POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
#1POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:13pm
I found while looking at the 1995 Annual Report:
"The division continues to develop new ideas for its next musical, which will be launched in the spring of 1997 at the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, New York.
Disney Theatrical Productions plans to stage one new Broadway show each year after 1997. It has a variety of projects under consideration, including a new version of Aida with music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice; King David, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice; Elton and Tim's Lion King; and Pocahontas, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. "
Anyone else know this?
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purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:25pmI heard it a while ago, and I would love to see it on Broadway. It is my third favorite Disney film behind Beauty and The Little Mermaid, and well lets hope it could have been better than the latter.
#2re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:07pmBeing that the report was from almost 14 years ago, I'd gamble to say that whatever they did come up is all but a long memory by now. Things change and I'd see Disney doing something with Pirates, Mulan or Enchanted with today's audiences.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#3re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:01pmIf they tried to do something with Pirates, they'd lose their shirts.
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#4re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:03pm
Mmmm... shirtless pirates...
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NYC_or_Bust
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#5re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:25pmdon't even get me started on this...
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#6re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:25pmdon't even get me started on this...
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#7re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:36pmDon't we already have shirtless sailors in Mermaid?
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you.
--Cartman: South Park
ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
#8re: POCAHONTAS Was Optioned For Broadway By Disney?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:43pm
Ah, now BWW discovers exactly why it is that Schmerg_The_Impaler is crazy enough to like Mermaid...
(Seriously, though, Pirates the musical would be the worst idea since "Thirteen." I'm hoping my misguided pun on 'losing their shirts' came through...)
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/24/08 at 08:43 PM
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