#DISNEY ON BROADWAY

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Half way point

Quotable Disney Round 1 Group 7 Poll 2/8

***Please vote on the content of the quote not the format of the picture***

Newsies:

excellent turning point song, very uplifting!

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"Promise me you'll be here. Always. Even when I'm a hundred?" "How old shall I be then?" "Ninety-nine." "I promise!...forever and ever."

~Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)

Yen Sid Comment: This quote was used to replace another Winnie the Pooh quote ("If you live to be a hundred...") which we could not find a Disney use of. The propaganda for that quote is the following:

Hmm, not sure how to properly explain why I like a quote about wanting to never experience a day in a world where someone you love no longer exists. Probably because it seems obvious. Also the movie is underrated but still a wonderful addition to the Winnie the Pooh cinematic universe.

"Get those kids to see we're circling victory. And watch what happens. We're doing something no one else had even tried. And yes, we're terrified. But watch what happens."

~Jack Kelly, Katherine Plummer, Davy Jacobs, & Les Jacobs, Disney's Newsies: The Musical (2011)

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My Roman Empire is the fact that in the Frozen Musical Elsa was legit suicidal

“Father you want what’s best for me, if I die will they be free”

“Mother what if after I’m gone, the cold gets colder and the storm rages on”

“Can’t live and I can’t die”

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Susan Egan and Terrence Mann in Beauty and the Beast. Posted by disneyonbroadway on Instagram for the musical’s 29th anniversary.

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Happy 30th Anniversary to Beauty and The Beast opening on Broadway

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I’ve been thinking about how it’s kinda cool that the moment Elsa and Anna reconnect after years has so many versions of it in existence. So…

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"It's a sad song, but we sing it anyway" Underrated Musical Theatre Tearjerkers Part 1

Welcome back to Memoirs of a Theatre Kid! Anyone who knows me know I am an easy crier, especially when musical theatre is involved. And lets be real, sometimes you just need a good cry because it actually does release endorphins. Crazy stuff, right? There are a lot of musicals and songs within that are notorious for making people tear up. Pretty much the entire score Les Miserables is coming…

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Launching in 2025: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST North American Tour

YES!  YES!  YES! IT’S FINALLY COMING BACK!!!!!

I haven’t seen this on stage since high school...

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Sooo I saw Frozen the Musical last night (with THE Caroline Bowman), and when I tell you that it changed my life in profound and indescribable ways—

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Just saying, if Disney ever wanted to make Encanto into a Broadway musical, We Don't Talk About Bruno is literally smack DAB in the middle of the story.

Let it become the epic Act 1 finale it can absolutely be. 👀

And they wouldn't have to do plot gymnastics to place it like they did with Let It Go in the Frozen musical lol.

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Bestie, as someone who has never seen newsies and only knows about it through your posts * Waves hand* rant? ramble? elaborate? summarize? whatever you want to call it! Imagine i had never seen Cats and you were about to change my life by telling me about it. Just absolutely go ham telling me literally everything about it. Literally anything. Which version should i watch first? Headcanons? Favorite scenes? Favorite characters? Favorite songs? Whatever! All of the above or another sixth thing i haven't thought of. I am curious about Newsies and i want to know more! Please Share! :D

YES YES YES THANK YOU BESTIE I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT NEWSIES

okay so Newsies first started as a movie done by Disney, directed by Kenny Ortega (yes, THAT Kenny Ortega) and with music by Alan Menken, and it was released in 1992, starring Christian Bale as Jack Kelly!

the musical is based off of the 1899 New York Newsies strike, and focuses on the Manhattan borough, led by Jack Kelly, who strike against Joseph Pulitzer. David Jacobs and his younger brother, Les, join the strike, and the newsies work to bring in other boroughs and draw support from other kids working in the city.

now, the frustrating thing is that the stage musical deviates from the movie in a few points:

in the 1992 movie, there's a reporter named Denton, who offers to write about the strike. Also in the 1992 movie is David's sister, Sarah, who is Jack's love interest. the musical basically combines Denton and Sarah into Katherine, who is a writer for the Sun (like Denton) and who is Jack's main love interest.

the 1992 movie makes it VERY easy to figure out which newsie is which, and focuses on the newsies as a whole, and their relationships with each other. the musical is MUCH more centered around just Jack, as well as just his relationship with Katherine. In the 1992 movie, Jack and Sarah's relationship is more background.

i'd personally go with watching the 1992 movie first. it's the entire reason i fell in love with the show, and it's the version i honestly prefer. Christian Bale's Jack is SO soft and wonderful, and i love his interactions with the rest of the newsies. I'm not saying the Broadway version is bad, but it's different, so i'd say do the OG version first!

i honestly think the reason it was easy for me to come into the Cats fandom and start identifying the different cats was because of Newsies lmao. There are so many different background boys, but like i said, the 1992 movie makes it EXTREMELY easy to identify all of them. it's the stage version that makes it ridiculously hard to figure out who is who, which is why i suggest doing the original movie first, and learning the characters from that!

note: the Broadway version (specifically the U.S. tour) added a song for Crutchie called "Letter from the Refuge", which isn't included in the original cast recording, but the pro-shoot they did a few years ago has it in there!

ok so some of my favorite scenes from both the movie and stage show!!!!! (probably most of these will be from the movie lmao)

1992: Kloppman (the owner of the lodging house that the newsies stay in) wakes Jack up, and they have a very adorable father/son-type back and forth with each other

1992: where Racetrack (one of my favorite newsies) is asking for a towel, and Skittery (my other favorite newsie) says "for a buck i might" and the scene is just so PURE and brotherly like???? they're siblings?????

1992: "dear me, i fear the sewer may have backed up during the night" "or is it... the Delancey brothers!" they're little SHITS and i love them

1992: "baby born with three heads" "must be from brooklyn"

1992: gotta highlight @cutesiewooren's boy Blink here, his line "a saturday night with the mayer's daughter" gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME in "king of new york"

broadway: also speaking of "king of new york" it's impossible to talk about it without talking about the broadway line of "and when your famous... the woild... is yer erster!" "ya what?" "ya know, the fancy claim with the pearl inside?"

1992: "your honor, i object" "on what grounds" "on the grounds of Brooklyn" spot conlon my FUCKING beloved

broadway: any of the background dialogue during the "king of new york" tap scene, it's perfect

my favorite songs would probably have to be:

"Carrying the Banner"

"Seize the Day"

"Watch What Happens"

"High Times, Hard Times" (1992 movie)

"Something to Believe In"

"Once and For All"

now for favorite characters!! once again, because the 1992 movie does SUCH a better job at giving each newsie a unique personality and highlights them, it's mainly based off of those versions!

Mush... my love... my boy... my darling... my everything...

Racetrack... Racer... love...

(gotta include both max and ben's racers, they're iconic)

David!!! ofc!!!! my beloved!!!! he's just like me fr!!

spot conlon!!!!!

skittery!!!! i've done a whole appreciation post for him but he!!!!

literally i could name every single newsie bc i love all of them. jack is a given, but i specifically love 1992 Jack. I've been meaning to make a whole analysis post on it, but Christian Bale just really plays such a heartwarming and soft Jack. His interactions with the rest of the newsies, with Sarah, with the adults, you can just feel how much he cares about everyone around him.

a little fun fact about the 1992 movie:

while in production, the newsie boys basically shot a mini-horror movie called "Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square" that is the FUNNIEST fucking thing i've ever watched in my life

like it features all of the cast + a lot of the crew, and you can absolutely tell this was made by a bunch of teenage boys who had way too much time on their hands in between filming

you can probably find the whole thing on youtube, and i 100% recommend watching it

and a few cast crossover facts bc i can't resist:

Jess LeProtto (2016 revival Mungojerrie) was Jojo in the original Broadway cast!

Mukeni Nel (who was part of the 2019 international tour as Bill Bailey + Mistoffelees cover, as well as the 2020 Asia tour as Carbucketty) is currently playing Jojo in the UK Tour of Newsies!

Giuseppe Bausilio (2016 revival Carbucketty) was also in the original Broadway cast, and I believe later performed as Racetrack!

Mike Faist (who was a Delancey brother/ensemble member in the original Broadway cast) was the original Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen

quite a few of the OBC newsie actors (Including Jess and Mike) were part of the 2021 West Side Story film!

Jeremy Jordan (OBC Jack Kelly) has done SO much but my favorite fact is that he voices Varian in the Tangled animated series!

also i saw Kara Lindsay (OBC Katherine) as Glinda in Wicked back in 2015 or 2016, and she was absolutely INCREDIBLE

and finally, a few hcs:

Jack is unofficially adopted by the Jacobs family as soon as they meet him, they see this scruffy jaded boy and immediately go "he's ours"

Katherine's newsie name is "Scribble", and ONLY Jack is allowed to call her "Ace"

Sarah's is "Mama Bear" because she can and will go absolutely feral if she sees any of her boys getting hurt

Spot can't swim (idk why, i just think it's funny if he lives near the docks and can't swim to save his life)

no one's actually sure if Specs needs glasses, or if they're fake. at this point, they're too afraid to ask, and Specs just thinks it's absolutely hilarious that they're trying to figure it out.

Patrick's mother (who's shown at the beginning of the movie during "Carrying the Banner") never finds her son, but she, like Mrs. Jacobs and Medda, becomes a type of surrogate mother for a lot of the newsies.

that's all i can think about right now lmao, but i love getting to rant and ramble about one of my absolute favorite musicals of ALL time!!! and you know i'm always down to answer asks about newsies any time, bestie!!

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The Lion King: Animated (1994) v Live Action (2019)

You do not have to see both to vote, but it might have been helpful.

Feel free to share opinions or explanations with comments/tags/rbs

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collaboration spotlight — Disney Sessions — Aladdin

After their joyful collaboration with the touring cast of Newsies in the spring, VoicePlay were invited to create some more arrangements as part of the Disney On Broadway 20th anniversary celebration. This time they teamed up with the stage cast of Aladdin.

Join the boys for a behind the scenes sneak peek into their writing process and a marathon filming day in New York's theater district, then watch the resulting videos below.

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Some of the best villains are deceptive, even seductive, and more than a few lull their victims into complacency with song. Although Jafar's villain song was mostly an inversion of the hero song, the actor who played him for thirty years can certainly bring the perfectly tuned menace with the best of them.

Details:

title: Villains medley

performer: Jonathan Freeman

original songs / performers: [0:10] "Prince Ali (Reprise)" by Jonathan Freeman as Jafar in Aladdin; [0:44] "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Pat Carroll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid; [1:18] "Cruella de Vil" by Bill Lee as Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians; [1:34] "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Ken Page as Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas; [2:12] "Prince Ali (Reprise)" coda

written by: "Prince Ali (Reprise)" by Alan Menken & Tim Rice; "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken; "Cruella De Vil" by George Bruns & Mel Leven; "Oogie Boogie’s Song" by Danny Elfman

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci

release date: 22 October 2015

My favorite bits:

Jonathan sounding just as fabulous and sinister as he did when I was a kid

the gentle call-and-response interjections from the backup singers "Suprise!" "Oh no!"

the singers getting offended at the trombone taking the melody for one bar

"Buh-bye."

Trivia:

Jonathan Freeman was the voice of Jafar in the original 1992 animated movie, and the only member of the voice cast to return for the Aladdin stage adaptation. He stayed with the show from its 2011 off-Broadway workshop in Seattle through its 2014 Broadway debut, and stayed until his retirement in January 2022.

VoicePlay had done their own full version of "Cruella de Vil" at the beginning of the year as part of the promotion for the Blu-ray release of 101 Dalmatians.

The guys included most of these songs in their own "Aca Top 10 — Disney Villains" medley a few years later.

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After playing a pair of strangers who meet and fall in love every night, these two talented folks got a chance to sing in the voices of an established couple looking further into the future.

Details:

title: Thinking Out Loud

performers: Courtney Reed & Adam Jacobs

original performer: Ed Sheeran

written by: Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci

release date: 5 November 2015

My favorite bits:

turning the song into a balanced duet so that both people involved have a voice in the narration

the relaxed jazzy tempo giving the lyrics a less urgent, more comfortable feel

Courtney booping Adam's nose

the harmonized riffing on ♫ "baby no-o-o-ow" ♫ in the bridge

Trivia:

Adam and Courtney originated their roles of Aladdin and Jasmine in the stage adaptation, begining with the off-Broadway workshop in Seattle and continuing to Broadway.

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Some performances can never be replicated, but a talented actor can make any role their own. James Monroe Iglehart didn't try to emulate Robin Williams. He took a fresh approach to the stage version of Genie while maintaining the character's core exuberence. This arrangement celebrates the best of both.

Details:

title: Genie's "Friend Like Me" remix

performer: James Monroe Iglehart

original performer: Robin Williams as the Genie in Aladdin (1992)

written by: Howard Ashman & Alan Menken

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci; original rap by James Monroe Iglehart

release date: 12 November 2015

My favorite bits:

the added syncopation on ♫ "brand of magic that never fails" ♫

James spitting bars

the conversational tone between James and the backup singers

going from a sustained high note to a low descending riff

Trivia:

James Monroe Iglehart originated the role of Genie in the off-Broadway workshop and Broadway production of Aladdin, and won a 2014 Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical. He left the show in 2017 to take over the role of Lafayette/Jefferson in Hamilton.

During filming, Layne didn't get to hear the direct audio feed, so he missed James's rap verse. When they got backstage, he took a chance to lay down a beat, and it paid off in the form of a private performance. It makes perfect sense that James is a member of Freestyle Love Supreme, along with several of his Hamilton costars.

A version of "Friend Like Me" was one of the earliest videos VoicePlay made for their own YouTube channel.

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You can't go wrong with a Sinatra tune for a jazzy cabaret setting. The thematic parallel between this classic invitation to adventure and "A Whole New World" was too good to reisist.

Details:

title: Come Fly With Me

performer: Adam Jacobs

original performer: Frank Sinatra

written by: composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci

release date: 19 November 2015

My favorite bits:

Adam's silky smooth timbre

♫ "he'll toot…" ♫ 🎺 ::toot:: 🎺 ♫ "…his flute for you" ♫

the lovely dance break with Courtney

his shoulder shake on ♫ "the angels cheer" ♫

Trivia:

After they left the New York production of Aladdin, Adam and Courtney both reprised their roles in the touring company. They later reunited again on the Broadway Princess Party tour.

Geoff was pretty excited about this particular song.

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I know which Disney movie needs to make its Broadway debut next

I bet you weren’t expecting this!

So a few nights ago, I had a dream that I was auditioning to play Yzma in The Emperors New Groove on Broadway. The conflict of the dream where I forgot the words to her song is irrelevant though, because I NEED this to happen now.

Yzma never got to perform her song in the film because it wasn’t relevant enough to the main plot but I would love to see ‘Snuff Out the Light’ performed on stage, even if our beloved Eartha Kitt can’t perform it for us.

Give me a musical number with Kronk and his shoulder angel and devil singing about his conflicting feelings where the angel and devil tango. Give me a musical number with llamas kicking their legs like Rockettes with Patcha in the middle. Give me a musical number with Kronk singing in squirrel. And then of course, give me musical numbers with Kuzko that highlight his character development from “Everything’s about me” to “Ok, so not everything’s about me I guess”

The Tom Jones track stays obviously.

Imagine how GOLD the set for the palace would be 🤩 And Kuzko and Yzmas costumes!? So much ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Elsa would be envious.

Musical theater Tumblr, if you’re seeing this and you feel inspired to write some songs or sketch some costumes, hit me up with your ideas!

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Tarzan the musical Dutch cast album

I got this at a Red Een Kind thrift store close to where I live on 20 July 2023 for ��1,=.

It includes a booklet with lyrics.

The cover folds open twice to reveal the CD and a DVD with the Making Of.

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The Emperor’s New Groove the Broadway musical when

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14 May 2020. The day it was announced that Frozen wasn’t coming back when theaters opened back up on Broadway. I haven’t forgotten that day, and neither did the over 6,250 people who signed my petition. The cast and crew deserved better. The fans deserved better. The countless people who are unable to see this show because of finances, location, health, and other barriers that are preventing them to see live theatre deserve better. We’re not asking for much, Disney on Broadway and Disney. We just want the final Broadway cast and crew to have one last bow as a staged film production for Disney+ so that they get to play the characters and sing the songs in a way that’s ACCESSIBLE for everyone. Having limited guest appearances on national tours isn’t enough. Listen to us, for Pete’s sake! Please produce a pro shot of Frozen for everyone one to see! Please sign and share this petition with everyone you know!