Schwartz: HUNCHBACK Next for Broadway?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:03pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114214.html

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[Eris0303]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:06pm

There have been "Hunchback to Broadway" rumors since the movie came out in theatres. At the time Jason Alexander had said he would take on the role of Quasimodo in a heartbeat. Would he do it now? Who knows.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:07pm

I know he's probably too old, but I really want Drew to revive the part!

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:16pm

Drew Sarich!

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:18pm

Hunchback is so boring as a movie, on stage it would be even worse.

I hope they get the reviews they deserve, but you know what? It doesn't matter at all. It's going to run ten years. It's critic-proof in a good way because it's delivering."

And that is why I hate Schwartz! It's same idea for his sh*t shows.

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:24pm

I would welcome this on one condition . . .





DON'T CASTRATE THE HUNCHBACK!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:26pm

Oh goody. Just what Broadway needs- another crappy adaptation of a brilliant Victor Hugo work.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:28pm

Of course they're talking about it again. With Dennis DeYoung's somewhat reworked version slated to lay in Chicago this year... Make sure no one would be willing to take the chance that Disney DOES go through with it and have dueling Quasimodos so to speak. UGH!

[folkyboy]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:31pm

we need Drew Sarich on Broadway again!

[BroadwayBound86]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:33pm

"It's going to run ten years. It's critic-proof in a good way because it's delivering."

I guess we'll see how true that is if ticket sales drop within the next year....


I would love for them to bring Glockner over. I love the cast recording!!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 8:55pm

How is this the most boring of all the Disney musicals? Please. This movie is great. I love that Disney took a chance with it because he's it's not a typical "Prince and Princess" story. It has some uniqueness and some spunk. Sans the talking gargoyles, I think it's a pretty solid film, and would wonderfully on Broadway - especially if they took some risks and convereted the theatre into the inside of the Cathedral, so that the Hunchback was all around you - a la Phantom - sorta.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 9:04pm

I love the movie and would like nothing better than to see Disney bring the show--intact and un-bastardized, to Broadway. I think it could be fantastic. Public reaction would probably be pretty iffy. The movie itself wasn't a huge family hit and it's not as fondly remembered as nearly any of the 90s Disney Golden Age movies. If only because people thought it was too adult for five-year-olds.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 10:43pm

DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH

Anyone know what he's doing after his London Mis stint is over?

[Revolutionary]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:10pm

Drewbee f-ing Sarich!!!!

I totally was going to do a pointless DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH DREW SARICH post, but you beat me to it. You bitch.

I asked him a whiles ago what he was going to be doing after his London run, and he said he was planning on spending some time in Austria because they have a house there.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:14pm

Too OLD Too OLD TOO OLD Too OLD Too OLD Too Old

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:44pm

I BEG to differ.

"Hunchback" is easily the best of the Disney animated movies, and unquestionably, the most overlooked, and IMO, the best score out of all of them. I think it would be lovely on Broadway. And althought Drew Sarich would be great, I'm going to suggest Christopher Fitzgerald or Michael Arden for Quasi. Cheyenne Jackson for Phoebus. And Sara Gettlefinger on an unknown for Esmerelda. Cerveris or Kudisch for Frollo.

Of course, this is all assuming it's even happening.

That being said, I'm surprised they don't try to adapt "Mulan" first.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:47pm

Ooh, my favorite Disney movie. However, I'm wary about it being just another "Disney musical"...I think I'd prefer it untouched. Nevertheless, I'm always available for Esme!

[fnyboi88]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:49pm

I would so go to the audition for this!!! I would want to play Quasimodo!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 11:59pm

we need Drew Sarich on Broadway again!

Geez, it's been like a month. Get some perspective.

[tourboi]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:02am

One can only hope this show will finally make it in. Just keep it dark!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:05am

I enjoyed seeing it performed as a stage version at Disney's MGM Studios in FL before they closed it for another attraction (which got cancelled and that space is still empty!). While it was of course a theme park show, one could just imagine how it could be expanded.

BUT

If they're going to adapt the show for Broadway, I say take a chance and make it for adults. Screw the "family" aspect. Cut the talking gargoyles and the "Guy Like You" song. Make it dark.

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:33am

If it's done like it was in Germany, it would be a huge revelation. That production had one of the most beautiful scores I have ever heard in my life.

[NYtheaterfan]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:42am

I really liked the score for the German production. I would be interested in this as long as they kept the score intact for the most part.

[amalou]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:42am

I fear that if they do bring it to Broadway, they might not take the darker themes from the German production. The German production did not have a happy ending and the whole show didn't have much of a typical Disney family feel to it. I don't think that would do well in the States. It wouldn't be a huge draw for the kiddies.

But if you take into account the fact that Hunchback is already considered to be one of the darker Disney movies and they still plan on producing it anyway...who knows? Maybe they won't fudge it up? Or perhaps that's just me being naive.

Updated On: 1/12/08 at 12:42 AM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:46am

I agree...it would be masterpiece if they went all out and embraced the darkness of it. I mean, do many kids even like the movie to begin with?