Rudyard Kipling News

ZACH Theatre announces the cast for Jungalbook, the 2019-20 season opener for ZACH's Moody Foundation Family Series. A retelling of Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, Jungalbook is adapted by Edward Mast and plays The Kleberg at ZACH, September 7-December 14, 2019, under the direction of Associate Artistic Director Nat Miller with original music by Allen Robertson.

Socially conscious singersongwriter Ola Onabulé has built an enviable career as an international touring performer and has now turned his attention to the North American market with a newly recorded collection of original songs. Onabulé's meticulous attention to detail in his arrangements and production as well as the support from SennheiserNeumann have contributed to the manifestation of an impressive recording.

Alternative cabaret star Salty Brine will perform the award-winning show Welcome to the Jungle one night only at the Ancram Opera House on July 6th at 8:30pm. Tickets are $30 and available at ancramoperahouse.org and TodayTix.com. The show, written and performed by Salty, is directed by Max Rueben with musical arrangements by Nate Weida.

Verb Ballets returns to Cain Park on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 8:00pm, with a FREE performance of Mowgli's Jungle Adventures! The new full-length ballet choreographed by Associate Artistic Director, Richard Dickinson, is based on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of an Indian boy abandoned by his parents and raised by a pack of wolves.    

Bring your young adventurers to the jungle this summer to watch Mowgli the man-cub come face-to-face with cheeky monkeys, noisy vultures, and more in TAM's Family Show production of The Jungle Book adapted by Greg Banks from the beloved tales of Rudyard Kipling.

Verb Ballets returns to Cain Park on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 8:00pm, with a free performance of Mowgli's Jungle Adventures! The new full-length ballet is based on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of an Indian boy abandoned by his parents and raised by a pack of wolves.

English author Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book in 1893 for his young daughter, Josephine. More than a hundred years later, it continues to enchant children of all ages.

Children's Concert Society presents Verb Ballets new story ballet Mowgli's Jungle Adventures choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Richard Dickinson on April 17 & 18, 2019 at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron. Shah Capital Management is proud to be the Producer and Exclusive Sponsor for Mowgli's Jungle Adventures. 

ZACH Theatre, Central Texas' premier professional theatre, announces six Mainstage productions along with the Family Series and holiday add-ons as part of the 2019-20 season. The Mainstage Season includes: Steven Dietz's new work Dracula: Mina's Quest, a 21st century look at the Bram Stoker classic; A Night with Janis Joplin returns celebrating the legendary rock goddess;  Every Brilliant Thing, Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's touching and charming play; the timely and probing new work Roe by Lisa Loomer; the new immersive musical Reunion '85; and the quintessential family musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's, The Sound of Music.

Explore a faraway land full of mysterious and magnificent creatures at Flat Rock Playhouse's first 2019 Studio 52 Series production, The Jungle Book! Creeping onto the Leiman Mainstage from March 15th - 30th, this adaptation brings the beloved childhood tale to life as you've never seen it before. While Flat Rock Playhouse's 2019 Homecoming Season celebrates Love, Family, and Adventure, family takes center stage in this upcoming production.

Explore a faraway land full of mysterious and magnificent creatures at Flat Rock Playhouse's first 2019 Studio 52 Series production, The Jungle Book! Creeping onto the Leiman Mainstage from March 15th - 30th, this adaptation brings the beloved childhood tale to life as you've never seen it before. While Flat Rock Playhouse's 2019 Homecoming Season celebrates Love, Family, and Adventure, family takes center stage in this upcoming production.

The Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater's world premiere of “The Jungle Book,” will feature costumes by leading designer José Solis and masks and headpieces designed by Tentacle Studios, whose clients include Lady Gaga, Kesha, and the Royal Ballet.

The Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater's world premiere of “The Jungle Book,” will feature costumes by leading designer José Solis and masks and headpieces designed by Tentacle Studios, whose clients include Lady Gaga, Kesha, and the Royal Ballet.

The Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater, New Jersey's newest professional ballet company, is breaking ground and crossing cultural boundaries with the world premiere of "The Jungle Book," an exciting meld of American as well as Indian classical and folk dance.

The jungle is jumpin' with a jazzy beat in The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's DISNEY'S THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS, February 16-25, 2019 at the Taft Theatre.

David Felicie of Jackson, NJ, will star in the role of Mowgli in the world premiere of the Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater's production of "The Jungle Book," February 2 and 9 at 8:00 PM, February 3 at 3:00 PM, and February 10 at 1:00 and 5:00 PM.

The Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater, Monmouth County's newest (and only) professional ballet company, will present the first performance of its 2019 season, the world premiere of "The Jungle Book," on February 2 and 9 at 8:00 PM, February 3 at 3:00 PM, and February 10 at 1:00 and 5:00 PM.

The Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater, Monmouth County's newest professional ballet company, announces an exciting line up of ballets for the 2019 season including "Jungle Book," "Alice in Wonderland," and "The Nutcracker Rocks."

The World Premiere of Netflix's Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, will be held in Mumbai on November 25th, 2018 with director and star Andy Serkis joined by Christian Bale, Freida Pinto, Louis Ashbourne Serkis and newcomer Rohan Chand who plays Mowgli in the film.

For some years, Drose & Norberg has set up a family musical based on a famous story like The Wizard of Oz, Snow White the Musical and the Aladdin Adventure- The story they chosen this year is the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It's not a Disney version of the Jungle Book but a new musical with newly written music by Marin Landh and Peter Nygren. The well-known characters such as Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan and the snake Kaa is still in the story.