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Which Disney flick would you most like to see on broadway? except for Lion King and Beauty and the Beast....... cause they've already been done..........

for me id have to say Aladdin.... im thinkin it could be awsome with carpet.... genie.... the cave of wonders.....

Pinocchio...

can anyone say... WHALE?

As a big fan of The Lion King Broadway musical , i would LOOOVE to see The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins and i'm happy because they're in the work!!

as for Pinocchio which will be direct by Julie Traymor ( Lion King dBroadway director) she did a great job with TLK costumes, mise en scène so Pinocchio can ba a HIT!

KinOO wrote:
as for Pinocchio which will be direct by Julie Traymor ( Lion King dBroadway director) she did a great job with TLK costumes, mise en scène so Pinocchio can ba a HIT!

Especially since Pinocchio isn't very highly regarded as "suitable" among most adults (they think it's to immature). Same with Peter Pan and Alice.

Prince Adam wrote:Same with Peter Pan and Alice.

I think there was already a musical of Peter Pan, in fact wasn't there more than one?

Maerj wrote:

Prince Adam wrote:Same with Peter Pan and Alice.

I think there was already a musical of Peter Pan, in fact wasn't there more than one?

Yes. And I hope that if Disney does their version of one, they don't follow the tradition of having a woman play Peter (who should be renamed Patricia Pan for those adaptions).

Speaking strictly from a music standpoint, I think The Little Mermaid would be a logical choice. It contains many popular, recognizable songs that would carry over quite well on the stage. And we all know how engaging the story is.

Aladdin definitely would be another great choice...a bit more frenzied than The Little Mermaid with just as much great music.

indianajdp wrote:Aladdin definitely would be another great choice...a bit more frenzied than The Little Mermaid with just as much great music.

I ordered the free travel planning video from Disneyland and one of the things featured on it is an Aladdin Stage Show that looks really cool.

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Definately, Pinocchio!!!!!!

I would also like to see the Blue Man Group do something with Fantasia....but that is off this topic here

Yes. And I hope that if Disney does their version of one, they don't follow the tradition of having a woman play Peter (who should be renamed Patricia Pan for those adaptions).

Er. No. The original Peter Pan stage play follows a long tradition of cross-dressing in English theatre. Originally this is from Shakespearian days, when men would often dress up as women to perform the parts as acting was not classed as a suitable profession for women. Any female actors were looked down upon by the rest of society and treated with utter contempt and disrespect. So the fist performace of Romeo and Juliet, for example, had the role of Juliet played by a man.

As for Peter Pan - when this play was first performed, there were few child actors - so the roles were taken by adults. Just like Bart Simpson and other cartoon characters are played by women these days, the easiest way of creating the illusion of a child on the stage when you haven't got one was to have a woman play the role.

These days both of these reasons are redundant - we all have females actors and child actors on stage. However, the tradition has carried on - although these days it is used only in comedy, mainly in Pantomime where men still dress as women (Cinderella's Ugly StepSisters are always protrayed by men in drag for example). Yes, that's right, the British actually take their young children to see men in drag on stage for entertainment!

Actually, if anyone is over in the UK round Christmas time, they simply must see an English pantomime - it really is a unique experience. Especially, I would imagine, for people unaware of the genre's rules and conventions.

The tradition is also carried over to English comedy - think of all the sketches in Monty Python that had the team in drag, or for the best modern example the deeply disturbing (but deeply funny) League of Gentlemen. But there's plenty of other examples such as Lilly Savage and Pauline Calf.

As for Peter Pan, from the first stage performance onwards, the role has always been taken by a woman. It does so to this day for no other reason than tradition. But if Disney ever does to Peter Pan on stage, they must have the role played by a woman simply to uphold tradition.

I'd like to see BedKnobs and Broomsticks on stage.

I'd love to see Pocahontas on stage, including "If I Never Knew You" and some new songs from Alan Menken.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is not a bad idea, either.

Aladdin was the first film that came to mind but Pinocchio and Pocahontas would also be good stage productions.

Sleeping Beauty would be kinda cool, would probably need a huge stage though!!

The Emperor's New Groove

I agree with MutantEnemy-I'd love to see Sleeping Beauty on stage. In essence, SB would really be simple to do. It doesn't really require a whole lot of special effects. What effects it does need are rather simple such as Merryweather using her magic to clean the room. By far the biggest (only?) challenge they'll have is recreating the climax with the forest of thorns and dragon Maleficent. Still, it'd be awesome to see all that live.

I would like to see... I don't think I'll ever be able to but,... I think I want to see:

The Rescuers On broadway!!!

I think I'll keep on dreaming...!!!

I don't think that will happen.

yeah!! Sleeping Beauty could be very cool!!! just imagine the dragon...wow!!

I never thought of Bedknobs and Broomsticks! That could be cool (I really love the music).

But Little Mermaid will be the best (the underwater effects, and just think of the showstopper-Under the Sea!)