Hercules - Il Musical Opzioni

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Da Broadway World del 30 luglio 2021:

I had an opportunity to speak with someone closely involved with the PublicWorks production of Hercules, and I asked them what led to the production being approved. They said that Lear DeBessonet, the director, approached Disney with the idea, and Disney approved it because they had no plans to turn the movie into a musical on their own terms. It so happens that the Public Works production has inspired them to continue developing it, but that wasn't the case before.



Da Youtube del 12 agosto 2021:

Alan Menken: Hercules was not that big a hit as an animated movie. But just before the pandemic, we did it in Central Park at the Delacorte Theater and all the papers went crazy. Now we're going to be opening it next summer.


Da Variety:

Q: What can you tell us about what's coming up?

Thomas Schumacher: I can tell you about some of what's on my desk. I just got a very exciting, new script for Hercules. If we would take the park version that we did with Oskar [Eustis]...when we had that conversation to do something in Central Park and the idea of a classical story, Hercules, but set in a contemporary way...working with Lear deBessonet was fantastic. And out of that, we've said 'What will happen next?'. So, there's a draft of that on my desk with no commitment to announce attached to it.

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Dal sito Playbill:

Disney's Hercules Sets Stage Return at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse

The Tony-winning theatre will be the first to stage the Disney film since a 2019 world premiere via The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park.

New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse has set its 2022-2023 season, which will include the second-ever staging of Disney's Hercules, adapted from the 1997 animated film with songs by Alan Menken and David Zippel. Paper Mill's production, which will run February 9-March 12, 2023, follows the stage adaptation's 2019 world premiere via The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park helmed by Lear deBessonet, who returns to direct the Paper Mill staging.

The upcoming production will newly feature a book by Kwame Kwei-Armah (The Visitor) and Robert Horn (Tootsie, 13), adapted from the screenplay by Ron Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw, and Irene Mecchi. Kwei-Armah and Horn are new to the project, with The Public's production having featured a book by Kristoffer Diaz.

Also returning from the world premiere creative team is Michael Kosarin as music supervisor, with Alvin Hough, Jr. (Once On This Island) joining as music director.

The 2019 production—which starred Jelani Aladdin, Roger Bart, Jeff Hiller, Nelson Chimilio, James Monroe Iglehart, Ramona Keller, Tamika Lawrence, Krysta Rodriguez, and Rema Webb—was part of The Public's Public Works Program, which invites communities across New York to participate in productions at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Participating groups for Hercules included 10 Hairy Legs, Passaic High School Marching Band, and Broadway Inspirational Voices. Casting for the Paper Mill production is to be announced.

Hercules is the latest in a string of high-profile Disney Theatricals productions to find a home at the Playhouse. Newsies made its world premiere at the New Jersey theatre in 2011 with a production that became a surprise hit and transferred to a successful run on Broadway in 2012. Paper Mill also co-presented the U.S. premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 2015 with La Jolla Playhouse, though this production did not make the jump to the Main Stem. Broadway aspirations for Hercules remain unclear at this time.

The Tony-winning regional theatre's 2022-2023 season will open with On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, running October 7-November 6. Paper Mill favorite Alex Sanchez (West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast) will direct and choreograph the production, working alongside music director Andrew David Sotomayor (Tootsie).

Next up is a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, directed by Paper Mill Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee and choreographed by Kenny Ingram. The holiday production, presenting the classic tale of the nun-turned-governess who brings the Von Trapp family together by teaching them to sing in 1930s Austria, will play December 2-January 1, 2023.

Following Hercules will be Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, adapted by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor). Running April 12-May 7, 2023, the production will be directed by Casey Hushion, fresh off helming last season's whodunnit, Clue.

The season will close with a new production of Rent, running May 31-June 25, 2023, and helmed by Hamilton resident director Zi Alikhan. With a book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, Rent updates Puccini's La Bohéme to follow a group of bohemian artists living in New York City's Lower East Side in the late '80s. The piece is both a Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Da Broadway World:

• Is there a workshop happening for this show? Sasha Allen posted sheet music and Muses clip art recently.

• Being that they replaced the bookwriter from the Public production (Robert Horn is now writing it), it would make sense that they should do some kind of workshop.

• Paper Mill Playhouse announced from the stage during "A Jolly Holiday" that they were planning to present "Hercules" next season.

• Sasha posted “rehearsal” today. Definitely don’t think this is for the film, which hasn’t had any updates in the past year.

• There is a workshop happening over the next two weeks. Don't know the trajectory, but preparations for Paper Mill would make sense.

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Aperto il Sito Ufficiale del musical:

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Trovati i personaggi principali del musical che debutterà a febbraio 2023:

Dal sito PlayBill:

James Monroe Iglehart, Bradley Gibson, Shuler Hensley, Isabelle McCalla Will Star in Disney's Hercules at Paper Mill

Directed by Obie winner Lear deBessonet, performances will begin in February 2023.

Initial casting has been announced for Paper Mill Playhouse's 2023 production of Disney's Hercules, based on the animated film of the same name.

The New Jersey production, which will run February 16–March 19, follows the stage adaptation's 2019 world premiere via The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park, helmed by Obie winner Lear deBessonet, who returns to direct the Paper Mill staging. Opening night is March 1.

The cast will feature Bradley Gibson (The Lion King, A Bronx Tale The Musical) as Hercules, Tony winner Shuler Hensley (The Music Man, Oklahoma!) as Hades, Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton) reprising his performance from the 2019 world premiere run as Phil, and Isabelle McCalla (Aladdin, The Prom) as Meg. Additional casting will be announced.

Hercules features music by EGOT winner Alan Menken (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast), lyrics by Tony winner David Zippel (City of Angels, Mulan), and a book by Tony winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) and Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, based on the Disney film written by Ron Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw, and Irene Mecchi and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.

The Paper Mill production will also have music supervision by Michael Kosarin and choreography by Chase Brock and Tanisha Scott.

The score features hits from the film, including the Oscar-nominated “Go the Distance,” as well as “Zero to Hero” and “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love),” along with new songs written for the stage.

The new stage work will be available to the licensing market at a later date.

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News:

Da Youtube:

Alan Menken:

As you probably know, the stage musical of Hercules is coming and it goes into rehearsal in January.


Traduzione: durante il mese di gennaio sono iniziate le prove del musical.



La casa Paper Mill Playhouse su Instagram ha riportato la notizia:

We’re going from zero to hero! The cast of Hercules is officially in the rehearsal room!

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Un po' di aggiornamenti:

Thomas Schumacher ha riferito che il musical debutta prima in Germania e poi verrà portato a Broadway:

Da Youtube:

"It's going to open at the Papermill Playhouse with a really great cast and then a year later it will open in German in Germany. [...] There is an expectation that such things could happen... We'll get in Germany first and then we'll see what happens. [...] It's a big party. There's a lot of puppetry in it, the music is fantastic, so my fingers are crossed".



Video:

Cast Announcement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMtdxmATGzc

Inside Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Ddip3GD1U

"The Roundtable #57" with Hercules Star Bradley Gibson & Authors Robert Horn & Kwame Kwei-Armah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VYnrLKQUMw

Live from Broadway! Curtains Up! 9/30/22. Coming to the Papermill Playhouse, Hercules!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amm8O1kmj84


Canzoni del musical:





Articolo con un resoconto sul musical presentato ad Amburgo:

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Immagini:

[Fulvio84]

Tralasciando il blindcasting e le solite polemiche che ormai affrontiamo in ogni topic, io mi soffermerei sul look dle musical, la scena e i costumi.
È rimasto quasi uguali alle prime prove fatte a teatro tempo fa.
Ma veramente piace al pubblico e agli addetti? Io lo trovo terribile come setting. L’outfit di Megara è imbarazzante

[Daydreamer]

Secondo me l’approccio così basico e lineare negli abiti vuole in qualche modo ricordare la semplicità delle linee greche e spigolose del Classico. Credo che nella messa in scena e movimento possano rendere più a fuoco e meno straripante la scena. Andrebbe davvero visto prima e poi giudicato; credo che le foto statiche non rendano giustizia alla performance finale. L’attore di Hercules è davvero centrato, che fusto e che presenza.

[Arancina22]

Dopo la versione tedesca, Hercules aprirà nel West End il 6 giugno 2025 (fonte). Biglietti già acquistabili.

Sono molto molto interessata... da alcune immagini della versione tedesca sembra che sia molto più fastoso delle foto pubblicate quasi due anni fa. Dita incrociate! Per ora hanno annunciato solo chi interpreterà Ercole (Luke Brady, fonte), restiamo in attesa per altre novità.

[Daydreamer]

Posso confermarvi che quest'estate, a fine luglio, assisterò a questo musical! Non so ancora chi troverò come protagonista maschile, perchè su IG mi sono imbattuto in un fusto biondo che credo interpreterà Hercules, magari sarà l'understudy, ovvero il sostituto di Luke Brady.

Vi aggiornerò.

[Under the sea]

Day appena lo vedrai raccontaci tutto!

[Arancina22]

Evvai, Day!!! Attendiamo il tuo parere!
Anche una mia amica che vive in UK ha acquistato i biglietti, mi farò dire anche da lei cosa ne pensa.
E sì, è probabile che l'attore da te menzionato sia un understudy - il ruolo rimane sempre coperto principalmente da Luke Brady.

Intanto, ulteriori news: ecco il resto del cast! (Link)
In particolare, è da segnalare che il regista (Casey Nicholaw) e la Meg (Mae Ann Jorolan) di Amburgo "tornano" anche in questo debutto nel West End. Nicholaw si occupò anche del musical teatrale ufficiale Disney di Aladdin che ebbe grande successo, quindi fa ben sperare.

[Arancina22]

È uscito un video promo delle Muse che cantano Zero to Hero, disponibile qui.
Nonostante come versione sia leggermente più lenta di quella del film, devo dire che mi piace molto! Ottima energia

[Daydreamer]

Ho sempre la sensazione che a livello di messa in scena ed effetti sarà un pò asciutto/spartano rispetto ai classici allestimenti Disney. Forse sarà una scelta artistica per omaggiare la linea sobria dell'animazione del Classico, dal tratto geometrico ed essenziale delle raffigurazioni delle urne greche. Vedremo .