Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=73605" target="_blank"><b>Latest: NYPost: Disney's Dumbo Coming to Broadway?</b></a> <p>The <i>New York Post</i> reports growing rumblings along Broadway that Disney's "Dumbo" is being considered for the next Disney musical.</p>
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Wow ... a railroad train, circus tents and a cast that is about 90% animals, including a mouse and a flying elephant ... this one will be tough to pull off.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan no please not dumbo. great movie but don't think it will make a great broadway show.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it was workable for The Lion King since it was all human actors playing non-human roles. With Dumbo, they need humans to play humans as well, since they run the circus and cause his mom to get upset. It would be tough to have both on the stage at the same time and still work with that whole suspension of disbelief thing. Though I guess they made it work in BATB, with the Beast, the enchanted objects, and the wolves... Also, the plot of Dumbo doesn't really fit the traditional musical form as well. There are several good songs, but not a ton. The main character doesn't speak, and there is no real huge conflict that needs to be resolved other than the obvious. There's room for subplots, but it would be difficult to weave them all into a bigger story to produce a single theme like they do in Mary Poppins. It's also one of the shortest films Disney ever made (it's not feature length by modern Academy standards), which is a strange choice for a two and a half hour production. I'm not saying that there's no way it could ever happen, it's just not the most logical choice. I'm still waiting to see Hunchback...
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i would love to see hunchback as well! they did in germany awhile back with the original story but with the music from the film. they had built the stage to move up and down making different platforms at different levels and they projected images on those for the set. I think mulan would be a good one to turn into a musical as well.
Originally Posted By kennect I swear I dreamed this a few weeks ago that Dumbo was in fact a potential for the stage...Now I am reading this...Anyone want their fortunes told?
Originally Posted By Hista98 This sounds like the worst idea ever. Do NEWSIES or Hunchback instead. Dumbo doens't even talk. And seeing a human as an elephant would look to goofy. plus how would they make an elephant fly.
