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Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation

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Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation is a 2021 musical based on the film franchise of the same name it was created by Jonathan Rockefeller and Rockefeller Productions and in association with Disney Theatrical Productions. info from website, actual experience of the show, program book, Education Guide for school trips to the show, and people who worked on it.

Original plans[]

See: original plans for winnie the pooh broadway musical.

Productions[]

About The Show[]

Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation brings to life Disney’s iconic Hundred Acre Wood as never before: with life-size puppetry, gorgeously hand-crafted set pieces, and a sweeping score featuring beloved music old & new. Follow Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo (and don’t forget Tigger too!) as they journey through four seasons of whimsical adventure in a brand new story showcasing award-winning puppetry you’ll have to see to believe.

Disney's Winnie the Pooh made its world premiere in 2021 at Theatre Row in New York City. Entertainment Weekly called it “a whimsical delight with brilliant puppetry; The New York Times called it “enchanting”; and WhatsOnStage declared it a show “that truly spans the generations”. The musical received both Drama Desk and OBA nominations.

Following New York, the show transferred to Mercury Theatre Chicago for a 12-week run (2022), before returning to New York for an encore engagement. The show has now toured across the United States, including a six-week holiday season engagement at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles.

Pooh & friends made their U.K. debut in March of 2023, breaking London box office records in the process. The Hundred Acre Wood then made its way across the U.K. on its first U.K. national tour. the show then went on a Australia tour for a few months and is now going on a tour in Netherlands and Belgium set to end on may 5th of 2024 currently making it the longest tour ever.

A Japan tour is also touring for spring of 2024 (April 27th - July 14th 2024).

and recently on the Rockefeller studios website announced a brazil tour later this year.

About The Show 2 (The Plot/Synopsis)[]

This article/section features spoilers. Continue reading at your own risk.

The show's story spans the four seasons of the year. With Christopher Robin away at school, Pooh searches for a way to get some honey on his own. On a blustery Autumn day, Pooh decides to see if any of his friends have any honey. Piglet, who was blown away on a kite on the breeze, ends up joining Pooh on his search and they follow a little bee to a honey tree near Eeyore's House. As Eeyores aren't built for climbing and Pooh believes he is too big, Piglet is sent up the tree since he is small enough to fit inside the hole. However, the windy breeze knocks Piglet out of the knothole, crashing into Eeyore's House. They decide that it is too windy to try climbing the tree. Eeyore, not seeing what happened to his house, invites Pooh and Piglet over to see if he has any honey and the trio soon find themselves getting lost trying to find Eeyore's House.

Winter arrives to the Hundred Acre Wood, which Pooh believes to be a specific person that is coming to visit. Being joined by Piglet on his search for "Mrs. Winter", Owl arrives and points them in the direction of a snowwoman in a sunhat. They try and introduce themselves to the inanimate snow creature, but think she's too shy to say anything back. Thinking they need an energetic friendly face to get her to open up, they end up chancing upon Tigger who is eager to impress the new arrival with song. Still unresponsive, they think that Mrs. Winter is too cold to speak, so Tigger decides to give her Piglet's scarf. When that doesn't work, they bring her inside to warm her up, melting her off-screen as the show moves on to Spring.

In the Spring, Pooh ends up asking Rabbit for honey. Rabbit decides to have Pooh help shoo people out of his garden in exchange for the honey. However, Roo is taking bouncing lessons with Tigger, who teaches him the Whoopty-Dooper-Loopty-Looper-Alley-Ooper bounce. When Tigger thinks Rabbit's garden is actually a perfectly manicured "bouncing field", he ends up turning Pooh's shoos into hoo-hoos and the three end up bouncing Rabbit's vegetables out of the ground. Rabbit arrives on the scene, honey pot in hand and drops it out of shock and anger. Tigger ends up suggesting to Rabbit that he can start replanting at a faster pace by simply bouncing the seeds into place instead of digging and he, Roo and Tigger get to work. Pooh however is distracted by the buzzing of the bees and wanders back to the honey tree.

In the Summer, Pooh has found himself stuck in the honey tree. Piglet and Tigger have been playing Poohsticks by themselves in Pooh's absence, but they soon run out of good sticks. They visit Eeyore, who is trying to rebuild his home and soon find Pooh in the tree. Tigger tries to use bouncing to shake Pooh out while Eeyore goes looking for more help. Owl flies by and thinks the best solution is to just wait for Pooh to get thin enough to get out of the treehole. Soon Rabbit arrives with Piglet's kite and they tie it to Pooh's legs to try and pull him out. Successfully prying him loose, Pooh becomes entangled in the kite strings and flies off, landing in a bush where he reunites with Christopher Robin. Wondering what's happened in his absence, Pooh tells him its a long story. Christopher Robin gives Pooh a pot of honey and the two decide to get the gang together to go on an adventure to find a Heffalump or journey to the North Pole.

About The Characters (info from educational guide)[]

Winnie The Pooh[]

Winnie the Pooh is a gentle and thoughtful bear who loves his friends and honey. He’s quite clever, but he may not know it. He is always ready for a new adventure, or rather new adventures always seem to be ready for him.

Piglet[]

Piglet is a loyal, generous and sweet friend. He may be small, but Piglet loves to be helpful and he is good at problem solving. Piglet is always grateful to his friends who make him feel braver.

Tigger[]

Tigger is so full of joy, energy and fun so he is constantly on the go looking for the next game to play with his friends. Tigger’s favorite thing to do is bounce but the most wonderful thing about Tigger is he’s the only one.

Rabbit[]

Rabbit is very organized and hardworking. He loves to garden and is good at being a leader and taking charge. He may be busy often, but he is a dependable friend.

Eeyore[]

Eeyore is a donkey who loves to take his time. He is very proud of the house that he built for himself and is grateful when his friends come to visit him. He likes to give his opinion or advice, even if no one asks.

Owl[]

Owl is very wise and intelligent. He is very proud of his large family and loves to tell long stories about them. He enjoys when friends come to him for help, as he considers himself to be very reliable.

Kanga[]

Kanga is a kind and affectionate mother. She is warm to everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood and also likes time to enjoy and appreciate quiet peaceful moments.

Roo[]

Roo is a young, joyful, enthusiastic and curious kangaroo. He loves to explore and test out what new things he can do. He admires and looks up to his friends, especially Tigger.

Christopher Robin[]

Christopher Robin is a very kind and imaginative boy, who loves to explore. He always helps his friends and is quite resourceful.

About The Set[]

Welcome to the Hundred Acre Wood! The set design transports us to a secret clearing in the forest where Christopher robin visits his friends before and after school. the design includes many elements that adults and children alike should remember from the original stories and Disney films: toys, streams, a bridge where Poohsticks is played from, and of course, a honey tree! The design is inspired by the textures and earth tones of the real Hundred Acre Wood (Ashdown Forest in East Sussex England), as well as and rich expressive colors and styles from the original animated films. Visitors to the Hundred Acre Wood should keep an eye out for hidden surprises - the seasons do seem to change rather quickly around here!

When people see the theater, the set is what you call the scenery, which tells people where this story takes place. For the show, the set is the Hundred Acre Wood. Sets are made up of decorative and functional parts. Decorative parts of the set make it feel and look like it’s the real setting. The flowers, grass and trees tell the audience that this is the Hundred Acre Wood. When the audience sees toys around a tree, they realize that’s Christopher Robin’s house. Some parts of the set that also need to be functional. For example, the bridge needs to be an actual real bridge so the puppet and performers can cross it. The designer and builders took special care while making the incline (how big or small the angle of a ramp is) so the puppets and performers can walk safely across it. Sets also need to make sure that audience members can see everything that is happening on stage. A lot of trees would be a nice decoration and let the audience know this is the Hundred Acre wood, but if there are a bunch of trees in the front, how would the audience be able to see Pooh and his friends cross the bridge in the back of the stage? That’s why Christopher Robin’s tree is on a platform behind Rabbit’s garden. The audience wouldn’t be able to see the tree very well if it was on the same level as Rabbit’s garden. The platform helps to raise that area so Rabbit’s garden can still be in front, and the audience can see everything that is happening behind it.

However some things on the set are strategically placed to hide things the director and designers don’t want people to see (which is in-between yet or never in some cases). Pooh needs to get stuck in the honey tree, but it needs to be a surprise before it happens. That’s why the tree rotates! Pooh can stay hidden until the moment happens. The show sees Winnie the Pooh going on adventures during the different seasons of the year, so the set needs to change for the different seasons. To help the set change, lighting is very important. For stage plays and theatre, there is a Lighting Designer who figures out how to best use lights for the show. The Lighting Designer and crew hang lights above the stage, and some of the lights are even above the audience! These lights are like very powerful flashlights that light up the stage. They can be programmed to turn off, on, dimmed or brightened by a button in the back of the theater! In front of some of the lights, designers and technicians (the lighting crew) can put gels - different colors of translucent (meaning you can see through it) plastic - sort of like how you can see through 3-D glasses or stained glass. This way, there can be different colors that suggest different times of the year and even different times of day.

About The Music[]

The show features many of the original songs written by Robert and Richard Sherman, including 'Winnie the Pooh', 'The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers' and 'A Rather Blustery Day'. A few short samples of Pooh's 'hums' (songs Pooh makes up himself originally written by author A.A. Milne), also appear in various ways throughout the show.

The Sherman Brothers wrote most of the music for the Winnie the Pooh franchise over the years, which performed by the Disney Studio chorus, were subsequently incorporated into the 1977 musical film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh which is an amalgamation of the three previous Winnie the Pooh featurettes, the first two of which Walt Disney produced himself.

The score of the original movies, drew inspiration from Sergei Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and had different instruments to represent the characters: baritone horn for Pooh, bass clarinet for Eeyore, flute for Kanga, piccolo for Roo, clarinet for Rabbit, oboe for Piglet, and French horn and ocarina for Owl. The Sherman Brother's talent earned Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too a Grammy award for 'Best Album for Children' amongst many other awards.

With a new orchestral score, the music in the stage show pays homage to all the great Winnie the Pooh musical history at Disney, including even, the 1980's cartoon series. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Piglet's Big Movie (2003), and The Tigger Movie released in 2000. The latter was the award-winning return of the Sherman Brothers writing for a Disney movie after a 28-year absence.

There are very few people who can call themselves true showmen like the Sherman Brothers can. They grew up in an extraordinarily musical family; their father was a successful songwriter and their mother was an actress who played piano. In their youth, both brothers learned piano and older brother Robert excelled playing violin (as well as writing poetry) and younger brother Richard learned several other instruments including flute and piccolo. However the brothers didn’t initially start composing together until their father gave them a challenge to do so in the early 1950s. Even though they had family connections, the brothers first struggled to get their music noticed, however their talents and craft continued to grow and they never lost their upbeat attitudes. Then in1958, famous Mouseketeer Annette Funicello sang their song “Tell Paul”, which caught the attention of none other than Walt Disney. The Sherman brothers were hired for Walt Disney Studios and wrote a little song you may recognize- “It’s a Small World (After all)” [Fun fact: This is the most publicly played song of all time.] They wrote music and songs for many Disney movies and the Walt Disney theme parks including The Parent Trap, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and of course The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Their father taught them that songwriting needed to follow the 3 S’s- simple, singable and sincere- which they never forgot when writing their songs. They also discovered for themselves that songs have another three parts: the music, the lyrics and the idea. For the brothers, the most important part was to come up with a good idea for a song- it was the first thing they always worked on. Once they had the seed of the idea, they could make it grow into a beautiful and memorable song. When Walt Disney passed, the Sherman brothers left Disney to work as freelancers on many other projects. However in 2000 (more than 28 year later) they came back to Disney to write music for a new Winnie the Pooh movie, The Tigger Movie, proving that you can never be too old to return to the Hundred Acre Wood.

Like Pooh, it is all the sort of music that you'll be left humming too when you leave the theatre.

About The Puppets[]

"Afterall, if someone like Christopher Robin didn't believe in us, we might not be real either." - Pooh

All the puppets featured in the show were designed and constructed within the walls of Rockefeller Productions by a talented team of artists, designers, patternmakers, sculptors, illustrators, costumers, builders, foam fabricators, fabricators, welders, and mechanism specialist.

Inspired by Disney's original character designs, E.H. Shephard's original illustrations, and Christopher Robin's real-life counterparts, each larger-than-life size character 'full of fluff', covered in fur (or feathers) has been built lovingly many times over to get their look and movement just right.

Puppets were the obvious choice to bring the wonderful characters from the Hundred Acre Wood to life. Since Pooh and his friends are Christopher Robin’s toys, the puppets were built to be like large toys that puppeteers operate.

To build the puppets, the puppet designers first need to map and sketch out plans for the puppets. Just as the animators had to make slight changes from Earnest Shepherd’s illustrations to the final Disney animations, some changes were necessary for the puppets in our show. The designers wanted to stay as close to the versions of the characters in the movies, along with taking some inspirations from the illustrations in the books. (Notice how the Piglet puppet looks like the Disney Piglet, but his color scheme resembles the book illustrations.)

To make the puppets’ bodies, the builders first carve out foam, like the foam you’d find in a couch, and sculpt out the bodies. Once the puppet has a foam base, fabric can be sewn on as a layer on top of the foam. The fabrics chosen for the puppets are soft and textured like stuffed animals. The Designer took special care to make sure the colors chosen matched the characters.

For each puppet, the mouth needs to be operational - that means the mouth needs to open and close so the characters can talk. A puppeteer uses their hand to make their puppet’s mouth move, so the 25 builders make a small opening like a hole in the back of the puppet’s head for the puppeteer to put their hands in.

Owl and Eeyore needed something a little different for their mouths to open and close. Owl and Eeyore’s mouths move from a separate device. There is a handle behind or on top of their heads with a trigger on it. When the puppeteer presses the trigger, it opens and closes the puppet’s mouth so that puppet can talk.

The larger puppets, like Pooh, Tigger and Rabbit need help to stand up and walk (or bounce!) The puppeteers have harnesses they wear that connect them to their puppets which allows the weight of the puppets to be evenly distributed for the puppeteers and allow the puppets to stand up straight. The puppeteers also have shoes that connect to their puppet’s feet with rods. With this connection, now the puppeteers can move their puppet’s feet with their own feet! (Rabbit’s puppeteer actually puts his feet directly into the puppet’s feet!)

Sometimes there needs to be more than one puppet for the same character, because there is a specific action the main puppet is unable to do. Another puppet is made specifically to do that action. At the beginning of the show, Piglet needs to fly through the air while holding his kite. There is a separate Piglet puppet just for this moment! The Piglet puppet is attached to the kite so he can be held high in the air. For the rest of the show, there is a different Piglet puppet that is able to walk on the ground. And pooh is actually another character in the show that needed two different puppets.

About The Costumes[]

The performers are the "painters" of Christopher Robin's imagination. The costumes are a whimsical variety of ombre jumpsuits, painters pants, and coverall combinations in a complimentary cool color palette so that the puppets remain the focus, and reflect Christopher Robin's costume.

There are subtle unique accents in each costume that hint at their corresponding characters such as stripes, and patches. Each piece also works in tandem with the tones of the set - blending into the Hundred Acre Wood environment from the ground to the sky.

Show theme[3][]

The theme of friendship is written in every Winnie the Pooh story and this show in no exception. Pooh loves his friends more than honey - which is saying a lot! When the script was written, they thought of new ways to reflect the friendship in the books and movies for the stage. Here are some themes and lessons of friendship in the show:

Friends can be different[]

As Pooh in the show says, “It’s a good thing to be different, otherwise we might all be the same.” Your friends can look different from you, like different things, eat different things, and feel differently from you, but you can still be great friends! Piglet often feels because he is much smaller than his friends that he can’t be a helpful friend, but Pooh thinks his smallness is special and very helpful. Eeyore shares that he can’t climb a tree but he can encourage his friends who can to do so. Friends can come in all different shapes and sizes but there will always be kindness and love you can share together.

It’s great to ask friends for help and fun to help our friends[]

Often we may feel like we should figure out things or do things by ourselves, but sometimes we may need a little help. We might feel too shy to ask to help but a lot of friends in the Hundred Acre Wood show us asking for help from a friend is a wonderful thing. Often our friends want to help! Piglet is overjoyed when Pooh asks for his help getting honey, which makes him braver to offer help later in the play by giving Mrs. Winter his scarf. Eeyore knows that maybe he can’t think of an idea of how to get Pooh out of the honey tree but his friend Rabbit will. Asking for help is okay and a great way to show your friends you value them and a great way for them to care for you.

It’s great to be welcoming to new friends[]

When Pooh hears that Winter is coming to the Hundred Acre Wood, he is excited to meet this new visitor and become her friend. While Winter is not quite what Pooh thought, Pooh teaches us how to treat new people with kindness. He wants any new visitor to feel welcomed. Pooh and Piglet were even thinking of throwing Mrs. Winter a welcoming party so they could get to know her more. When we’re welcoming, we show kindness and get to learn more about a new person.

Friends can have disagreements and it’s good to work together to problem solve[]

Sometimes we might disagree with our friends, or they might do something to us that we don’t like. Rabbit shares that he is upset with Pooh, Tigger and Roo once they have bounced all over his garden. He honestly shares that all he wanted was to plant vegetables today. But Roo and Tigger wanted to bounce together today. They end up problem solving and figuring out they can bounce the seeds into the ground, helping Rabbit plant his garden and letting Tigger and Roo enjoy bouncing. Rabbit was able to share he was upset and the friends were able to come up with a solution to their problem.

Stick together[]

When Pooh is stuck in the honey tree, Owl says that Pooh might be stuck in there for a long time - perhaps forever. Piglet and Tigger don’t want Pooh to have to wait by himself, so they promise to stay with him while he is stuck. Sometimes when we are lonely or scared it’s great to have a friend next to us so we’re not alone.

Speak up when you know something is important[]

Rabbit and Tigger get into an argument when they both think they came up with the idea to use a kite to get Pooh out of the honey tree (though for the record it was Rabbits idea but Tigger disagreed with it then came up with the exact same idea). Tigger and Rabbit are arguing so much, Piglet speaks up because he realized Tigger and Rabbit forgot something really important. It didn’t matter who’s ideas it was, they needed to go help their friend. Sometimes we need to be brave and speak up when we know something is important. Our friends will appreciate the reminder.

No matter how much time has passed since you’ve seen your friend, they’re still your friend and with you in your heart[]

Christopher Robin and Pooh are the best of friends, but in the show Christopher Robin was away at school for a whole year. But just because you may not be able to physically be together with your friend, your friendship remains and you are loved by your friends and have an important and special place in your friend’s heart.

Character Tracks[]

(in the show there are 5 tracks in the show as in keeping track which performer performs which character in the show because some of the performers perform more then one character in the show)

  • track 1: Winnie The Pooh
  • track 2: Tigger/Woodland Creatures
  • track 3: Piglet/Roo/Woodland Creatures
  • track 4: Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl/Woodland Creatures
  • track 5: Kanga/Owl (left wing only)/Woodland Creatures

Crew and Staff[]

  • Creator/Director./Producer/Creative Director/Screenplay: Jonathan Rockefeller
  • Lyrics/composition: Sherman Brothers, AA Milne
  • Music Composer/Music Director/Music Score/Additional Music/Sound Designer: Nate Edmonson
  • Lead Builders: Matthew Lish, Ben Durocher, and John Cody
  • Additional Builders: Sarah Lafferty, Jessica Marie Lorence, Laura Manns, Chris Palmieri, Brian Carson, Sebastiano Ricci, Rebecca Grazi, Brandan Malafronte, Timmy Turner, Jessica Simon, Jamie Bressler, Tyler Holland, Kelly Selznick, Ricold Wille, Janet Castel, Robyn Coffey, Adam Kreutinger, Alexandra Limpert, Julia Moreno, Kate Mulhauser, and David Valentine

Cast[]

Original Cast (October 2021 - January 2022)[]

  • Jake Bazel as Pooh (October 2021 - April 2022. June 2022 - July 2022. March 2023 - May 2023)
  • Chris Palmieri as Tigger (Pooh understudy) (October 2021 - January 2022. March opening night 2022)
  • Kirsty Moon as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (October 2021 - January 2022)
  • Emmanuel Elpenord as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (October 2021 - April 2022. June 2022 - July 2022)
  • Kristina Dizon as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy) (October 2021 - January 2022)
  • Sebastiano Ricci (understudy swing in) as Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl (October 2021 - July 2022)
  • Vicki Oceguera (understudy swing in) as Piglet, Roo, and Kanga (January 2022. June 2022 - July 2022)

Chicago Cast (March 2022 - July 2022)[]

  • Will Rupert as Pooh (April 2022 - July 2022)
  • Josh Bernaski as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy) (March 2022 - July 2022. September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Frank Cesario as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (Pooh understudy) (April 2022 - June 2022)
  • Emilie Rose Danno as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (March 2022 - July 2022)
  • Carolyn Plurad as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy) (March 2022 - June 2022)
  • Tina-Kim Nguyen as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (March 2022 - July 2022)

Encore Engagement Cast (June 2022 - July 2022)[]

  • Will Rupert as Pooh
  • Josh Bernaski as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy)
  • Vicki Oceguera as Piglet, and Roo (Kanga understudy)
  • Emmanuel Elpenord as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl
  • Tina-Kim Nguyen as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy)
  • Jake Bazel as Pooh
  • Sebastiano Ricci as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy)
  • Emilie Rose Danno as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy)

National Tour Cast (September 2022 - February 2023)[]

  • Coldin Grundmeyer as Pooh (September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Blake Rushing as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl, and Pooh understudy) (September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Luke Dombroski as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (Tigger understudy) (September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Hannah Lauren Wilson as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Kaitlyn Victoria Lunardi as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy) (September 2022 - February 2023)
  • Josh Bernaski as Tigger (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy)
  • Melissa Xiaolan Warren as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (September 2022 - February 2023)

UK Tour Cast (March 2023 - September 2023)[]

  • Jake Bazel as Pooh (riverside theater only)
  • Ben Durham as Pooh (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Robbie Noonan as Tigger (Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Alex Cardall as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (Tigger understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Harry Boyd as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (Tigger, and Pooh understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Lottie Grogan as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Chloe Gentles as Piglet/Roo (Kanga understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Laura Bacon as Kanga (Piglet/Roo understudy) (March 2023 - September 2023)

Australia Tour Cast (July 2023 - October 2023)[]

Netherlands Tour Cast (September 2023 - May 2024)[]

Japan Tour Cast (April 2024 - July 2024)[]

  • Tatsuo Yokoyama as Pooh (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Rikuya Yoda as Pooh (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Daiki Iwata as Pooh (Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl understudy) (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Emi Nitta as Piglet/Roo (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Yuka Ishibashi as Piglet/Roo (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Yujiro Kazama as Tigger (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Hiroyoshi Ito as Tigger (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Takeyuki Suzuki as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Keisuke Fukahori as Eeyore/Rabbit/Owl (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Nanami Watanabe as Kanga (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Miki Sawada as Kanga (April 2024 - July 2024)

Cast (Christopher Robin edition)[]

Original Cast (October 2021 - January 2022)[]

  • Kadyn Kuioka (October 2021 - January 2022. June 2022 - July 2022)
  • Max Lamberg (October 2021 - January 2022)
  • Cooper Lantz (October 2021 - January 2022)

Chicago Cast (March 2022 - July 2022)[]

  • Will Daly (March 2022 - June 2022)

Encore Engagement Cast (June 2022 - July 2022)[]

  • Kadyn Kuioka
  • Benjamin Ye (June 2022 - July 2022)

National Tour Cast (September 2022 - February 2023)[]

  • Ross Coughlin (September 2022 - February 2023)

UK Tour Cast (March 2023 - September 2023)[]

  • Oliver Ravelini (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Joshua (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • Charlie (March 2023 - September 2023)
  • George (March 2023 - September 2023)

Australia Tour Cast (July 2023 - October 2023)[]

Netherlands Tour (September 2023 - May 2024)[]

  • Laurens Vink as Roo and Christopher Robin

Japan Tour Cast (April 2024 - July 2024)[]

  • Aoi Sakurai (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Murayama Togen (April 2024 - July 2024)
  • Asahi Sasamoto (April 2024 - July 2024)

Musical numbers[]

  1. "Winnie the Pooh" – Chorus, and Pooh
  2. "A Rather Blustery Day" – Pooh, and Chorus
  3. "The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom)"† – Pooh, and Piglet
  4. "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" – Tigger
  5. "Sing Ho For The Life Of A Bear"† – Pooh, and Chorus
  6. "The Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce" – Tigger, Pooh, and Roo
  7. "The Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce" (reprise) – Tigger, Roo, and Rabbit
  8. "Rumbly in My Tumbly" – Pooh
  9. "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" (reprise) – Tigger
  10. Curtain Call: "Winnie the Pooh" (instrumental reprise)
  11. "Pooh Bear (instrumental playout only)"

† Music and lyrics by Carly Simon

Trivia[]

See Also[]

https://winniethepoohshow.com/

https://issuu.com/liedcenterne/docs/wtp-educationguide-20220708-final

https://puppetnerd.com/winnie-the-pooh/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Guest-Blog-Jonathan-Rockefeller-Creator-of-WINNIE-THE-POOH-Talks-Respecting-the-Legacy-and-the-Power-of-Friendship-20230420

https://youtu.be/WJW_n3aS1Iw?si=NZoX1-cII-6NnZDB

https://rockshopworkshop.com/winnie-the-pooh-puppetry.php

https://rockshopworkshop.com/winnie-the-pooh-props.php

https://rockshopworkshop.com/winnie-the-pooh-armature.php

https://songs-of-angry-men.weebly.com/u-z.html

External Links[]

https://rockefellerproductions.com/winniethepooh.php

https://twitter.com/WinniethePooh

https://www.tiktok.com/@winniethepoohshow?lang=en

https://www.youtube.com/@WinnieThePoohShow

https://www.instagram.com/Winniethepoohshow

https://www.facebook.com/WinnieThePoohShow

https://youtu.be/yoLkTq7vTjA

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoihrlGqmVEWvCmPxlok0x1UpKcdpkIK2&si=724m9mnl9ui3gBDd

https://www.emilierosedanno.com/ (just search up "puppets" in the video area)

https://www.bwaysho.com/post/disney-s-winnie-the-pooh-opens-off-broadway

https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8302234/there-will-be-serious-laughter-and-tears-will-be-shed-bringing-winnie-the-pooh-to-life-on-stage/#slide=0

https://fordhamobserver.com/66401/recent/arts-and-culture/winnie-the-pooh-mrs-doubtfire-and-the-power-of-nostalgia/

https://fairypoweredproductions.com/winnie-the-pooh-review-3/

https://www.in-common.co.uk/2023/05/31/review-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation-mayflower-theatre-southampton-31-may-2023/

https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8284907/oh-bother-winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-hits-the-stage-at-princess-theatre/

https://glamadelaide.com.au/interview-alex-joy-disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation/

https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/pop-culture-man-children-31491/212-winnie-the-pooh-new-musical-w-kirsty-moon-973835654

https://www.bothsidesofthecurtain.com/post/a-trip-to-the-hundred-acre-wood-with-kirsty-moon

https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8302234/there-will-be-serious-laughter-and-tears-will-be-shed-bringing-winnie-the-pooh-to-life-on-stage/

https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation/?fbclid=PAAaZ3GcU6h1tz1eBvGa_byoE9YPJsrpfx8iRrXh2d1jDf5yKgP_Ql0tKpuzE

https://katmasterson.com/2023/05/winnie-the-pooh-musical-review-riverside-studios.html

https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/theatre/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation-brings-hundred-acre-woods-to-wa-c-11524278#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16920622657855&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fthewest.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Ftheatre%2Fdisneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation-brings-hundred-acre-woods-to-wa-c-11524278

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/27/winnie-the-pooh-review-disney-musical#amp_ct=1691171319754&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16911712259389&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Famp.theguardian.com%2Fstage%2F2023%2Fmar%2F27%2Fwinnie-the-pooh-review-disney-musical%23amp_ct%3D1691171319754%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s%26aoh%3D16911712259389%26referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26ampshare%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.theguardian.com%252Fstage%252F2023%252Fmar%252F27%252Fwinnie-the-pooh-review-disney-musical

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/review-winnie-pooh-musical-sweet-27455594#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16911712259389&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ffamily-kids-news%2Freview-winnie-pooh-musical-sweet-27455594

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/television/first-coast-living/details-on-disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation-fcl-feb-2-2023/77-99258418-fbaa-46a6-98c1-fbb0891ba4fa

https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation/

https://www.netmums.com/activities/winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-review

https://fliphtml5.com/rfnoa/fttt/Winnie_The_Pooh/

https://appearinglocally.com/talented-puppeteers-bring-the-100-acre-wood-to-lincoln/

https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/watch-now-new-winnie-the-pooh-stage-musical-adaptation-tells-story-with-life-sized-puppets/article_ee2d4f05-d9e4-5663-a814-5723a928f5cd.html

https://www.facebook.com/LJDactor/posts/pfbid0PztrtAcxsq5Q7JLRE5UJZBgM8VF9VNLj3ZWySBWH8Bgzjg4QGxAqNuy8J2CSXB6Ul

https://tourstoyou.org/shows/winnie-the-pooh/

https://www.aussietheatre.com.au/event/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-stage-adaptation-11/2023-09-15

https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-review

https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/WINNIE-THE-POOH-The-New-Musical-Stage-Adaptation-is-Coming-to-Kings-Theatre-Glasgow-Next-Week-20230712

https://attractionsmagazine.com/winnie-the-pooh-musical-revi/

https://beverlypress.com/2022/11/pooh-sets-the-stage-with-new-musical/

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/oct/18/winnie-the-pooh-musical-coming-to-fayetteville/

https://socalthrills.com/winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-review/

https://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/about/news-events/2023-01/disneys-winnie-pooh-new-musical-stage-adaptation-makes-tour-stop-lmc

https://www.aussietheatre.com.au/features/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-a-whimsical-journey-into-the-hundred-acre-wood#amp_ct=1694840763042&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16948407030135&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aussietheatre.com.au%2Ffeatures%2Fdisneys-winnie-the-pooh-a-whimsical-journey-into-the-hundred-acre-wood

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/review-winnie-pooh-musical-sweet-27455594#amp_ct=1694840716048&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16948407030135&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ffamily-kids-news%2Freview-winnie-pooh-musical-sweet-27455594

https://ktla.com/morning-news/disneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-makes-its-way-to-l-a/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16948406676957&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fktla.com%2Fmorning-news%2Fdisneys-winnie-the-pooh-the-musical-makes-its-way-to-l-a%2F

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/winnie-the-pooh-musical-los-angeles-limited-run-1235249275/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16948406676957&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Flifestyle%2Farts%2Fwinnie-the-pooh-musical-los-angeles-limited-run-1235249275%2F

https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/28513/winnie-the-pooh-the-new-musical-adaptation/monologues

https://aroundthetownchicago.com/theatre-reviews/disneys-winnie-the-pooh/

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh:_The_New_Musical_Adaptation
  2. ↑ https://rockefellerproductions.com/winniethepooh.php
  3. ↑ https://www.browardcenter.org/assets/doc/SEAS-Study-Guide-Disneys-Winnie-the-Pooh-9bd5fbcd91.pdf
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