What Disney Movie is Next in Line for Broadway?

[GreatBroadwayFan]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:37am

So to date (April 2016) the following Disney films (both animated & live action) have been adapted into stage musicals:

Beauty and the Beast (1994), The Lion King (1997), Tarzan (2006), Mary Poppins (2006), The Little Mermaid (200, Newsies (2012) and Aladdin (2014)

And while there are MANY others in development (Frozen is set for Spring 2018 at the St. James with Betsy Wolfe as Elsa), here is the question of this thread:

If you could have any other Disney film (animated or live action) adapted into a Broadway musical, which one would you choose? And who would you dreamcast as the leads?

Have fun!

 

 

Updated On: 4/28/16 at 11:37 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:42am

I hope it's THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS starring Patti LuPone.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:45am

Tangled with Taylor lauderman

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:46am

I hope it's THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN starring Angela Lansbury.

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:46am

I would kill for some Hercules. The vocals!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:47am

I hope it's WHITE FANG starring Len Cariou.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:47am

Jordan Catalano said: "I hope it's THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS starring Patti LuPone."

Kyle Richards will probably want to be in it again. Or talk about it constantly. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:48am

I hope it's WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN starring Carol Channing.

[asmith0307]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:50am

In seriousness though, they are developing Father of the Bride (per Schumacher himself).

Updated On: 4/28/16 at 11:50 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:50am

I hope it's BLANK CHECK starring Jeremy Jordan. 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:53am

That one where they made lemmings run off a cliff!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:54am

I hope it's RETURN TO OZ starring Alice Ripley

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:59am

Jordan Catalano said: "I hope it's RETURN TO OZ starring Alice Ripley"

 

You joke but I would pay to see her play Mombi.

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 11:59am

I hope it's BENJI THE HUNTED starring Renee Elise Goldsberry. 

[BobBenson]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 12:03pm

Hopefully, it will be THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS starring Steve Kazee (Reverend Hill), Lillias White (Cleo), Jennifer Simard (Vickie), Jayne Houdyshell (Mrs. Rafferty), Annaleigh Ashford (Jane), Patina Miller (Anne), John Cullum (Mr. Rafferty), and Victoria Clark (Claire)

Updated On: 4/28/16 at 12:03 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 12:03pm

I hope it's OPERATION DUMBO DROP starring Laura Benanti & Nick Adams.

[Jshan05]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 12:04pm

JudyDenmark said: "I would kill for some Hercules. The vocals!"

 

YAS! Think about the amazing women they could cast as The Muses. Hercules is one of my favorites musicals so I would love to see this happen!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 12:04pm

I hope it's A GOOFY MOVIE starring Beth Malone.

[Drewski Vanderbilt]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 1:07pm

Mulan

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 1:13pm

I'm gonna guess Moana will probably head to Broadway at some point.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 1:18pm

I'd still like to see them do something with Pocahontas. Even if it's just for regionals and licensing. Something that tells her story more accurately maybe aimed at adult and teen audience that uses a mostly new score with "Colors of the Wind" and "Just Around the Riverbend" incorporated somehow.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 1:36pm

The Jungle Book!

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 1:37pm

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES with Jonathan Pryce

RETURN TO OZ with Sydney Lucas

THE BLACK HOLE with Rosie O' Donnell 

[BobBenson]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 2:22pm

Scarywarhol said: "SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES with Jonathan Pryce

RETURN TO OZ with Sydney Lucas

THE BLACK HOLE with Rosie O' Donnell 

 

"

I know you're being funny, but I could actually see Pryce and Lucas in the lead roles you suggested. However, who would Ro play in THE BLACK HOLE?

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/28/16 at 2:34pm

Jonathan Pryce would be reviving his film role. I was joking, but that could actually be great. 

I hadn't put any actual thought into it, but maybe Ro could genderbend into Ernest Borgnine's part.