Disney's Hercules on Broadway?

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:58pm

With BEAUTY AND THE BEAST closing, THE LITTLE MERMAID making her way to Broadway this coming Holiday Season, and so many other Disney Broadway productions walking the boards, I have high expectations for the next venture. Perhaps, a musical adaptation of the 1997 animated feature, HERCULES? If so, I think that the writing team could make use of songs from the actual film, with a few additional numbers added.

I have a feeling it could look a little something like this. Again, this is just my first draft. Heh.

ACT I:
Prologue.........................................The Storyteller
The Gospel Truth (I)...................................The Muses
The Gospel Truth (II)..................................The Muses
Th Gospel Truth (III)..................................The Muses
Go the Distance...................................Young Hercules
Oh Mighty Zeus.........................................The Muses
Go the Distance (reprise).........................Young Hercules
One Last Hope...............................................Phil
Zero to Hero...........................................The Muses
I Won't Say (I'm In Love)....................................Meg
A Star Is Born.................................The Muses/Company

It's got some catchy tunes... I can remember seeing this film in theaters for my 10th birthday. I thought it was a great show, and knowing that Disney's going back to what made the 90's the 90's...2-D movie-musicals, I have high hopes that they could build with this show.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:59pm

Is every Disney movie going to be on Broadway?

[Julian2]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:01pm

Its a great idea, but like most things, Disney would seriously F it up.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:21pm

....please....lay off the Disney threads people.

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:28pm

i lovedddd hercules. it would make for a great musical.
and maybe get susan egan back here to reprise meg! now that would be fantastic!

i'm thinking some things may be very hard to do, like all the monsters [there are SO MANY] and the river of death thing at the end..

it's a good idea though.

[Studmuffn520]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:39pm

i think hercules would work pretty good on broadway. i love the movie i think it has great songs. i think its a great idea

[wickedfan]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:41pm

I've said that this was the only Disney movie I could ever see being a true quality Broadway musical. Disney should just close up shop on any pending screen to stage adaptations they have and just do this one. As well as close Tarzan. Just because it's Tarzan.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:42pm

"....please....lay off the Disney threads people. "
Please there are 100 more threads on Wicked and Grey Gardens and Spring Awakening and other shows

Updated On: 3/18/07 at 07:42 PM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:43pm

Does anyone else remember the event that Disney held in Manhattan for the "Hercules" release?

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 7:43pm

No, what happened?

[Raspberry]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:01pm

Interesting that your big idea for Act I is every single song from the movie, in the order that they appear in the movie, performed by the characters that perform them in the movie. I assume you've saved a big surprise for after the intermission.....?

I don't mean to judge, though. You said yourself that it's only a first draft.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:03pm

I can't see anyone singing " I Won't Say( I'm In Love)" other than Susan Egan

[Testing1232]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:03pm

Here's a link with some great photos as well !!!

It was a lot of fun--- they also had special events in Chelsea Piers in NYC as well-

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/03/20/774.aspx

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:12pm

Wow! Those are really cool pictures! I wish they left those floats from Hercules in the parade....

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:34pm

Boy, I'm really showing my (young-ish) age when I say I remember all of that, from Pocahantas in the Park to standing on the freezing cold street waiting for the Hercules parade.

Fun times, my mid-childhood.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:36pm

Tell me about it, Yankee !!! I cant believe that "Herc" came out in 1997 !!! Boy, time flew !! DW and I were in DisneyWorld when "Pocahontas In The Park" was in NYC--- saw the premiere over there... not as much fanfare as here in NYC !!!

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:36pm

I still remember seeing Cinderella go by waving at me when I saw the electric parade in Disneyworld when I was 4...I had to stay with my grandma because I was too small to go on Splash Mountain and Tower of Terror which my parents and siblings went on....Wow it's crazy that I remember all of that, I also remember crying when I saw Snow White because I was afraid of her, even though at the time Snow White was the only person I wanted to meet

[Testing1232]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:38pm

The "Main Street Electrical Parade" score is pretty incredible !
Miss that show !!

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:42pm

It's still in Disneyland
Updated On: 3/18/07 at 08:42 PM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:03pm

Yep... wish it was still at WDW !

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:38pm

Of all the Disney movies, this one is by far the easiest to make the transition to the stage. But can you imagine Disney producing a show about a guy who turns his back on commercial endorsements?

Yeah, like that would *ever* happen.....

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:39pm

I always saw Zero to Hero being the Act I closer...if nothing else that would at least leave a couple of songs from the movie for Act II.

"Please there are 100 more threads on Wicked and Grey Gardens and Spring Awakening and other shows"

Everyone always talks about how there are SO many threads about Wicked, but there really aren't THAT MANY threads about Wicked these days...maybe when it first came out, but now, not any more than the next big show.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:40pm

Hercules has one of the best Disney scores, but as a Greek mythology nut and Hades fan I cannot stand the movie.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:42pm

To whomever it was who made mention of how the songs in Act I came exactly from the film. That's exactly my point. In my post, I had said, take the songs from the film that were solid, and could 'work' on stage. I'll have a full song list soon enough...

Best,
- Mike

[sondhead]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 9:44pm

Come on people--the score is great but the story structure stinks. This would not adapt well. I'd much rather listen to the soundtrack than watch the DVD any day.