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[mrtheatre123]

Anyone know if Disney have any plans to bring a second musical (already have lion king) to the west end, would love to see Tarzan over here, i know newsies is doing great in Broadway but don't think it would do as well over here.

[FireFingers]

Disney don't seem to like it over here. I have heard that they have looked at Newsies, which I agree wouldn't a sure fire hit over here, but I think they are just concentrating on the US, which is a shame. Little Mermaid still hasn't over here.

[Titan]

tarzan was looked at briefly a few years back too and aida years ago.

disney dont have a great record in london. beauty only lasted 3 years including discounts and stunt casting. poppins lasted about three years.

i am surprised following tarzan and mermaids success in europe they havent attempted uk tours

[Jon]

Disney has Aladdin coming to Broadway in 2014 with a tryout in Toronto this year. I imagine if that it a hit then it'll be here by 2016.

Newsies I think would be risky but I think there's an audience for that sort of show over here. I could see it at a theatre like The Piccadilly or the Victoria Palace. I imagine Disney will want to launch the US national tour before it goes to other places.

[Titan]

im not so sure aladdin would work here...we have aladdin in panto every year for half the price inc flying carpets!

[Joule]

I'd love some more Disney in the West End.
Hunchback would be absolutely amazing - check out videos of the Berlin production on youtube.
The Lion King has a fantastic overture and a couple of nice songs apart from that, but its direction is quite random and I haven't felt the need to see it again.

[mrtheatre123]

Joule, on 02 March 2013 - 07:47 PM, said:

I'd love some more Disney in the West End.
Hunchback would be absolutely amazing - check out videos of the Berlin production on youtube.
The Lion King has a fantastic overture and a couple of nice songs apart from that, but it's direction is quite random and I haven't felt the need to see it again.

I didn't think lion king had an overture! When I saw it I was sure it just started with circle of life no overture!

[jamescrispy94]

I would love to see them attempt a musical of Bednobs and Broomsticks i.e. if they gave it the Mary Poppins treatment, but in general it is quite a lesser known film so perhaps it wouldn't do as great. Still would love to see them attempt it.

[Jon]

Disney and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago are doing The Jungle Book which will based in both the book and the film although I think they're not aiming for Broadway.

The two I liked to see are Mulan and Hercules although they're not as popular compared to the other films of that period.

[Tettekete]

I'd love to see Aida in the west end.