ABC Cancels GALAVANT; Alan Menken Confirms Stage Version in the Works!
By: Jessica Khan May. 12, 2016
It's a good news, bad news situation this evening for medieval musical comedy GALAVANT, which has been cancelled after two seasons.
GALAVANT returned to ABC this January for a second season, featuring new songs from the award-winning composing team of Alan Menken and Glenn Slater.
Tonight, Menken took to Twitter to announce the cancellation, and in the process, surprised a fan by revealing plans for a stage version of the show!
GALAVANT is not continuing at ABC. But it will live on in so many ways. Guaranteed. Love to our cast, our writers, our fans!! Stay tuned...
- Alan Menken (@AIMenken) May 12, 2016
@AIMenken Can you say stage version? Please?
- Matt C (@TheMatthewPaul) May 12, 2016
@TheMatthewPaul YES!!
- Alan Menken (@AIMenken) May 12, 2016
We can't wait to hear more about GALAVANT the musical!
The return of last season's breakout comedy extravaganza GALAVANT reunited screenwriter/executive producer Dan Fogelman ("Crazy, Stupid, Love," "Tangled," "Cars") with Menken ("The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast") and Slater ("The Little Mermaid," "Tangled"). Having discovered the dark side of Madalena, our dashing hero's adventures continued as he embarked on an unlikely bromance with King Richard and fought to rekindle the romance with his true love, Isabella.
GALAVANT starred Joshua Sasse as Galavant, Timothy Omundson as King Richard, Vinnie Jonesas Gareth, Mallory Jansen as Madalena, Karen David as Isabella and Luke Youngblood as Sid.
Executive producers were Dan Fogelman, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Chris Koch, Kat Likkel and John Hoberg. Abbey C Studios Ltd. produced GALAVANT for ABC Studios.
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