Musical Comedy ‘Penelope’ in Growth at Disney

Oh my oh me, it’s a musical a couple of pea! Deadline recently revealed that the musical comedy Penelope, which is able to loosely observe the traditional story of “The Princess and the Pea,” is in growth at Disney. For these not within the know, the Hans Christian Andersen fairy story follows a feisty princess that can’t get a wink of sleep on account of a small pea below her growing variety of stacked mattresses. Pea has already been tailored into the Broadway play As soon as Upon a Mattress, additionally a musical comedy starring Carol Burnett with music by Mary Rogers and lyrics by Marshall Barer

At the moment on board the mattresses are Robert Sudduth (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Grease: Rise of the Pink Girls) to pen the script, Will Gluck (Annie, Peter Rabbit) to supply below the Olive Bridge Banner, and Ingrid Michaelson and Larry O’keefe to function singer/songwriters.

Whereas not a lot else is understood of Penelope, in accordance with Disney’s launch calendar, there is an untitled Walt Disney Animation Studios movie set to premiere on November 22, 2023. Nevertheless, it has not been revealed whether or not the characteristic will likely be live-action or animated – given Sudduth and Gluck’s live-action historical past, we’re leaning that method. Maybe we’ll hear extra on the upcoming D23 Expo, starting September 9. Does that pea-que your curiosity?

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