The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, these are just some of Disney’s animated classics that have become hit Broadway musicals over the years. Well, it looks like you can add Tangled to that list.
According to BroadwayWorld, Disney Theatrical Group is indeed exploring a stage version of the 2010 animated film. As of now, it is very stages in development so there is nothing official to report on.
This wouldn’t first stage adaptation Disney has created based on Tangled. An abridged stage adaptation titled Tangled: The Musical premiered on board the Disney Magic of the Disney Cruise Line in November 2015,featuring three new songs written by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater.
Loosely based on the German fairy tale “Rapunzel” in the collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm, the film was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard (in the former’s feature directorial debut), and produced by Roy Conli, from a screenplay written by Dan Fogelman. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy, Tangled tells the story of Rapunzel, a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen.
