
The second tour in central Ohio continues through next Sunday in the Ohio Theatre.
"The sweet spot of the business is Disney musicals for the broadest-possible family audiences," Schumacher said.
Hitting that spot, he said, remains the goal.
As the culture shifts, however, Disney is changing to come up with material that connects with new generations and a new era.
Among the new musicals in development:
• Peter and the Starcatchers -- Author Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) and director Roger Rees are adapting the Peter Pan prequel, billed as a play with music, from a 2004 novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson about the young orphan battling pirates in a high-seas adventure. The first workshop production will run Feb. 13 to March 8 at La Jolla Playhouse in California.
• The Man in the Ceiling -- Author-cartoonist Jules Feiffer (Little Murders) and composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) are adapting Feiffer's 1995 book about a boy cartoonist who dreams of becoming a successful artist. The show recently had its first reading.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- Disney's first original foreign-language production, which ran from 1999 to 2002 in Berlin, is being revamped for its U.S. premiere. The 1996 animated film inspired by Victor Hugo's novel was rewritten for the stage and directed by James Lapine (Into the Woods). Songs by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) and Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) were added as well.
Following in the footsteps of Disney's first "original" musical, Elton John's pop adaptation of Verdi's Aida, Schumacher is seeking more books and live-action films as sources for new shows because not every animated film can or should be adapted for the stage, he said.
"Animated movies are a form of haiku. You create a series of visual images and thematic concepts and move through it very quickly in 74 minutes," he said.
Moreover, most fairy tales are too similar -- and skimpy -- in plot and character to justify a worthwhile two-act production, he said.
Even with director-designer Julie Taymor's imaginative puppetry and stagecraft for The Lion King, the 88-minute film was expanded into a live show running close to three hours only with a deepening of the characters and their stories, Schumacher said. He shepherded the animated film during his former tenure as president of Disney's animated-film division and later guided its Broadway incarnation.
"Who is Nala and why did she leave Pride Rock? In the movie, she just leaves," Schumacher said.
"The stage version shows that she left because of the drought, . . . and because Scar is making advances on her. Nala sings Shadowlands to explain that she can't stay anymore."
Using the next Disney musical slated to tour as an example, Schumacher said Mary Poppins works well onstage because its story -- a blend of the original novel and the 1964 film -- expands the dynamics of a family that was broken.
Other than The Lion King -- the 1998 Tony winner for best musical -- most Disney musicals have met with a mixed to negative critical response in New York.
From Ben Brantley's January review of The Little Mermaid in The New York Times: "Loved the shoes. Loathed the show. OK, I exaggerate. I didn't like the shoes all that much. But the wheel-heeled footwear known as merblades, which allow stage-bound dancers to simulate gliding underwater, provides the only remotely graceful elements in the musical blunderbuss."
Meanwhile, reflecting the Broadway community's still-wary response to Disney's "invasion" of its turf, the Tony awards have often overlooked Disney musicals or relegated them to lesser design nominations.
Even so, The Little Mermaid and other Disney shows have found an audience.
"The Disney name is a hefty thing," Schumacher said. "We also have a global theater business. We have 17 productions running right now, and only three are on Broadway."
Disney stage musicals and how they have fared in New York or on tour:
• Beauty and the Beast -- 5,461 performances, 1994-2007
• The Lion King -- 4,501 performances to date, opened Nov. 13, 1997
• Aida -- 1,852 performances, 2000-04; toured Columbus in 2003
• Tarzan -- 486 performances, 2006-07
• High School Musical -- limited to a 2006-07 U.S. tour with no Broadway run (the stage version of the TV musical played 42 cities, including Columbus)
• Mary Poppins -- 773 performances to date, opened November 2006; national tour to begin in 2009 in Chicago
• The Little Mermaid -- 293 performances to date, opened Jan. 10
Sources: Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway reports
Inviato da: Scissorhands il 23/9/2008, 22:57
Uaooooooooooooooooo
Grandi veu!!!
Meravigliose notizie!
Io avevo anche sentito di un adattamento di Newsies (che recentemente ho visto.Menken è un genio e il film è splendido!!!!!)
Inviato da: veu il 19/4/2010, 20:08
Dal sito http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-news/theatre-disney/disneys-peter-pan-prequel-headed-broadway/:
Is Disney’s Peter Pan Prequel Headed for Broadway?
Back in January of 2009, we became aware that Disney Theatrical was working on a staged version of Peter and the Starcatchers by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry.
More recently, however, Variety reported that there may be talks between Disney and the New York Theater Workshop to produce an Off-Broadway edition of the play in the Workshop’s 2011 season.
But now, although not as numerous as the Dumbo and Newsies projects that Disney Theatrical has confessed to, domain names have been registered for the Peter and the Starcatchers play and some of them have their sights aimed pretty high including a touring production.
The new domains that you will no longer be able to get your hands on include: PETERANDTHESTARCATCHERSONBROADWAY.COM, PETERANDTHESTARCATCHERSONSTAGE.COM, PETERANDTHESTARCATCHERSONTOUR.COM, PETERANDTHESTARCATCHERSTHEPLAY.COM, STARCATCHERSONBROADWAY.COM, STARCATCHERSONSTAGE.COM, STARCATCHERSONTOUR.COM, STARCATCHERSTHEPLAY.COM
Could a Kingdom Keepers musical be far behind?
Inviato da: Arancina22 il 20/4/2010, 16:30
Tutto ciò sembra molto interessante, soprattutto il prequel di Peter Pan!
Inviato da: shaoran-kun il 28/3/2011, 16:15
Sono stati annunciati ufficialmente i nuovi progetti Disney Theatrical Productions:
TIM BURTON'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND (su libretto di Linda Woolverton e la squadra che ha lavorato a Beauty and the Beast a Broadway)
DUMBO (su libretto di Michael Chabon)
FATHER OF THE BRIDE ancora in fase di sviluppo
Nuove versioni di THE LITTLE MERMAID (con un team creativo diverso e la regia di Glenn Casale) e THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (a cui sta lavorando Stephen Schwartz)
Per il circuito regionale, sono in produzione FREAKY FRIDAY e THE JUNGLE BOOK.
Fonte: http://broadwayworld.com/article/FREAKY_FRIDAY_THE_JUNGLE_BOOK_Tim_Burtons_ALICE_IN_WONDERLAND_DUMBO_FATHER_OF_THE_BRIDE_in_the_Works_for_Disney_Theatrical_20110312
Inviato da: Arancina22 il 28/3/2011, 16:17
Ammappa! Ma sono curiosa: The Little Mermaid avrà le stesse canzoni del precedente musical? Perchè erano bellissime, soprattutto She's In Love!
Inviato da: Scissorhands il 28/3/2011, 19:32
Uoooo incredibile!
Addirittura riportano la sirenetta?
Credo però che questa è una lista davvero a lunga scadenza...
Inviato da: Daydreamer il 28/3/2011, 20:18
Grazie Shaoran!! S' credo che La Sirenetta manterrà la stessa colonna sonora, cambierà invece la direzione artistica e la regia...correggendo quello che non andava...Incrocio le dita che abbia successo e che possa sbarcare presto a Londra!! 
Quanto alle altre produzioni mi incuriosisce Alice di Burton e Il Padre della Sposa... 
Inviato da: Fulvio84 il 28/3/2011, 21:11
Non c'e' un solo progetto che non e' interessante!
Spero che con il successo de La bella e la bestia, arrivi qualche altro musical anche in Italia. Amerei vedere Mary Poppins!
Inviato da: Arancina22 il 28/3/2011, 21:11
Grazie Day! Tra l'altro spero mantengano il costume di Ursula, me ne ero innamorata 
Inviato da: shaoran-kun il 28/3/2011, 23:33
Stesse canzoni, sicuramente. Il reparto visivo invece subirà radicali cambiamenti, soprattutto i costumi (temo che quello di Ursula verrà cambiato, quindi). Speriamo che evitino di rimettere Ariel sui pattini, quella è stata la cosa più assurda che io abbia mai visto.
Decisamente sì, ma il fatto che siano stati annunciati librettisti, registi e designers lascia intendere che i progetti siano comunque in corso di produzione. Il che non è poco, visto che Dumbo era stato annunciato già l'anno scorso!
La Stage Entertainment ha i diritti per il Re Leone e Mary Poppins, quindi è probabile che arrivino anche da noi prima o poi. Il primo in maniera particolare, visto che è uno dei maggiori successi della Disney Theatrical in tutto il mondo.
Inviato da: giagia il 29/3/2011, 8:22
Me so' perso, e Aladdin e Newsies?
Per TLM felicissimo, sperando che levino quella gran cavolata del Contest finale, e cambino costumi come quello di Flounder e di Ursula (e diamine, fate un buon casting questa volta, con tutte le vacche che avete in america tenetevi gli scheletri per una versione musicale di The Emperor's New Groove o per 101 Dalmatians), che Under the Sea se la smetta di essere Under the Plexiglass, che la caverna se la smetta di essere un materassino gonfiabile e, come dice giustamente Andrea CAVI, NON PATTINI! Nel 1903 a Londra facevano volare una ragazzina in calzamaglia, possibile che nel 2010 non possano usare le stesse tecniche?
Quanto a Mary Poppins in Italia, penso che siamo pronti a Mary quanto lo siamo per Wicked e il Fantasma dell'Opera(roba che, con le risorse che abbiamo oggi, se tagliamo un candelabro in Italia, questo cascherà davvero sulle cucuzze del pubblico, voglio vedere come ce la facciamo volare qui una Mary Poppins per tutto il teatro, la lanciamo con un cannone prestato cortesemente dal Gianicolo?) ma spero ci arriveremo.
Per The Jungle Book speriamo che mantengano King Louis, dopo Rafiki e Terk, la terza scimmia con il sesso invertito rispetto al Classico sarebbe troppo, oltre che una Queen Louis mi saprebbe di cosa estremamente Queer. Curioso per Dumbo (sceglieranno un allestimento alla The Lion King, con gli animali solo suggeriti grazie a delle maschere?)
Inviato da: warhol_84 il 29/3/2011, 19:46
Evvaiiiiiiii C'avevo azzeccato!
In qualche topic sparso per il forum avevo detto che Dumbo sarebbe stato uno dei prossimi musical anche se mi lascia sinceramente a bocca aperta, vabbeh. A mio modo di vedere è molto molto più probabile che facciano il re leone piuttosto che Mary Poppins e Wicked, i motivi dei miei dubbi li avevo gia espressi tempo fa. Probabilmente, anzi sicuramente, la nuova versione de La Sirenetta non sarà per Broadway ma per le versioni estere. Non credo che riporteranno la Sirenetta a new york, almeno per il momento. La cosa più tragica secondo me, oltre ovviamente i pattini, era la maglietta da giocatore di pallacanestro di Flaunder
Inviato da: Lif il 29/3/2011, 20:18
Per The Jungle Book speriamo che mantengano King Louis, dopo Rafiki e Terk, la terza scimmia con il sesso invertito rispetto al Classico sarebbe troppo, oltre che una Queen Louis mi saprebbe di cosa estremamente Queer.
Inviato da: shaoran-kun il 29/3/2011, 21:37
Infatti, oltretutto Aladdin dovrebbe finire a Broadway o sbaglio? Mi pare strano che non li abbiano citati.
Quoto, e la cosa triste è che da qualche parte bisogna pur cominciare (leggi: qualche spettacolo bisogna pur rovinarlo prima di impratichirsi e fare una cosa vagamente decente).
La cosa mi sembra abbastanza terrificante... Passi per un musical ambientato in Africa in cui si può rievocare la terra, la sabbia ecc.
Secondo me con Dumbo devono seriamente inventarsi qualcosa di geniale. E la vedo moooooolto dura.
Beh, allora Day potrà godersi Ariel a Londra molto presto! In effetti anche a me sembrava strano che volessero riproporre lo spettacolo a Broadway.
Inviato da: giagia il 29/3/2011, 21:43
Allora devo risparmiare per un altro viaggetto nella Capitale britannica, come al solito ostello a Piccadilly e volo easyjet
Inviato da: Daydreamer il 29/3/2011, 23:48
Evvai!!!!!! 
London there we go!
Inviato da: giagia il 30/3/2011, 2:34
In caso la proposta di organizzarsi resta sempre aperta...
Inviato da: Daydreamer il 30/3/2011, 11:54
CERTO! 
Inviato da: Scissorhands il 4/4/2011, 16:53
Variety riporta l'elenco completo.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033763?refCatId=19
'Alice,' 'Freaky' head to stage
Disney Theatrical developing multiple projects
By Gordon Cox
To judge by its Broadway output, Disney Theatrical Prods. has gone quiet since "The Little Mermaid," which opened in early 2008.
But a sudden spate of productions of licensed titles, including the recent Off Broadway bow of "Peter Pan" prequel "Peter and the Starcatcher," is one clue the org's development slate has actually gotten busier -- with projects in the works that include tuner adaptations of "Freaky Friday," "The Jungle Book" and Tim Burton's 3D "Alice in Wonderland."
It's a recent ramp-up prodded by the company's awareness of expanding potential in international markets, boosted by the kind of global brand recognition that, for instance, makes "Jungle Book" a much requested stage title in Germany. Many of the developing projects, then, are bound not for Broadway but toward licensed productions in regional markets and around the world.
Disney execs say they're open to Rialto possibilities for those titles developed for licensing, but they're not counting on it.
"The hope, obviously, is that one or more of these is hugely successful," says Disney Theatrical producer and prexy Thomas Schumacher. "But they have other ways to feed through the enterprise, too."
Including licensed productions created and produced by third parties -- such as "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," thanks to Disney's acquisition of Marvel in 2009 -- as well as reduxes of pre-existing shows, the portfolio is broader than Rialto-focused observers might initially suspect.
According to Schumacher and Steve Fickinger, veep for creative development and theatrical licensing, it's the busiest slate the company's legit arm has had.
Shows in development to be produced by Disney Theatrical in stagings targeted to Broadway include:
nThe musical adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland," which teams Tim Burton, who will oversee the production, with multiple alums of the stage version of "Beauty and Beast." Burton and "Beauty" set designer Stan Meyer will collaborate on production design, while "Beauty" helmer Robert Jess Roth directs and another "Beauty" collaborator, Matt West, choreographs. Linda Woolverton ("Beauty," "The Lion King"), who penned the film's screenplay, is onboard to write the book. Richard D. Zanuck, a producer of the film, joins as co-exec producer, and Disney is in conversations with Basil Twist to create the puppets.
n "Dumbo," which will see Michael Chabon penning the book for the "Billy Elliot" duo of director Stephen Daldry and choreographer Peter Darling. Bob Crowley ("Aida," "Mary Poppins") designs.
n"Father of the Bride," not necessarily a title that instantly screams the Disney brand, but linked through the Touchstone film that starred Steve Martin. Bartlett Sher ("South Pacific") directs.
All three projects are still in the works, with some collaborators -- including songwriters for all three -- still to be nailed down.
Alongside those larger-scale projects are properties Disney develops in versions to be licensed to regional and international markets hungry for stage adaptations of familiar titles. Among these, in varying phases of the development trajectory:
n "Freaky Friday," an adaptation of the well-known body-switch comedy with songs by young composer Ryan Scott Oliver and book by Bridget Carpenter ("Friday Night Lights"). Christopher Ashley helms in a staging headed for a developmental production at La Jolla Playhouse next spring.
n Early-stages project "Jungle Book," a tuner version (with songs from the movie) to be written and directed by Mary Zimmerman ("Metamorphoses").
nNew versions of shows that already played on Broadway, including "The Little Mermaid," to be produced in three separate regional productions this summer. Meanwhile, for a Stage Entertainment incarnation readying to tour Europe, book writer Doug Wright is taking another pass at the script, while designer Crowley and helmer Glenn Casale step into roles filled on Broadway by George Tsypin and Francesca Zambello, respectively. Also on the slate is a potential new incarnation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," to be helmed by Scott Schwartz ("Golda's Balcony").
Shows such as "Freaky Friday" and "Jungle Book" join previously announced titles, like the New York Theater Workshop-produced "Peter," which are developed but not produced by Disney. Still, Disney Theatrical remains closely tied to "Peter": The company has supervised its development at every step, and will be involved in any future life that emerges for the production.
There's also a two-act stage version of 1992 animated pic "Aladdin" -- oft-requested by stock, amateur and regional companies -- bowing this summer at the 5th Avenue in Seattle.
The stage version incorporates movie tunes by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, as well as some written for the pic but never used. New book by Chad Beguelin will incorporate previously unseen material created for the film. Casey Nicholaw ("The Book of Mormon") directs.
Plus, there's "Newsies," pairing original songwriters Menken and lyricist Jack Feldman with book writer Harvey Fierstein. The first production of that one, directed by Jeff Calhoun, opens at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse in September.
Disney sometimes invests in other shows on the Main Stem, most recently chipping in on the new revival of "Arcadia." And there are also the independent productions of titles linked to Disney via Touchstone, Miramax or Marvel, including "Spider-Man," "Sister Act," "Calendar Girls" and "Kinky Boots."
For the majority of Disney's developing projects, skeds are uncertain and, particularly in the case of the larger productions, likely to require time to come together. But the packed slate indicates that "Peter," "Newsies" and "Aladdin" may be only the first in a wave of Disney-linked shows that may not let up any time soon.
Inviato da: oswald il 4/4/2011, 22:52
L'alice di burton? vabè
Dumbo mi incuriosisce pur con qualche dubbio sull'allestimento. Spero di poter vedere The Little Mermaid e Mary Poppins quanto prima.
Non l'ho mai fatto ma per Londra mi metterei in lista anch'io per organizzarsi... chissà se al momento potrò poi andarci davvero 
Quanto a Mary Poppins in Italia, penso che siamo pronti a Mary quanto lo siamo per Wicked e il Fantasma dell'Opera(roba che, con le risorse che abbiamo oggi, se tagliamo un candelabro in Italia, questo cascherà davvero sulle cucuzze del pubblico, voglio vedere come ce la facciamo volare qui una Mary Poppins per tutto il teatro, la lanciamo con un cannone prestato cortesemente dal Gianicolo?) ma spero ci arriveremo.
Per The Jungle Book speriamo che mantengano King Louis, dopo Rafiki e Terk, la terza scimmia con il sesso invertito rispetto al Classico sarebbe troppo, oltre che una Queen Louis mi saprebbe di cosa estremamente Queer. Curioso per Dumbo (sceglieranno un allestimento alla The Lion King, con gli animali solo suggeriti grazie a delle maschere?)
ahahaha splendido davvero splendido!
Inviato da: shaoran-kun il 5/4/2011, 0:05
E ti pareva! I tre più interessanti, in pratica. Vabbè.
Comunque, the Little Mermaid è distribuito da Stage Entertainment, quindi c'è qualche vaga speranza che, in un indeterminato futuro, possa arrivare anche da noi.
Inviato da: Fulvio84 il 1/8/2011, 10:42
non trovo un altro topic adatto e non ne vorrei aprire uno inutile, percui scrivo qua.
Tornato dal viaggio a New York, porto con me anche l'esperienza di Broadway.
COme immaginavo non ho per nulla amato 2 ore e mezza di gente che canta e balla...ringrazio DIo che sono andato a vedere Mary Poppins, perche essendo un film che amo, ho trovato sopportabile il tutto...La Bella e la bestia a Milano mi e' piaicuto molto, ma un show cosi lungo mi ha veramente stancato. La mia amica dopo il primo tempo e' andata via...io ho voluto comunque rimanere fino alla fine. Lo spettacolo e' bellissimo...ma 2 ore e mezza? mi sembra eccessivo!
Inviato da: warhol_84 il 2/8/2011, 0:18
PEnsa che per quanto mi riguarda La Bella e La Bestia è finito pure troppo presto....e non volevo assolutamente che arrivasse il courtain call! Mary Poppins a Broadway è fantastico scenograficamente ma lo trovo un po' pesante e comunque non è assolutamente nella mia top list di musical a Broadway. Wicked sarebbe stato più stimolante o l'attuale The Book Of Mormon che trovo geniale sotto tutti gli aspetti, o la Famiglia Addams.
Inviato da: oswald il 3/8/2011, 22:14
Personalmente vorrei provare l'esperienza di Broadway per poter dire..... che probabilmente l'adorerei.
Ho amato La Bella e la Bestia in Italia, per alcuni aspetti più ricca del film, forse perché più lungo e una tale emozione dovrebbe essere ancora più bella con gli allestimenti originali: il musical in alcuni casi richiede abitudine all'ascolto di una storia cantata, a me almento è successo così, scoprendo di amare questa forma espressiva
Inviato da: Beast il 28/7/2012, 8:59
Per ora si tratta solo di speculazioni, ma c'è la possibilità che i Muppes invadano Broadway con un musical!
SPECULATION: MUPPETS MAY TAKE MANHATTAN VIA THE BROADWAY STAGE
It will be the quintessential example of life imitating art, but we have learned that Disney Theatrical may have intentions of bringing the Muppets to the theater with possible Broadway and national tour.
It was the third Muppet film, Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), in which Kermit the Frog wrote a musical titled ‘Manhattan Melodies’ and gained aspirations to bringing it to the Great White Way. Hilarity ensued and so did the Muppet Babies.
The speculative news comes once more via secretive domain name registrations. Amongst several new registrations are THEMUPPETSONBROADWAY.COM and THEMUPPETSONTOUR.COM. Although there is nothing in the actual registrations to tie them directly to Disney, we have reasons strong enough to report them as likely being legitimate.
The real question is just how Disney Theatrical plans on bringing The Muppets to stage, particularly Broadway, without cheapening (in a non-Muppety way) the experience. While puppets commanding the stage isn’t unprecedented (take ‘Avenue Q’ for example), it’d be difficult to replace any of the core puppeteers who are identified with each character with others. Unlike ‘Avenue Q,’ the Muppets also tend to keep the puppeteers hidden when performing, so while track is possible, it will ultimately cheapen the experience and takes out the potential bonus of improv. What could happen is a limited run with performances by the actual talent, coupled with a small national tour, but it would be hard to expect much more than that.
Other possible titles being worked on for the stage by Disney Theatrical include 101 Dalmatians (101dalmatiansonbroadway.com and 101dalmatiansontour.com), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (bedknobsandbroomsticksonbroadway.com, bedknobsandbroomsticksontour.com, bedknobsandbroomsticksthemusical.com) and Pinocchio (pinocchioonbroadway.com and pinocchioontour.com). Similar registrations were also made for ‘Bell, Book and Candle,’ which has been staged before and does not appear to belong to Disney Theatrical, but is now apparently being worked into a musical version which could simply be a licensed project not yet announced (bellbookandcandleonbroadway.com, bellbookandcandleontour.com, bellbookandcandlethemusical.com).
Fonte: StitchKingdom
Inviato da: Scissorhands il 30/7/2012, 1:05
uao sembra davvero interessante!
Inviato da: Scissorhands il 2/7/2013, 11:49
The Jungle book è pronto, ho aperto un topic apposito!
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