Today we are celebrating the many marvelous musicals that have been produced by Disney on Broadway over the last two decades, with a special focus on some of the most popular properties of the moment - Broadway's ALADDIN, which opened last night, and mega-hit movie musical FROZEN, reportedly aimed for the stage soon.
Make Way It is nearly impossible to calculate the overall effect that Disney has had on Broadway since the debut of the first of many screen-to-stage iterations of their classic films in 1994 with the premiere of BEAUTY & THE BEAST. Although at the time many naysayers were poised to pounce on the final product no matter what, particularly given the family-friendly trappings and generous dose of schmaltz regularly associated with the House of Mouse and its presentations up until that point, yet it quickly became clear - and, unmistakably so - that the entire production and the accompanying masterful score crafted by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman - with some excellent additions by Tim Rice - was beyond reproach. So, too, did the trend continue later on that decade with a gargantuan critical and audience hit the likes of which Broadway has not actually seen since - THE LION KING.
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