#disney broadway

[schmergo]

I really loved seeing the West End production of The Lion King last month and was especially intrigued by the costuming and puppetry. In honor of the tour coming to DC, I wanted to share some cool info about Mufasa and Scar’s costumes from the stage production!

Mufasa’s costume was designed to represent wisdom, strength, and above all else, balance. His mask and mane are rounded and symmetrical in a design reminiscent of the sun and its rays as well as the “Circle of Life.” The golden tones of his costume represent sunlight and also tie him to the other lions. He uses two swords in moments of action and animal instinct throughout the play, representing the lion’s forelegs. Many elements of his costume are inspired by the Maasai people.

Scar’s costuming achieves opposite goals from Mufasa’s. His entire look is one of assymetry and imbalance, as he threw off the legitimate circle of life, line of succession, and even the local ecosystem in the course of his story. His mask is angular with a spiky mane that only sticks straight up. The actor’s makeup is painted on as a disdainful sneer- one eyebrow raised, one lip higher than the other- that makes him look snarky but also asymmetrical. The same goes for his lounging postures, leaning on one hip.

The actor leans on a cane throughout the show, which he also uses as a weapon. It reads as a foppish, aristocratic affectation, but also perhaps a sign of a physical injury in addition to his facial scar. If Mufasa’s two swords represent his forelegs, Scar’s single cane may represent an injured or even partly missing foreleg.

Every actor who plays a lion in the musical wears a corset, and each one is unique, but Scar’s is the most different of all. The “boning” of his corset actually looks like exposed bones, emphasizing his character’s gaunt, angular frame as seen in the movie. Even his pants come to sharp points, representing his haunches. There are more exposed bones on his elbows and a ruff of bones that looks like a bony hunched back attached to his back as opposed to Mufasa’s flowing fabric cape. This definitely amped up the Richard III vibes in a show already full of Shakespearean echos— and all those bones also clearly tie him in with themes of death!

Both Scar’s and Mufasa’s “lion heads” are used interchangeably as headpieces and masks at different times in the show. The actors “puppeteer” the position of the mask with a mechanism controlled by a switch in the palm of their hands.

What are some of your favorite musical theatre costumes?

#Disney #Lion king #Disney Broadway #west end #Broadway #musicals #costumes #musical theatre #mufasa #scar #theatre #the lion king

[bluebird167]

Forget the Disney Live Action Remakes. They should just record the Broadway Shows and make them available for purchase or on Disney Plus. Who’s with me?

#disney cgi #Disney #walt disney #broadway #disney renaissance #disney remakes #live action #live action remakes #Disney Broadway #the little mermaid #beauty and the beast #Aladdin #the lion king #Tarzan #mary poppins #frozen #the hunchback of notre dame #disney on broadway

[haveamagicalday]

Props from The Lion King

#the lion king #lion king #simba #Disney #broadway #Disney broadway #museum of broadway #my post #musical

[frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers]

Frozen 3 thoughts: Elsa's attire

Elsa's had some really beautiful dressed and outfits over the years. From her most iconic blue "Snow Queen" attire to her white "5th Spirit" attire. All if her outfits have shown her stages of character growth, from hiding herself from everyone she loves with her coronation attire to letting herself go with her "Snow Queen" attire. But since Frozen 3 has been announced it's left the question pondering; What is her next step of her growth given she's found herself as the 5th spirit? What's the next step of her story now?

I'll be answering those exact questions in a theory regarding Elsa losing her powers and Hans returning but in this post I'll answer it by guessing and exploring the possibility for her attire in Frozen 3.

Elsa's main style is a long floor length dress with a slit be it on the right or in the middle, with a longer flowing cape and snowflake like shapes patterned all over the attire. She also likes transparency in elements of her costumes. Let's not forget she loves shoes made out of ice. So we can expect at least some of those elements in her Frozen 3 attire. Oh wait - some of you might we wondering will Elsa even get a new attire because she found herself and is the fifth spirit now. The answer to that is of course she will! There is more to her and even Anna's story to tell because if not there wouldn't be a Frozen 3 in the works. And with every new journey of finding themselves, they make, come new outfits. Here are some of Elsa's iconic looks:

She also goes for a cooler colour palette with shades of blues, whites, pinks, purples, turquoise, teal etc. There would be only a few occasions where she'd go warm which is on Anna's birthday, to match the floral theme by wearing pink and green (my personal favourite looks of Elsa). As fifth spirit, her attire includes the specific colours of each element: turquoise (water), blue (air), pale blue (earth), and purple (fire). And because she's got ice powers, and white is part of the ice and snow colour palette, it makes it the fifth spirit colour and balances out the other four spirit colours. So she'll most likely be wearing white. But as a theory goes around that she should lose her powers temporarily, her attire will reflect her powerless side. Maybe she'll wear black as opposite to her fifth spirit dress to show the title that came with the powers disappearing.

But let's look at her styles in the Broadway version of the movie. During her second solo, "Monster", she wears a different attire for it (which I absolutely am obsessed with!). She wears a pant suit. Here's a few stills of it:

It's so classy, so elegant, so Elsa! Her top half of the outfit has basically the same kind of structure as her original dress. The only difference is that this has a V-neck and that had an off the shoulder neckline and the other difference is the neckline if the bodice has a thin lining of wool. The pants are same have embroidered white pattern to it and she has below-the-knee heeled boots with a thick fur lining on the rim of it. She keeps her cape with this look which puts the cherry on the top of the cake.

I definitely would want Elsa to have this kind of look because if her fifth spirit role consists of running around the forest especially if there's danger than honestly speaking she should be wearing pants - like she did in Frozen 2 as her main look underneath her overcoat. I think I might re design the look above to make it suit for the role she was born into (Fifth Spirit).

Then we have her Disney Lorcana (Disney's trading card game) looks.

The one on the left is inspired by her attire she wears underneath her coat in Frozen 2, but it has elements of her fifth spirit attire in it. So if we see Elsa embracing new looks with her new style it could look similar to this. Her cape is along her sleeves too which is also a nod to her fifth spirit cape being 2 separate capes going down from her shoulders.

The one on the right is more a witchy look which I love. She looks like she would be called "The Northern Witch". It's inspired by one of her one of her concept arts of Frozen 2 (can be found in the Art of Frozen 2 book). Again it's got her fifth spirit emblem on it. As for her cape, it's more of a cloak here. If Elsa vanished to the North mountain again she would nail this look and if there was a magical book involved too, this would be go well.

To conclude, I would really love to see Elsa in pants again because her role as fifth spirit is less formal than her role as Queen, as it is more about protecting the forest from any kind of threats that may arise (as we are due to see hear in the upcoming podcast). Don't get me wrong, I love Elsa in dresses and skirts, it's her main iconic looks. But I think from time to time, if she wears pants it would show her change from the formal Queenly role to her free spirited role. Oh and yeah I know Elsa does have pants underneath the gown but I mean, showing it more obviously like the one in the Broadway way version. Her long capes and dress would get in the way when dealing with threats as she will in the podcast so maybe learning form that she changes.that up a bit. I mean we are going ot have new looks for both Elsa and Anna for promotion purposes too so might as well. But either way, dress or pants, I'm definitely going it be excited to see both Elsa and Anna's new looks in Frozen 3 symbolising their character or further growth in the movie.

Also I think since November will mark 10 years of Frozen, we should add the tag "A decade of Frozen". Just for celebration purposes and for fun! It feels like only yesterday we got the first movie - im not crying 🤧❄️

#disney frozen #frozen #frozen 2 #frozen 3 #elsa #disney #frozen fever #ofa #Olaf's Frozen Adventure #elsa of arendelle #queen elsa #the snow queen #concept art #disney lorcana #frozen broadway #disney broadway #broadway musicals #musical #Monster #A decade of Frozen

[disneydreamer95]

Not my usual postings, but I needed to share this because this is a must-see if it comes to a city near you. I can't wait to see it!

@tending-the-hearth if you have seen the news yet. Aaaaahhhhh!!!!

#disney #beauty and the beast #disney broadway #tagged post

[dragonsruby]

This is your periodic reminder that Susan Egan, the voice of Megara from Disney's Hercules, also originated the role of Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Broadway.

She also gave a couple voices for the English dub of Ghibli films (Porco Rosso and Spirited Away), along with voicing Rose Quartz in Steven Universe and Future.

I vote that we give more Broadway actors the oppurtunity to voice act as well. She's incredible.

#susan egan #beauty and the beast broadway #beauty and the beast #hercules #disney hercules #disney beauty and the beast #disney broadway #disney on broadway #she has such a recognizable voice! #I love her singing SO MUCH #A Change in Me is one of my favorite Broadway songs. It's only available on her personal albums and a select few Broadway albums #'I never thought I'd leave behind/My childhood dreams but I don't mind/I'm where and who I want to be/No change of heart/A change in me' #'I'm where and who I want to be' has stuck with me forever #Youtube

[princess-ibri]

Do you know about the deleted Aladdin characters Babkak, Omar, and Kassim? They were originally Aladdin's friends before they were removed and replaced with Abu.

I do!! Love those dudes, so glad they put them back in the Aladdin musical for Broadway. All their songs are so fun

#asks #disney #aladdin #deleted disney #babkak omar kassim #disney broadway

[inaccurate-janto-conversations]

#If i cant love her #seriously wtf ya'll??? #i should've been alerted the moment this happened #also he freaking sang from beauty and the beast Broadway and I'm totally adding it to my Janto playlist immediately #john barrowman #this man is a legend and no one can tell me otherwise #Disney #disney broadway #the fact that this has existed since 2016 and I'm only just finding out about it is a crime #the torchwood fandom has failed me

[daveys-sister]

Evermore >>>>>>>>>> If I Can’t Love Her

#beauty and the beast #Belle #Disney #the beast #prince adam #evermore beauty and the beast #if I can’t love her beauty and the beast #beauty and the beast Broadway #Disney broadway

[stormythalamus]

i hope the pjo show makes lmm hermes. not him playing hermes; he IS hermes.

percy: you’re hermes? wait aren’t you that guy who wrote hamilton

hermes: i made a bet with apollo bc he said i wouldn’t be able to write a musical better than him. i needed to prove my superiority. artemis gave us each a topic to write about.

percy: what was his show about?

hermes: spider-man.

percy: there’s a broadway show about spider-man??

hermes: exactly.

#i hope someone understands this #TURN OFF THE DARK REFERENCE??? #lin manuel miranda #hermes #percy jackson disney+ #percy pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo tv show #hamilton musical #broadway #spider-man turn off the dark

[bluebird167]

So I listened to “Made of Stone” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame the musical and that last line reminded me so much of when Gray thought Juvia had died and he lost it.

#fairy tail #fairy tail anime #fairy tail manga #gray fullbuster #gray and juvia #gray fairy tail #juvia lockser #juvia loxar #gray x juvia #gruvia #fairy tail natsu #erza scarlet #natsu dragneel #lucy heartfilia #disney broadway #the hunchback of notre dame

[yellow-yellow-jacket]

what if instead of making more live-action remakes of disney movies, we made more stage musical versions of those exact same disney movies for broadway

like, they're talking about making live-action versions of moana, but wouldn't it just be STUNNING on a broadway stage????? bambi could have a ton of amazing puppetry potential, and i'd LOVE to see what they'd do for the music in a lilo and stitch show.

and don't even get me STARTED on tangled. i know yall have more songs for that banger, you perform them on your cruise ships ALL THE TIME!! IMAGINE what that show could do with a broadway budget AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#disney #theatre #musical theatre #broadway #live action disney #disney broadway

[diviningwriter]

So im rewatching my comfort musical as you do (Disney Newsies) and you know who Jack and Crutchie are making me think of in the first iteration of Santa Fe?

Jack - Sirus

Crutchie - Remus

#newsies #musicals #marauders era #newsies jack kelly #newsies crutchie #sleep deprived thoughts #sirius black #remus lupin #disney broadway #broadway newsies

[disneydreamer95]

In case anyone forgot, there is going to be a stage version of Hercules premiering this year at the Paper Mill Playhouse. But they also announced the cast. And while I do not know most of their names, there is one that I am extremely excited for and is a drem cast.

Freaking James Monroe Iglehart is Phil! Guys! He originated the Genie for Aladdin on Broadway!

I can't wait see footage and hear any sort of cast recordings.

@tending-the-hearth @roxycake @queen-with-the-quill @storyweaverofgondor

#disney #Hercules #disney broadway #i can't wait

[dmitryanya]

i'm just saying, they're all disney and this boy could use a princess emotional support group

#newsies #livesies #newsies broadway #jack kelly #disney princesses #this is just pure silliness but also i will defend this boys dreams with my life #he deserves to go to santa fe #to live the life he dreamed of #and have people SUPPORT HIM #he wants a new start and freedom and i think he deserves it

[hellmandraws]

I've still got Gargoyles on my brain. Please know that my heart belongs to The Trio and the single brain cell they share.

#gargoyles #gargoyles disney #disney gargoyles #disney's gargoyles #lexington #brooklyn #broadway #they may share a brain cell but obviously Lex is the only one to ever use it #I'm gonna try to post more often!!