A new Winnie the Pooh musical opens in New York in October 2021

Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit and Owl (and Tigger too!) will all arrive in a new musical stage adaptation this October.

The story, based in the Hundred Acre Wood, is fresh stage adaptation told with life-size puppetry through the eyes of the characters we all know and love. It features the Sherman Brothers’ classic Grammy Award-winning music with additional songs by Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne.

Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation is developed and presented by Jonathan Rockefeller (whose spectacular puppetry is omnipresent in the acclaimed productions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Paddington Gets in a Jam). Performances will take place at Times Square’s Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd St. beginning on Oct. 21, 2021.

“Disney’s Winnie the Pooh material is so incredibly rich, that after more than half a century, I doubt there is anyone who hasn’t been profoundly moved or feels a personal connection with the wonderful characters of Pooh,” Rockefeller said in a prepared statement. “The question we posed ourselves when creating this intimate musical adaptation was, ‘How do we bring Pooh from the screen and onto the stage in an entirely fresh and new way, yet one that still pays homage to the deep canon of Winnie the Pooh iconography?’ The answer was easy… well, conceptually easy, in theory… we needed to create incredible, brilliant and amazing puppetry that makes it impossible to believe the characters aren’t real.”

Exclusive ticket pre-sales will take place starting June 1, 2021, through TodayTix.com. General on-sale tickets begin June 14, 2021, at WinnieThePoohShow.com.