Is the Hercules Transfer Dead?
#2
Posted: 6/28/26 at 10:50am
It was never really alive as a possibility.
#3
Posted: 6/28/26 at 11:25am
I haven’t seen it, but the cast recording made me sad. Not a single new song is good, and the old songs are all re-arranged to the point that they no longer sound like the film songs we fell in love with in the first place. As a huge fan of Alan Menken and Hercules, I was very disappointed. And from what I’ve read, it’s not one of those “it works better live” situations. Such a shame, it really is a property that has so much potential, but they just can’t seem to figure it out.
#4
Posted: 6/28/26 at 12:50pm
Having seen it at Papermill and in London, this is a musical that needs to just be 100 minutes straight through and kill some of the new darlings that bloat the show. Unfortunately, Disney would never let that slide since the kiddies who will see it need a pee break and a chance for the parents to buy booze and merch.
Also, it seems to be leaning HARD into making Bradley Gibson the face of any potential Broadway production, considering he started at Papermill and did a bunch of international promo before now going to London to close out their summer. Unfortunately, nothing about him screams Hercules. He is a high tenor with a swimmer’s body. To quote Frank N’ Furter - “he had a certain naive charm, but no muscle”.
Give me Jelani Alladin, Cameron Loyal, or one of the many men on Broadway who look like they could be a Greek god in stature.
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