Disney Theatrical Productions News

La Jolla Playhouse presents the U.S. premiere production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring a score by the multiple Academy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning team of composer Alan Menken (Newsies, Little Shop of Horrors) and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), book by Peter Parnell (The West Wing, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) and direction by Scott Schwartz (Playhouse's Jane Eyre, Broadway's Golda's Balcony). Produced in association with Paper Mill Playhouse, by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions, The Hunchback of Notre Dame runs through December 14, 2014 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. Below, check out photos from inside the sitzprobe!

Tonight, the North American tour of Broadway's Tony® Award-winning smash hit musical, NEWSIES opens in Philadelphia. During its first year of touring in the 2014-15 season, the production will play 25 cities, over 43 weeks. Now according to Variety, the tour will feature a brand new song for 'Crutchie' from songwriting team Alan Menken and Jack Feldman. The duo created the song, titled 'Letter from the Refuge,' when Disney Theatrical Productions' Thomas Schumacher challenged them to add another tune as a part of the American Theater Wing series 'Working in the Theater.'

The Shaw Festival today announced principal casting and creative team details for its 54th season.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Stage Entertainment announce the European premiere and second international production of Disney's Aladdin, the smash Broadway musical comedy. Performances will begin fall 2015 at The Stage Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany

Der Broadway-Hit mit arabischen Nachten, einem Dschinni und drei Wunschen kommt in die Musical-Metropole Hamburg - Ab Herbst 2015 verzaubert die spektakulare Show die Hansestadt im Stage Theater Neue Flora.

THE LION KING is set to be licensed to schools in two formats beginning in January of 2015.

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La Jolla Playhouse presents the U.S. premiere production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring a score by the multiple Academy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning team of composer Alan Menken (Newsies, Little Shop of Horrors) and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), book by Peter Parnell (The West Wing, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) and direction by Scott Schwartz (Playhouse's Jane Eyre, Broadway's Golda's Balcony). Produced in association with Paper Mill Playhouse, by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions, The Hunchback of Notre Dame begins tonight, October 26, and runs through December 14, 2014 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

The U.S. premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Jolla Playhouse, featuring a score by the multiple Academy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning team of composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz , book by Peter Parnell and direction by Scott Schwartz, begins performances tomorrow, October 26 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. Just yesterday, the cast gathered for the sitzprobe - check out a photo, posted by Erik Liberman on Twitter, below!

School and amateur licensing for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's hit musical MARY POPPINS is now available exclusively through Music Theatre International (MTI).

Disney's THE LION KING celebrates two anniversaries among its 10 productions worldwide. The London production marks its 15th anniversary on Sunday, October 19th at The Lyceum Theatre. The award-winning musical has entertained over 12 million theatregoers and remains the West End's best-selling stage production. It also recently became the sixth longest-running West End musical of all time. The critically-acclaimed production remains the West End's most popular musical with over 810,000 guests per year. To celebrate this milestone and to thank Londoners for embracing and supporting the show, Disney gave away 1500 tickets earlier this week to the anniversary performance.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati kicks off its 90th MainStage season today, October 17 through October 19, and October 25, 2014 at the Taft Theatre with DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR., one of the company's most requested shows.

Disney's THE LION KING continues to reign across North America with a sold-out engagement in Boston, which concluded on Sunday, October 12 at The Boston Opera House. Heralded as a "visual feast" by the Boston Globe, the triumphant five-week return grossed over $8.8 million at the box office and entertained more than 94,000 patrons during 40 performances, one of which was tailored to the needs of patrons on the autism spectrum.

NEWSIES, the Tony Award-winning 'critics' pick' Broadway musical smash, launches a North American tour today, October 11 2014, in Schenectady, NY at Proctors.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh will serve as Honorary Chairman of the event committee for the first-ever autism-friendly performance of Disney's THE LION KING at the Boston Opera House today, October 11th at 2pm, an initiative hosted by Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, in partnership with Broadway In Boston and Disney Theatrical Productions.

Disney Theatrical Productions and PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh announced today that tickets for the highly anticipated Pittsburgh engagement of Disney's NEWSIES will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 10 at 9:00 a.m. The Tony Award-winning production will begin performances at the Benedum Theater on Tuesday, November 25 for a limited engagement of one week through Sunday, November 30.

NETworks and Broadway Entertainment Group open the first ever International Tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in Istanbul on Friday 10th October 2014. The English-language tour will open at Istanbul's Zorlu Center and will tour to diverse international markets including United Arab Emirates, Greece, Italy, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Macau and beyond.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the Tony Award-winning smash hit musical, Disney's NEWSIES, will go on sale to the public today, October 10, at 10 AM. NEWSIES will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 W Randolph) December 10, 2014 through January 4, 2015.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati kicks off its 90th MainStage season October 17-19 and October 25, 2014 at the Taft Theatre with DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR., one of the company's most requested shows. The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle! Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture fill the stage with thrills in this beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in one another and learning how to love.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the Tony Award-winning smash hit musical, Disney's NEWSIES, will go on sale to the public this Friday, October 10, at 10 AM. NEWSIES will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 W Randolph) December 10, 2014 through January 4, 2015.