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New Winnie the Pooh musical, developed by Jonathan Rockefeller, to open in October

The show will feature songs by the Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers, and will be told using life-size puppetry.

|May 26, 2021, 14:32:59 IST

Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh will travel from the forest to find a home off-Broadway this fall.Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation will bring together Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger, and the gang in a new production developed by Jonathan Rockefeller.The show will feature songs by the Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers with additional music from AA Milne, and will be told using life-size puppetry. Richard and Robert Sherman have written music for Disney classics Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and The Aristocats.Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation opens 21 October at Time Square’s Theater Row. Tickets go on sale 1 June.

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