The work on the sequel has brought Stephen and Alan closer to their usual collaborative way of working on stage musicals-that is, this time they are not being asked to write particular songs that someone else pre-planned. But in Disenchanted she has one big number and part of another one.” “We wrote a song for Idina’s character in the first movie, and then they didn’t have her do it.
Stephen says, “There are seven songs plus reprises, which is more songs than the original.” Stephen explains that among the new songs he and Alan have written are two for Wicked and Frozen star Idina Menzel who some fans had wanted to hear sing in the first film. The return of the four original leads Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Idina Menzel, has been announced to the press, along with Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Jayma Mays. “The actors (Amy Adams in this case) and the director, Adam Shankman, are in Dublin the engineer, Frank Wolf, is in LA Michael Kosarin, our musical director, is in New York and Alan and I are in his Westchester County studio! COVID times!”ĭisenchanted is a sequel to the popular 2007 movie Enchanted. “We’re all in different places,” Stephen Schwartz shared with The Schwartz Scene on May 4th when he sent the studio photo at the top of this page.
Working around pandemic restrictions, the music team for Disney’s Disenchanted has moved forward with international recording sessions.