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Disney Theatrical Productions Limited (DTP), also known as Disney on Broadway, is the stageplay and musical production company of the Disney Theatrical Group, a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment, a major division and business unit of The Walt Disney Company.
Buena Vista Theatrical Group Ltd., doing business as the Disney Theatrical Group, [3] [4] is the live show, stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company.The company is led by Thomas Schumacher, Anne Quart, and Andrew Flatt, and is a division of Walt Disney Studios, forming a part of Disney Entertainment, one of the three major business segments of The Walt Disney Company.
The Walt Disney Company traces the Disney Music Group back to the founding of Disneyland Records on February 4, 1956. [5] In that year, the Walt Disney Music Company's Disneyland Records record company was founded on the strength of Fess Parker's 1954 hit recording of the "Ballad of Davy Crockett" using the Disneyland label, which was licensed to Columbia Records. [6]
Pages in category "Disney Theatrical Productions musicals" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Disney Theatrical had success with stage adaptations of its animated musical films Beauty and the Beast in 1994 and The Lion King in 1997. Thomas Schumacher, head of Disney Theatrical, proposed another adaptation, this time of the 1989 film The Little Mermaid, approaching songwriter Alan Menken, who had composed the music for the film, to be part of the production team. [1]
A Disney Channel and Disney Theatrical Productions television adaptation of the stage musical premiered on August 10, 2018. [20] Blickenstaff reprises her role as the mother, Katherine, while Cozi Zuehlsdorff stars as the daughter, Ellie. Carpenter adapted the musical as a teleplay, while Kitt and Yorkey oversaw the music and lyrics.
Beauty and the Beast is Disney’s first stage musical, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton.Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Beauty and the Beast – which in turn had been based on the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" by French author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont – [1] Beauty and the Beast tells the story of ...
The production was nominated for four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for McKeon. [44] On February 8, 2024, it celebrated its 1,000th performance. [45] By January 2024, more than 2.8 million people had seen Frozen in London. [46] The production ran until its third anniversary, September 8, 2024. [47]