Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
#1Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:33amMary Poppins! The set is amazing.
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:34amThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, which has never come to Broadway.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#2re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:38amBeauty and the Beast...one of the only good Disney productions.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#3re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:39am
Think my favourite is Beauty and the Beast, I just absolutely love the story anyway and thought the stage show did the film justice.
Followed by Mary Poppins, Little Mermaid, and at the bottom is Lion King. Really didn't like that one.
Wish I could have seen Aida, because I love the Cast Recording.
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 11:39 AM
#4re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:39amMary Poppins all the way. I heart me some Rebecca Luker and Summer Strallen :)
#5re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:40amMary Poppins was also really good. Really loved the staging of Jolly Holiday.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#6re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:42am
The original London, original Broadway or post Broadway London staging of Jolly Holiday - all statues, all colourful people or a bit of both?
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 11:42 AM
#7re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:43amActually, I think Scarlett Strallen is Mary.
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
#8re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:46am
Am loving the love for Scarlett. Having Laura Michelle Kelly, Lisa O'Hare and Scarlett, I totally agree SingItOutLoud - she is the perfect mix of sweet, funny, a bit dark and can dance up a storm!
Fav moment of her performance - when she's giving the kids their medicine just before Spoonful and Michael complains "I don't think I like raspberry ice", her line reading of "I don't think I care" totally cracks me up every time I've seen her do it (and that's 4 times)
#9re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:50amHahaha! Yeah, me too! Hey, how do you change the umm..."Swing" thingy next to my profile...help?
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#10re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:52amDefinitely Mary Poppins. I so wish I could have seen Laura Michelle Kelly!
#11re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:53amThe broadway version of Holiday with the colors.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#12re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:53amIts a count of your posts. Swing is the first 50, then understudy for 50, then stand-by for 200 posts I think. It goes up pretty quickly if you post regularly. However, don't post for the sake of posting, its really annoying!!
#13re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:55amThanks! I get it now! So, you can't change it automatically. It's like, how many things you post! Gracias!
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
#14re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:58amOh, sorry! Just one more thing...how do you get a picture?...for your profile?
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
#15re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:59am
I'm yet to see the Broadway version live. In April (when I come across the pond) it is definitely on my list.
Originally the number was all about the statues coming to life. However when the show transferred to NY they Technicolored, adding all the bench/costume changing tricks. They redid the London version after the NY opening, adding some colour stuff while keeping half the ensemble as statues.
pli1018, Laura was incredible in the role - however Scarlett had an advantage of seeing how others had played it before her. Does anyone know why LMK didn't transfer with the show to NY?
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 11:59 AM
#16re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:08pm
Beauty and the Beast with Mary Poppins as a close second...
both shows use special effects that are quite "magical"...(mary flying and the beasts transformation)
#17re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:20pm
Technically speaking: "Lion King"
Story wise: "Beauty"
Actually Mermaid is my FAVORITE Disney film - so me not listing it as a favorite is a BIG deal
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#18re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:21pm
Beauty and the Beast with Mary Poppins as a close second...
both shows use special effects that are quite "magical"...(mary flying and the beasts transformation)
I second this. Of course, Beauty was the first Broadway show I saw, so it always holds a special place in my heart. But I just saw Poppins and it was Disney magic. The Lion King's costumes are spectacular and the opening isn't to be missed, but Poppins has stronger music and acting talent I found.
Less said about the Little Mermaid, the better. Such a waste of such a beautiful original score from the film...
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#20re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:35pmI'm pretty sure there was some sort of a tiff between LMK and Cameron Macintosh, which subsequently ruined her chances of transferring. I *think*, but don't quote me.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#21re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:36pm
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Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#22re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:40pm
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KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#23re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:42pm
I honestly have to say that it is a dead tie between all of them.
I am in the minority that adores Disney to death.
And even if its a weak show, you go into the theater feeling like you are walking on air. To be honest, thats one of my favorite sensations, walking into a theater to see the house and the curtain.
Long story short, Disney is what got me into Broadway.
#24re: Your Favorite 'Disney' Show, and Why?
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:54pm
Favorite show in general: Beauty and the Beast
Favorite staging: Lion King
Favorite score: Little Mermaid
Favorite Disney movie: Hunchback of Notre Dame
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
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