‘Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure’ Tour to Kick Off in July
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Feld Entertainment, producer of Disney on Ice and other live touring staged productions featuring your favorite Disney characters, will be launching a new touring show, ‘Disney Junior Live on Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure’ featuring characters from some of Disney Junior’s hottest stars.
According to the production’s description, now available at DisneyJuniorLiveOnTour.com, the show invites audiences to get swept up in the excitement as Sofia and her family prepare for a royal celebration that helps us all learn the true meaning of being a princess with a special appearance from Cinderella. Then it’s off to Never Land where Jake and his swashbuckling friends Izzy and Cubby, with a little help from Peter Pan, battle Captain Hook to unlock treasure hidden inside a mysterious volcano. It’s danger and dueling on the high seas as Jake discovers what it takes to be a true hero. In addition, beginning ten minutes before each show, audiences will join Doc McStuffins for a special pre-show in which audiences will Doc take care of one of her beloved toys with her own special brand of love and magic.
According to the touring schedule posted on the website, the tour will kick off on July 26, 2013 at the Johnny Mercer Theatre in Savannah, Georgia. Existing listings for the show on Ticketmaster list May 14 as the pre-sale start date for most shows.
The current list of cities listed on the website are as follows:
| Fri 7/26/2013 | Savannah, GA | Johnny Mercer Theatre at Savannah Civic Center |
| Sun 7/28/2013 | Fayetteville, NC | Crown Theatre |
| Fri 8/2/2013 | Florence, SC | Florence Civic Center |
| Sat 8/3/2013 | Greensboro, NC | War Memorial Auditorium |
| Sun 8/4/2013 | Johnson City, TN | Freedom Hall |
| Fri 8/9/2013 | Richmond, VA | Richmond Coliseum |
| Sat 8/10/2013 | Charlottesville, VA | John Paul Jones Arena |
| Sun 8/11/2013 | Salisbury, MD | Wicomico Youth and Civic Center |
| Fri 8/16/2013 | Durham, NC | Durham Performing Arts Center |
| Sat 8/17/2013 | Charleston, WV | Municipal Auditorium |
| Sun 8/18/2013 | Wheeling, WV | WesBanco Arena |
| Fri 8/23/2013 | Erie, PA | Warner Theatre |
| Sat 8/24/2013 | Elmira, NY | First Arena |
| Sun 8/25/2013 – Mon 8/26/2013 | Binghamton, NY | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena |
| Thu 9/5/2013 | Yakima, WA | Yakima Valley Sundome |
| Sat 9/7/2013 | Salt Lake City, UT | EnergySolutions Arena |
| Sun 9/8/2013 | Boise, ID | Taco Bell Arena |
| Fri 9/13/2013 | San Diego, CA | Valley View Casino Center |
| Sat 9/14/2013 | Fresno, CA | William Saroyan Theatre at Fresno Convention Center |
| Sun 9/15/2013 | Stockton, CA | Stockton Arena |
| Sat 9/21/2013 – Sun 9/22/2013 | Long Beach, CA | Terrace Theater |
| Fri 9/27/2013 – Sun 9/29/2013 | Hollywood, CA | Dolby Theatre |
| Fri 10/4/2013 – Sun 10/6/2013 | Las Vegas, NV | Orleans Arena |
| Wed 10/9/2013 | Rio Rancho, NM | Santa Ana Star Center |
| Fri 10/11/2013 – Sat 10/12/2013 | Phoenix, AZ | US Airways Center |
| Fri 10/18/2013 | Moline, IL | i wireless Center |
| Sat 10/19/2013 | Cedar Rapids, IA | U.S. Cellular Center |
| Sun 10/20/2013 | St. Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center |
| Mon 10/21/2013 | Grand Forks, ND | Ralph Engelstad Arena |
| Fri 10/25/2013 | Fort Wayne, IN | Expo Center at the Memorial Coliseum |
| Sat 10/26/2013 | Youngstown, OH | Covelli Centre |
| Sun 10/27/2013 | Columbus, OH | Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center |
| Fri 11/1/2013 | Auburn Hills, MI | Palace of Auburn Hills |
| Sat 11/2/2013 | Saginaw, MI | The Theater at the Dow Event Center |
| Sun 11/3/2013 | Indianapolis, IN | Bankers Life Fieldhouse |
| Fri 11/8/2013 | Reading, PA | Sovereign Center |
| Sat 11/9/2013 | Hershey, PA | Hershey Theatre |
| Sun 11/10/2013 | Wilkes Barre, PA | Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza |
| Fri 11/15/2013 | Worcester, MA | The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| Sat 11/16/2013 | Lowell, MA | Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell |
| Sun 11/17/2013 | Syracuse, NY | The Oncenter War Memorial Arena |
| Fri 11/22/2013 | Hartford, CT | XL Center |
| Sat 1/23/2013 – Sun 11/24/2013 | Providence, RI | Veterans Memorial Auditorium |
| Fri 11/29/2013 – Sat 11/30/2013 | New Brunswick, NJ | State Theatre |
| Sun 12/1/2013 | Trenton, NJ | Sun National Bank Center |
| Fri 12/6/2013 – Sat 12/7/2013 | Baltimore, MD | Lyric Opera House |
| Sun 12/8/2013 | Norfolk, VA | Constant Convocation Center |
| Wed 12/11/2013 | Baton Rouge, LA | Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| Thu 12/12/2013 – Fri 12/13/2013 | New Orleans, LA | Lakefront Arena |
| Sun 12/15/2013 | Atlanta, GA | Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre |
| Thu 12/19/2013 | Lafayette, LA | The Cajundome |
| Fri 12/20/2013 | Houma, LA | Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center |
| Sun 12/22/2013 | Austin, TX | Frank Erwin Center |
| Mon 12/23/2013 | Laredo, TX | Laredo Energy Arena |
| Thu 12/26/2013 | Hidalgo, TX | State Farm Arena |
| Fri 12/27/2013 – Sat 12/28/2013 | Houston, TX | Reliant Arena |
| Sun 12/29/2013 | Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie |
| Mon 12/30/2013 | Allen, TX | Allen Event Center |
| Fri 1/3/2014 – Sat 1/4/2014 | San Jose, CA | San Jose Civic Auditorium |
| Sun 1/5/2014 | Oakland, CA /td> |
Paramount Theatre |
| Sat 2/8/2014 | St. Louis, MO | Chaifetz Arena |
| Sun 2/9/2014 | Des Moines, IA | Wells Fargo Arena |
| Fri 3/14/2014 – Sun 3/16/2014 | Rosemont, IL | Rosemont Theatre |
| Thu 4/3/2014 – Fri 4/4/2014 | Uniondale, NY | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Sat 4/5/2014 – Sun 4/6/2014 | East Rutherford, NJ | IZOD Center |
| Thu 4/10/2014 – Sun 4/13/2014 | White Plains, NY | Westchester County Center |
| Thu 4/17/2014 – Sun 4/27/2014 | New York City, NY | The Theater at Madison Square Garden |
Categories: Theatre Tags: Animation, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney Junior Live on Tour, Disney Live, Disney Live on Tour, Disney on Ice, Doc McStuffins, Feld Entertainment, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Sophia the First, television, Theater, Theatre, Theatrical
LIVING SOCIAL: Save 35% on Cirque du Soleil’s ‘La Nouba’ at Walt Disney World
Living Social is now offering 35% off category 3 and 4 tickets for Cirque du Soleil’s ‘La Nouba’ for performances between April 9 and June 21, 2013 (note the show will be dark May 12 – 27).
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Through this special deal, tickets are $40/$32 for category 4 tickets and $49/$39 for category 3 tickets.
For more information or to take advantage of this limited offer, visit the official Living Social page.
Categories: Downtown Disney, Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Tags: CDS, Cirque, Cirque Du Soleil, Coupons, Deals, Discounts, Disney Springs, Disney World, Downtown Disney, DTD, La Nouba, Living Social, Theater, Theatre, Walt Disney World, WDW
‘Aladdin’ Confirmed for Broadway, Spring 2014
Disney Theatrical today officially confirmed what we have been reporting for some time — a staged musical adaptation of Aladdin is headed to Broadway for the 2014 season.
We have been talking about a staged adaptation by Disney Theatrical for nearly three years now, prior to its original incarnation at the 5th Avenue Theater in 2011. Since then, it has had several runs around the world and has consistently been edited as it continued to meet mixed reviews. Its reported lackluster performances fueled doubts when we relayed composer Alan Menken’s informal announcement last summer that it would in fact be headed for Broadway. Even after a reported leak which led to confirmation that ‘Mary Poppins’ would see its final Broadway curtain call on March 3, Disney Theatrical was slow to acknowledge that ‘Aladdin’ was waiting impatiently in the wings.
The show will feature music by Alan Menken; lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin with a book by Beguelin. Casey Nicholaw will direct and choreograph.
This will be the first staging of this full-length two-act ‘Aladdin.’ Nicholaw and the writers had previously collaborated on a pilot production of the musical at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre in summer 2011, mounted for a limited run with the goal of trying out new material and structure. The Broadway version will be an entirely new production featuring a new script, tunestack and a wholly original design scaled to the Broadway stage and an epic story. ‘Aladdin’ will feature a full Broadway score including the five beloved songs from the film.
Aladdin will be designed by six-time Tony® winning scenic designer Bob Crowley, three-time Tony winning lighting designer Natasha Katz, two-time Tony winning costume designer Gregg Barnes and sound designer Ken Travis.
The production team also includes illusion designer Jim Steinmeyer and hair designer Josh Marquette. The music team is headed by music supervisor and music director Michael Kosarin, who will also create the vocal and incidental music arrangements, joined by orchestrator Danny Troob and dance music arranger Glen Kelly.
Before it opens on Broadway in spring 2014, however, it will play in Toronto for nine weeks at the Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly the Canon) November 13, 2013 to January 12, 2014 and will open at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre in 2014.
Fans are encouraged to sign up up for email alerts at www.aladdinbroadway.com.
CONFIRMED: Disney’s Aladdin is Broadway-Bound
We had been talking about Disney Theatrical producing a musical based on Disney Animation’s Aladdin for years, so it came as little shock to us when the production became fully realized at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater in early 2011.
Since then, the show has been re-tooled and has played at various regional theaters, but it wasn’t until a special private event for members of Disney’s official fan club, Disney D23, last summer, that we had any inkling that it was destined for Broadway (in truth, we believed a touring production would be as far as the plans went).
The event featured an intimate performance by composer Alan Menken, who introduced the song ‘Proud of Your Boy’ (cut from the original animated film) as being prepped for a Broadway production — a statement we took none too lightly, considering Menken’s stature in the theatrical community.
Fast forward to yesterday, when the New York Times published this article, confirming via anonymous inside sources that ‘Aladdin’ is indeed headed to the Broadway stage, replacing Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theater.
It should be noted that there has been no official announcement from Disney Theatrical yet as they have declined to comment both on the New York Times story as well as our own.
Video courtesy of and h/t to @jellicle0
UPDATE: Via its official Facebook page, Mary Poppins has acknowledge the show will have its final performance on March 3, 2013
Report: Free ‘Inside the Lion King’ Exhibit Opens in New York for Limited Time
On November 13, 1997, Disney brought the staged, musical adaptation of its animated smash, The Lion King, to Broadway. Fifteen years later, it is now the the fifth longest-running musical in Broadway history, contains to sell out nightly and consistently has one of the top box-office intakes out of the dozens of theatrical offerings on Broadway alone.
As a thank you to the tens of millions of theater-goers who have seen the show as well as the millions more who will, Disney Theatrical has produced a free, time-limited exhibit appropriately titled ‘Inside The Lion King.’ Located at the corner of 42nd St and Sixth Ave in Manhattan, the exhibit gives visitors unprecedented access to not only ‘The Lion King,’ but the entire theatrical process. From concept design to modeling and mock-ups to fully realized costumes, the exhibit virtually makes the visitor part of the backstage experience itself. Here, photography is not only allowed, but encouraged, as is the ability to touch the costumes themselves and explore how they are constructed.
The individual displays are arranged around the exhibition by logical groupings as evidenced by the free exhibition ‘guide map’ handed out. Although the map has sections laid out in a circle, life appears to be more of a square. The map also encourages photos in particular with the Rafiki and Scar wax figures (on loan from Madam Tussauds) along with the adult Simba costume, but the truth is every step along the way is a virtual photo-op here, in particular with Zazu and Bertha, the elephant.
As guests travel around the exhibition, they’ll encounter several exhibition staff members willing to share information and enthusiasm about the musical. One of the several facts I personally heard over and over was that it takes four performers to operate Bertha [the elephant] — that’s one in each leg. In addition to the staff, there are two interactive touch-screen operated kiosks located towards the exit which offer up a wealth of information about the show across several categories.
While costumes and other artifacts make up the perimeter of the exhibit, the center portion of the room is dedicated to show merchandise — it is Disney after all. Virtually every item that can be purchased while attending the show is available to purchase here, though to be honest, the items are available through limited online channels as well. In either case, it’s a far broader offering than the limited theatrical merchandise one would find at the Disney Store in Times Square, making this a great place for a last-minute holiday gift or Christmas tree ornament. There is, however, one exclusive tshirt for the exhibit itself, offered only here. On a confusing side note, purchases seem to show up on statements as ‘Sister Act merchandise.’ From what I am told there are no discounts beyond Disney Cast Member, but there is a purchase with purchase offer: a reusable ‘The Lion King’ tote for $5 with any purchase. That said, it might be worth checking in towards the close of the exhibition just to be sure on any of the 2012. Another reason to stop by the exhibition is that tickets to the shows’ performances are being sold at the exhibit’s exit.
The exhibition will also play host to several workshops geared towards children aged six and up. For more information and for the current schedule, you can visit the official exhibition page.
‘Inside the Lion King’ is open daily from now through December 16 from 10 am – 8 pm, with limited hours on December 3 for private events. Admission is free.
Below is our gallery of images from the exhibit which represent a sample of what’s available to see hands-on, along with a video showing some of the highlights.
Categories: Theatre Tags: Broadway, Disney Theatrical, Events, Exhibits, Free, Lion King, Museums, Musicals, New York City, NYC, The Lion King, Theater, Theatre, TLK
‘Newsies’ to Offer Free Performance in New York City on November 2
Disney Theatrical’s ‘Newsies’ has announced that it will be taping a performance on the morning of Friday, November 2 as part of the CBS Thanksgiving Parade special. The cast will perform ‘King of New York’ to a very lucky, intimate crowd of just 75 ‘fansies’ at the Nederlander Theatre located at 208 W 41st Street in Manhattan, between 7th and 8th Avenues.
According to the event page from their official Facebook page, the taping will occur between 10 am and 11:30 am and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis only, with lines forming at 9 am. Guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information on the performance, visit the official event page.
Categories: Theatre Tags: Broadway, Disney Theatrical, Holidays, Newsies, television, Thanksgiving, Theater, Theatre
Report: Alan Menken Says ‘Aladdin’ Heading to Broadway
Last night, Alan Menken held an intimate performance as part of the ‘Destination D’ event at the Disneyland Resort, held by Disney D23, the official fan club of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS). After wowing the attending crowd with music from decades of his Tony, Grammy and Oscar-winning career (he holds the record for having the most Oscars (living)), he closed the show with ‘Proud of Your Boy,’ a song that was intended for the original 1992 film, but was cut due to story changes.
It was when introducing the song that Menken mentioned the musical is currently being tweaked for a Broadway run, according to reports from attendees. A new staged version of the musical was produced by Disney Theatrical and premiered at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle last year, but no aspirations for Broadway were anywhere to be found — at best, a national tour; at worst, licensing to regional theater. Howard Ashman’s sister, Sarah, wrote about the musical on her tribute blog, Part Of Your World, and some of the changes that were incorporated into it that deviate it from the beloved animated film. In addition to ‘Proud of Your Boy,’ three other songs that were initially cut have been reinstated along: Call Me A Princess; High Adventure; and Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, which brings along the three non-Aladdin characters with it.
After a brief run at The Muny in July, the musical is now in production at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Utah through mid-October and has managed to incorporate the use of 3D glasses for the Cave of Wonders and Genie’s ‘Friend Like Me’ song, courtesy of former Walt Disney Imagineer Geoff Puckett, according to the fan-based Aladdin Musical blog.
Still, prior to last night, there wasn’t so much as an inkling that it would soon find itself on the Great White Way. Actually, an inkling may in fact have been all there was, as a thread on Broadway World points to a cryptic message at the end of a recent video update from 5th Avenue Theatre (UPDATE – The upcoming musical in question was ‘A Christmas Story,’ so video removed):
Photo by @jellicle0
UPDATE #1 – 8/17/12 – Since there is so much interest in the article, we are now adding an audio recording from that evening’s performance in which Menken mentions the shift to Broadway. Had most anyone else said it, we would chalk it up to confusing Broadway as a generic theatrical production, but Menken probably knows the difference by now. So without further ado, here is Menken performing ‘Somebody’s Got Your Back’ and ‘Proud of Your Boy’ from Disney’s Aladdin:
As a post script, we have also received reports that employees at Tuacahn are freely talking about working closely with Disney Theatrical to bring the musical directly to Broadway.
Categories: Theatre Tags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Broadway, Disney Theatrical, Musicals, Theater, Theatre
Speculation: Muppets May Take Manhattan via the Broadway Stage
It will be the quintessential example of life imitating art, but we have learned that Disney Theatrical may have intentions of bringing the Muppets to the theater with possible Broadway and national tour.
It was the third Muppet film, Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), in which Kermit the Frog wrote a musical titled ‘Manhattan Melodies’ and gained aspirations to bringing it to the Great White Way. Hilarity ensued and so did the Muppet Babies.
The speculative news comes once more via secretive domain name registrations. Amongst several new registrations are THEMUPPETSONBROADWAY.COM and THEMUPPETSONTOUR.COM. Although there is nothing in the actual registrations to tie them directly to Disney, we have reasons strong enough to report them as likely being legitimate.
The real question is just how Disney Theatrical plans on bringing The Muppets to stage, particularly Broadway, without cheapening (in a non-Muppety way) the experience. While puppets commanding the stage isn’t unprecedented (take ‘Avenue Q’ for example), it’d be difficult to replace any of the core puppeteers who are identified with each character with others. Unlike ‘Avenue Q,’ the Muppets also tend to keep the puppeteers hidden when performing, so while track is possible, it will ultimately cheapen the experience and takes out the potential bonus of improv. What could happen is a limited run with performances by the actual talent, coupled with a small national tour, but it would be hard to expect much more than that.
Other possible titles being worked on for the stage by Disney Theatrical include 101 Dalmatians (101dalmatiansonbroadway.com and 101dalmatiansontour.com), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (bedknobsandbroomsticksonbroadway.com, bedknobsandbroomsticksontour.com, bedknobsandbroomsticksthemusical.com) and Pinocchio (pinocchioonbroadway.com and pinocchioontour.com). Similar registrations were also made for ‘Bell, Book and Candle,’ which has been staged before and does not appear to belong to Disney Theatrical, but is now apparently being worked into a musical version which could simply be a licensed project not yet announced (bellbookandcandleonbroadway.com, bellbookandcandleontour.com, bellbookandcandlethemusical.com).
This is a follow-up to our initial report we provided two years ago which listed lots of potential projects for Disney Theatrical based on its films, many of which were either known to be in development or later announced as such.
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Broadway, Disney Theatrical, Muppet, Muppets, Musicals, Plays, Theater, Theatre
The Lion King Las Vegas Cast Announced
Kissy Simmons as Nala Performs Shadowland at Broadway on Broadway in 2006. (c) Brad K
From Broadway.com comes reports of who will be performing in The Lion King at the Mandalay Bay when previews begin May 5. The Vegas company features an international cast of performers who have starred in productions of The Lion King around the world, including New York, Taipei, South Africa, London, Los Angeles, Australia, Toronto, Shanghai, Paris and Holland. The cast includes nine South African natives, and three ensemble members from Las Vegas. Full story here.
Mary Poppins Extends Chicago Run to July 12
Broadway World is reporting that the touring production of Mary Poppins will extend its Chicago run until July 12. Tickets for performances between May 20 and July 12 will go on sale March 13. For more information, see the full article here.
Categories: Theatre Tags: Mary Poppins, Musicals, Theatre
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