The long wait is over!
Disney Princess: The Concert is finally happening in the Philippines.
The magical show will take the audience to a whole new world of music and animation through powerful performances from the international Broadway and TV stars.
Here are the performers:
Anneliese Van Der Pol, the last actress to play Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2007) on Broadway. She is also known for her role as Chelsea in the 2003 sitcom That’s So Raven's and Raven's Home.
Aisha Jackson, the first black woman to play Anna in the Broadway adaptation of Frozen and the last broadway actress who portrayed Snow White in the Britney Spears musical Once Upon A More Time (2003).
Krysta Rodriguez, who recently starred as Cinderella in Into the Woods (2014) and played the original role of Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family in the show's pre-Broadway premiere in 1979.
Steffanie Leigh, who made her Broadway debut as Mary Poppins in the Disney Broadway musical Mary Poppins, and went on to originate the roles of Liane D'Exelmans in Gigi (2015) and he iconic supermodel Dorian Leigh in War Paint (2017).
Adam J. Levy, who is currently in Broadway’s Moulin Rouge.
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Also in the cast is Benjamin Rauhala, the award-winning music director and the music supervisor and co-creator of the production.
At a press conference held last Tuesday, November 14, 2023, organized by local concert organizer Wilbros Live, Benjamin assured Filipino fans that they can expect Broadway-level productions of their favorite Disney Princess songs.
Disney Princess: The Concert will include songs from all 13 Disney princesses—Cinderella, Snow White, Moana, Pocahontas, Mulan, Jasmine (Aladdin), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Merida (Brave), Tiana (Princess and the Frog), Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon), Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Rapunzel (Tangled)—and Anna and Elsa (Frozen).
Benjamin remarked, “We’re going to make some of them new, but some of them are going to be delivered in just the way that we all love, which is just as we heard in our childhoods, but with the unique perspective of these incredible artists on stage bringing their personality to it.”
Anneliese chimed in that Filipino fans can expect fun shows that will surely evoke nostalgia.
She said, “You can expect a nostalgic feeling and a good time, and joy.
"You can expect a fun show at a time when maybe we really need it in a serious time in our world.”
According to Krysta, they will be presenting some of the songs on LED screens showing clips from the original animated films so the viewers can enjoy the “familiar and new mixing together."
She said, “We are presenting these song maybe in a duet and we gonna have LCD screen behind us which gonna be playing the animation... And I think some little surprise that we might have.”
A series of concerts will be slated in Manila on November 18 and 19 with 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. shows at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater.
The concert will also be held in Davao on November 21, 8 p.m., at the SMX Convention Center Davao, and Cebu on November 22, 8 p.m., at the Waterfront Hotel Cebu City.