9:54 am - 01/11/2013
Quasimodo may get to ring his bells on Broadway as Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is eyeing a Rialto run after all, according to The New York Post. Peter Parnell (The Cider House Rules) will pen a new book for the musical, which premiered in Berlin in 1999. The musical will also feature new songs from Oscar and Tony winner Alan Menken (who scored the 1996 animated film) and Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz. No word yet on casting, further creative team members or a potential production timeline.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame premiered in Berlin under the name Der Glöckner von Notre Dame and featured direction and an original book by Tony winner James Lapine, music by Menken and lyrics by Schwartz. The musical is a darker take on Disney’s 1996 film and Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel about Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer at the Notre Dame catherdral, and his unlikely relationship with the gypsy Esmeralda.
Check out the song “Out There” from the 1996 film starring Tom Hulce, Kevin Kline and Demi Moore below!
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Will Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame Swing to Broadway?
Quasimodo may get to ring his bells on Broadway as Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is eyeing a Rialto run after all, according to The New York Post. Peter Parnell (The Cider House Rules) will pen a new book for the musical, which premiered in Berlin in 1999. The musical will also feature new songs from Oscar and Tony winner Alan Menken (who scored the 1996 animated film) and Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz. No word yet on casting, further creative team members or a potential production timeline.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame premiered in Berlin under the name Der Glöckner von Notre Dame and featured direction and an original book by Tony winner James Lapine, music by Menken and lyrics by Schwartz. The musical is a darker take on Disney’s 1996 film and Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel about Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer at the Notre Dame catherdral, and his unlikely relationship with the gypsy Esmeralda.
Check out the song “Out There” from the 1996 film starring Tom Hulce, Kevin Kline and Demi Moore below!
source.
MY FEELINGS
The musical will also feature new songs from Oscar and Tony winner Alan Menken (who scored the 1996 animated film) and Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz.
That's all I need to know. Awesome.
-hugs-
IM DYING AT THIS CUTENESS
WTF
I WANT A KITTY HUG TOO!
I knew Disney was dark but this was .... dark dark
my mom was like " OUT ! "
I was just thinking the other day how I would love to see Mulan on Broadway
not sure if he was joking or not
I hate Don Bluth he can smd that loser wannabe
/intense feelings, ik
I certainly hope so
I had an Esmeralda beach towel, and performed "God Help the Outcasts" at a drama camp I did in middle school. I was (am) obsessed.
I would really like to see Disney movies on stage (Beauty and the Beast is coming here next month), but they better get someone who can belt out Hellfire.
All I really want is more pretty music and to either cut the Gargoyles or at least make it clear that they're figments of Quasimodo's imagination.
At least the music was great.
Both changes work for the better IMO, they make the Disney version more thematically consistent
without quite making it as grim!dark as the novel.