On a big upcoming secret production, he teased: “There's one big original that we're working on right now that is not based on a Disney musical program that we will make a musical on. I can't announce it yet but it's based on a book about extraordinary women.”
Disney Theatrical Productions, the biggest company producing on Broadway, is working on a musical adaptation of “Hidden Figures,” which it has been exploring since 2018 with the film critic Elvis Mitchell as creative consultant.
A stage musical adaptation of the 2016 Oscar-nominated hit film Hidden Figures is in the works at Disney, with plans to assemble a creative team of Black artists, Disney Theatrical Productions confirms. The project has been in development, quietly, for a few years, but came to light this week with a mention in a New York Times report on Black theater artists. Film scholar and former film critic Elvis Mitchell is attached to the project as a creative consultant. Other details about the musical production, including casting, creative team, and target dates, are to be determined.
