Celebrate Disney’s Classic Broadway Hits with Skylight Music Theater

VAN: — GABRIELLA: WELCOME BACK. WELL, WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD, ON ARTS AVENUE, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATER IN MILWAUKEE IS BRINGING THE HOLLY JOLLY GOOD TIME WITH A CONCERT FULL OF DISNEY’S BIGGEST BROADWAY HITS. JOINING ME NOW IS THE THEATRE’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MICHAEL UNGER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL, FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. MICHAEL: GREAT TO BE BACK. GABRIELLA: YOU WERE TELLING ME YESTERDAY WAS THE OPENING NIGHT FOR THE SHOW. MICHAEL: LAST NIGHT, YEAH, WE JUST OPENED. IT IS AN AMAZING, TALENTED GROUP OF PEOPLE ON OUR STAGE, ADULTS AS WELL AS SOME YOUNG KIDS. I KNEW PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THE SONGS FROM THE SHOW, BUT I HAD NO IDEA EVERY SINGLE SONG WOULD GET A REACTION FROM THE AUDIENCE, LIKE IT WAS THE LAST SONG, I MEAN HIT AFTER HIT. THE KIDS WERE ADORABLE. IT WAS EXCITING. GABRIELLA: I LOVE TO HEAR IT. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC OR THE SONGS THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF EXPECT TO HEAR. MICHAEL: IF YOU LOVE DISNEY SOUNDS AND YOU LOVE GREAT SINGING, YOU WILL LOVE THE SHOW. SO THERE ARE 33 SONGS FROM — THIS IS DISNEY’S BROADWAY CATALOG, SO FROM “FROZEN,” “LION KING,” “A PART OF YOUR WORLD,” “ALADDIN,” “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,” “JUNGLE BOOK,” I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE HIT SONG FROM DISNEY’S BROADWAY SHOWS. GABRIELLA: THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY UNIQUE TO SKY WHAT — TO SKYLIGHT THEATER. MICHAEL: IT IS TRUE. WE ARE THE ONLY SHOW IN THE WORLD PRODUCING THIS SHOW RIGHT NOW. I WORKED WITH DISNEY DIRECTLY TO ADD KIDS TO THE SHOW. WE ADDED 12 KIDS AND TWO DIFFERENT CAST OF SIX. WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH DISNEY. IF WE DO CHANGE, EVEN A COMMA, IT HAD TO BE APPROVED BY DISNEY. I LOVE THAT RESTRICTION, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO WISELY CAREFUL ABOUT THE PROPERTIES, AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT ADDING KIDS TO THE SHOW. YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEOS, THE SET IS SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE LIKE IN SKYLIGHT’S LIVING ROOM. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN, A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION. THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS REALLY EXCITING. IT IS FULL OF HITS. GABRIELLA: I LOVE IT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE FROM ALL AGES CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY AND, YOU KNOW, FEEL A LITTLE NOSTALGIA WITH IT AS WELL. MICHAEL: IT CROSSES ALL GENERATIONS. IT IS CALLED “A JOLLY HOLIDAY,” BUT IT IS REALLY NAMED AFTER THE BRITISH USE OF THE WORD, WHICH MEANS VACATION. DISNEY WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CREATE A HOLIDAY SHOW, AND THERE ARE NO HOLIDAY SONGS, PER SE, IN DISNEY’S CATALOG, BUT IT DOESN’T MATTER, BECAUSE WHATEVER HOLIDAY YOU ARE CELEBRITY OR NOT A LIBERTY, THIS IS A GREAT SHOW . GABRIELL

Celebrate Disney’s Classic Broadway Hits with Skylight Music Theater

“A Jolly Holiday: Celebrating Disney’s Broadway Hits” on stage now through the end of the year.

Updated: 9:58 AM CST Nov 19, 2022

Putting the jolly in the holidays, Skylight Music Theater is the only theater in the world putting on a production of “A Jolly Holiday: Celebrating Disney’s Broadway Hits.” From The Lion King’s “Hakuna Matata” to Newsies’ “Carrying the Banner.” 33 songs from the most iconic Disney plays are performed live on stage. Skylight’s artistic director, Michael Unger, joined Arts Avenue on 12 News Saturday morning to talk about the fun-filled concert and why Skylight is the best place to see the concert. A Jolly Holiday” is on stage now through Dec. 31. You can find more information about the concert and buy tickets here.

MILWAUKEE —

Putting the jolly in the holidays, Skylight Music Theater is the only theater in the world putting on a production of “A Jolly Holiday: Celebrating Disney’s Broadway Hits.”

From The Lion King’s “Hakuna Matata” to Newsies’ “Carrying the Banner.” 33 songs from the most iconic Disney plays are performed live on stage.

Skylight’s artistic director, Michael Unger, joined Arts Avenue on 12 News Saturday morning to talk about the fun-filled concert and why Skylight is the best place to see the concert.

“A Jolly Holiday” is on stage now through Dec. 31.

You can find more information about the concert and buy tickets here.