NOW LICENSING
WORLDWIDE!
Book, Music, Lyrics by
DENNIS T. GIACINO
Developed with
FIELY MATIAS
And They Lived Happily Ever After. Well ... Not Exactly.
NEWS AROUND THE KINGDOM
LATEST RAVE REVIEWS!
CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE - Adrian, MI, USA
THEONLYCRITIC.COM, Adrian, MI, USA
July 2021
"'Disenchanted!' welcomes back audiences with LAUGHTER and GIRL POWER ... this isn't how your grandparents remember Disney princesses, and honestly that's a good thing ... LIVELY and ENGAGING"
"HUMOR that'll give eager theatergoers A NIGHT TO REMEMBER ... the nearly sold-out crowd on Saturday night was HOOTING and HOLLERING the whole time"
"'Disenchanted!' refreshingly deconstructs and literally rewrites the book on just exactly what it means to be a princess ... rooted in girl power and POSITIVITY." "Not many shows are produced (hell, even written) with an all female cast and The Croswell's 'Disenchanted!' is A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THAT BAR OF INCLUSIVENESS."
"'Disenchanted!' boasts A HILARIOUS CATALOGUE OF SONGS"
"The Princess Who Kissed The Frog waltzes on stage (ALMOST STEALING THE SHOW) and accosts Disney for taking nearly a century for creating the studio's first African-American princess; and Princess Badroulbadour tackles cultural appropriation ... watching a group of princesses (played by these COMMENDABLE PERFORMERS) taking control of their own identity, dishing the tea, and rightfully throwing the middle finger to how society thinks they should act and behave marks a BOLD return to The Croswell stage. Who said happily ever afters don't exist?"
THE DAILY TELEGRAM, Adrian, MI, USA
July 2021
"The idea of "Disenchanted!" is that these princesses have all gathered to tell the world how their movie portrayals objectify them as subservient, unable to eat whatever they want in the interest of being thin, and consistently well-endowed, as ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SONGS -- the title of which is probably not suitable for a family newspaper - makes clear."
"QUITE FUNNY takes on the whole "Disney made my character impossibly perfect and can't function without a man" idea"
"Each of these princesses gets her own moment in the spotlight to sing about how they feel about their respective movie versions. IT'S HERE, ACTUALLY, THAT THE SHOW FINDS ITS REAL HEART." "THE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN'S SONGS ARE REALLY RATHER POIGNANT." "None is more so, in fact, than Pocahontas' song "Honestly." Pocahontas, remember, is the only Disney princess based on a real person, and her song asks why her story wasn't told honestly in the movie. iT'S THE SHOW'S BEST SONG."
"IT'S REALLY FUNNY, and there are plenty of places where you'll go, "Yeah, they're right about that, aren't they?" "IT'S A FUN EVENING OR AFTERNOON OUT and most certainly a nice way to put aside the last year and a half and just, finally, enjoy the experience of live theater once again."
LATEST RAVE REVIEWS!
THEATRE WEST END - Sanford, FL, USA
ORLANDO SENTINEL, Sanford, FL, USA
July 2021
"'Disenchanted!' still DELIGHTS as MESSAGE DEEPENS ... new layers of Dennis T. Giacino's SLY MUSICAL has gained more prominence, particularly the idea of controlling who tells your story"
"A SLEW OF APPEALING SONGS -- TOE-TAPPERS, BELTERS AND POIGNANT BALLADS"
"A RAUCOUSLY FUN EXPERIENCE"
