Disney adaptations for the stage? — Page 2

Bedknobs & Broomsticks is also in the works, as is the Muppet musical (Disney owned).

Whatever happened to the Stephen Daldry helmed Dumbo ?



Edit: Off the top of my head Disney titles that I think might make for interesting musical adaptations:

Something based off the Documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty

Wreck it Ralph

Moana

The Princess and the Frog

Pete’s Dragon

Hocus Pocus

Return To Oz

The Mighty Ducks

Tom and Huck

The Incredibles

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Updated On: 11/27/17 at 01:20 PM

I'm having trouble picturing Wreck It Ralph as well

Call_me_jorge said: "Cesare2 said: ""Coco" has already been done on Broadway. I'd like to see Julie Taymor take a crack at Disney's "Moneys, Go Home!" or "The Love Bug.""

What show has to do with dia de los muertos?"

I would love to know this myself....if you're trying to be tongue in cheek about ITH or something, that's just odd. Love Bug? I love that movie, but something tells me it would meet the same fate as "Chitty" and we all know how that went. Also, reminder that Tangled is on a ship, but who knows if that was a template for a future full length musical. My vote is still Hercules and honestly since neither Schwartz would be involved (I hope...) with it, it might actually have a decent Broadway future. And I'l say it again...."Nightmare" for any of the Parks. It's not..."Great White Way", but this would make a KILLING in any of the Parks, if done right. Taymor anyone?

Updated On: 11/28/17 at 11:30 AM

Actually, I wish they would stop - lol. There will be three Disney Broadways shows running at the same time in a few months and that is enough.

"i thought Lion King would close at the Minskoff to make room."

Lion King is like Phantom, it will never close - lol

Call_me_jorge said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "I sawCoco on Friday and I was completely blown away by it. The will definitely be a perfect Broadway musical"

I loved it, but I’m not too sure how this can be done on the stage. Like the skeletons and all. Loved the music, though. It would be a nice property for lin to adapt, but I know the lopezes were involved with this"

I think Coco could make for a great stage musical, but can we keep Lin away from this? I love him but the last thing we need is a hip-hop Day of the Dead musical. If anything the Lopezes should stick around or find a Mexican composer/songwriter to help carve out the music. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday and it would be great to see a Mexican composer/songwriter bring it to Broadway using their own cultural identity.

Hocus Pocus would be amazing. Someone else mentioned "The Parent Trap," and I would enjoy that as well. I think Toy Story could also do well.

Another one I'd like, but I don't think it's Disney, is "Home Alone."

Sertzo19 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "I sawCoco on Friday and I was completely blown away by it. The will definitely be a perfect Broadway musical"

I loved it, but I’m not too sure how this can be done on the stage. Like the skeletons and all. Loved the music, though. It would be a nice property for lin to adapt, but I know the lopezes were involved with this"

I think Coco could make for a great stage musical, but can we keep Lin away from this? I love him but the last thing we need is a hip-hop Day of the Dead musical. If anything the Lopezes should stick around or find a Mexican composer/songwriter to help carve out the music. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday and it would be great to see a Mexican composer/songwriter bring it to Broadway using their own cultural identity."

Hate to double post but I saw Coco two months ago and I won't mind a stage version as long as done right

yankeefan7 said: "Actually, I wish they would stop - lol. There will be three Disney Broadways shows running at the same time in a few months and that is enough."

I don't like making assumptions, but I'm going to assume for a hot second that you aren't quite old enough to remember when FIVE Disney musicals were running all together at one point. It a was short period, maybe a month, but it happened. You can obviously correct me about your age if I'm wrong.

Taymor would have been perfect for Mermaid come to think of it, I don't why I didn't think of it before. However, I don't really want to see it come back. I remember thinking before it even existed how a Mermaid musical would work, and lo a Mermaid musical was announced, but now that it's existed for a while and being done everywhere, I really don't know how this would have worked as perfectly as B and the B or LK did, Taymor or not. Frankly I'd prefer a B and B revival if they did bring one of their stage properties back, but I don't think revivals are what they're in business for. However...isn't/wasn't there a rumor of some gargantuan Orlando production?

Coco I could see working with some creative thought, but being Pixar, I wonder if Disney would consider it at all. That being said, is it just me or are the lines between Pixar and strictly Disney films getting blurry?? Coco is absolutely the most "traditional Disney" type of film, it's an actual MUSICAL which Pixar certainly has never done, that I'm already forgetting it's Pixar. Same with Wreck it Ralph, but the opposite. It's such a Pixar type of film in it's style and storytelling that I forget it's Disney and not Pixar.

Don't forget Star Wars musical. Arena tour!