Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Dumbo Heading For Broadway?

Whoa! Patti, did you hear that?

While it is still early in the development stage, there's talk going around of bringing "Dumbo" to the Broadway stage as a musical.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Stephen Daldry, the Tony Award-wining director of “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” are developing an adaptation for the stage of the 1941 classic movie “Dumbo,” a Disney executive said on Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Daldry approached Disney Theatrical several months ago with a concept for a “Dumbo” musical, and they are now in “the very initial stages” of shaping those ideas, according to the executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the company does not comment on projects at such an early stage.


Now, I hope they don't muck it up the way they did to "The Little Mermaid". Still, it would be very interesting to see how they do this, considering that the "main character" of the show will be a flying elephant. Maybe it's time to bring back Julie Taymore!

Zz.

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