Posted: 7/7/17 at 6:23pm
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! (Second to the last question)
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/07/alan-menkens-life-story-in-musicals-to-highlight-d23-expo-in-anaheim/
Posted: 7/7/17 at 6:25pm
This is way down the list on development projects for Disney . . .
Posted: 7/7/17 at 6:26pm
nycgogetter said: "This is way down the list on development projects for Disney . . .
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Besides frozen, what's at the top?
Posted: 7/7/17 at 6:29pm
Menken saying he's "working on a stage version of Hercules" is hardly the same thing as "Hercules is the next Disney show".
Posted: 7/7/17 at 7:15pm
It can't be a cruise show b/c one was made years ago.
Posted: 7/7/17 at 11:57pm
And I thought Oliver & Company would be next!
LOL
Posted: 7/8/17 at 7:26am
So they can release a cast album and forget the show exists? They can keep it.
Posted: 7/8/17 at 10:50pm
nycgogetter said: "This is way down the list on development projects for Disney . . .
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I totally get that as he's merely writing the thing before he brings it back to them but...WHO CARES!!! ITS FINALLY HAPPENING AND THAT ALL I CARE ABOUT.
Posted: 7/9/17 at 4:27am
OMG YAAAASSSS i've been waiting 20 years for this
Posted: 7/9/17 at 12:36pm
I know at SETC two representatives from Disney Licensing revealed they are working on a Hercules Jr and if that does well they may release a full-length version. That may be what he is referring to
Posted: 7/9/17 at 12:51pm
Considering Menken was the one who blew the lid of Aladdin coming to broadway before Disney officially announced it, I wouldn't be suprised if Hercules is a lot farther a long then we think. On top of that, Hercules wouldn't open for at least another 2.5-3 years. It is likely a replacement for Aladdin, whose sales should decline once Frozen opens next year, like Aladdin did to Newsies, and Newsies did to Mary Poppins.
Posted: 7/9/17 at 5:49pm
Also with the D23 expo coming up, they could potentially announce something there
Posted: 7/9/17 at 7:38pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Will-Disneys-HERCULES-Go-the-Distance-to-Broadway-Alan-Menken-Reveals-Stage-Version-in-the-Works-20170709
I love when BroadwayWorld takes threads and turns them into articles.
Posted: 7/9/17 at 8:40pm
Cfried said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Will-Disneys-HERCULES-Go-the-Distance-to-Broadway-Alan-Menken-Reveals-Stage-Version-in-the-Works-20170709
I love when BroadwayWorld takes threads and turns them into articles.
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Not really, it's quoting the original article that the OP posted.
bdn-I hope not...as silly and mediocre as Aladdin is, I would actually kinda of hate to see it go. Besides, it's raking in dough so unless it drops significantly in the next few years, I doubt this will happen even with Frozen in the midst of this. And actually Mary Poppins closed to make way for Aladdin, Newsies didn't really have anything to do with it.
And I wouldn't surprised at all if indeed it were further along than we thought, Alan is always thinking about his next thing like any smart artist should, therefore I also wouldn't be surprised if something were announced at the Expo this week...CROSSING FINGERS
