‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Exec Producer Teases Attainable Broadway Musical – Deadline

Hocus Pocus casting its spell on Broadway? The Sanderson Sisters is likely to be flying their brooms a bit nearer to the stage in any case.

A protracted-rumored stage adaptation of the favored 1993 movie starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker simply bought one other vote of confidence. A day earlier than Disney+ unveils the Hocus Pocus 2 sequel with the unique solid reunited, government producer David Kirschner says a musical model is as soon as once more within the works.

“This began earlier than Covid, however now it appears to be again on,” Kirschner says in an interview on right this moment’s episode of the Broadway Podcast Community’s The Artwork of Kindness podcast, “and that’s that they’re constructing a Broadway model of Hocus Pocus.” Kirschner created and produced the 1993 unique and exec produces the sequel.

Kirschner didn’t disclose particulars concerning the venture’s artistic workforce or a manufacturing timeline, however advised podcast host Robert Peterpaul, “I believe you’re going to be very happy.”

Discuss of a doable stage adaptation has been circulating for no less than a pair years. In 2020, previous to the Covid pandemic, the unique movie’s director Kenny Ortega advised Forbes journal, “I’d like to do Hocus Pocus on Broadway. Maybe Thomas Schumacher, the president of Disney Theatrical Group, would give me a name, and we might speak about it…I believe a Hocus Pocus musical can be nice enjoyable, actually nice enjoyable.”