Thomas Schumacher, who led Disney Theatrical Group to historic success, is leaving the company

New York (AP) – Thomas Schumacher, who has managed the Disney theater group for decades and helps him to produce permanent musical theater hits “King of Lion” And “Aladdin,” Times Square and Broadway are leaving the changing company.

Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman announced on Wednesday that he left the staff in an e-mail and said, “End of a period”. Schumacher will leave at the end of September.

During the term of office of Schumacher, Disney shows won 20 Tony Prize and 60 nominations and have three longest shows in the history of Broadway- “Beautiful and ugly,” “King of Lion” and “Aladdin.” The group’s 10 Broadway titles are seen by 240 million people.

Bergman said that Schumacher has made Disney’s Disney in almost every metric, the most successful stage manufacturer in history, and has brought the magic of Disney storytelling to stages all over the world for more than 30 years ”.

Starting from 1994, Schumacher was with the Disney theater branch, who served as Vice President. In 1994, he worked as the president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, he became the president of the theater department in 1999 and in 2002 he started to focus on the theatral projects of the company.

Under his leadership, Disney brought a series of films to Broadway, including “Lion King”, “Tarzan”, “Mary Poppins”, “Little Sea”, “Newsies”, “Aladdin” and “Freezed”. Other projects include “Peter and Starcatcher” and “Aida”.

Before stepping into the theater field, Schumacher’s production loans include “The Lion King”, “Notre Dame Kamar”, “Pocahontas” and original “Lilo & Stitch” animated hits.

In 2023, Schumacher quit the role of the president and producer of Disney Theatrical Group, as the chief creative officer of the department, played a purely creative role and Ceding Control, General Manager Andrew Flatt and Chief Producer Anne Quart.

“I am proud to be in the extraordinary talented hands of Andrew Flatt and Anne Quart, where I have been working for more than 20 years, Sc said Schumacher, Schumacher, Schumacher. “I can’t wait to see how they put forward this unique organization.”