The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Der Glockner is one of the most gorgeous scores I've ever heard, and from the pics I've seen, it was brilliantly designed. It's a complete mystery as to why this show hasn't made it to Broadway yet -- aside from the fact that it's probably too "serious and romantic" for the current trend of sarcastic, in-your-face, self-aware musicals (The Producers, DRS, Hairspray, etc.) that the public seems to want right now.

We just need to make sure that Hunchback comes to Broadway soon enough for Gavin Creel to be able to play Quasimodo! :)

I guess it is a victim of the great Disney log-jam on Broadway. An English language recording would be nice- it is an incredible dramatic score... maybe a touch too adult for the Mary-Lion-King-Poppins crowd?

I saw the production in Berlin and the score and costumes were gorgeous, but that was about it. The staging was basically a grid of blocks that rose from the stage at various heights with projections shone on them. After about 10 minutes, it became quite monotonous as you had seen basically everything the scenic design had to offer. The only scene that really struck me as beautiful was the interior of the cathedral during God Help the Outcasts. The choreography was rather dull and the blocking was very awkward. For example, during Out There, Quasimodo sang almost the entire song standing on his knees. It really made no sense and was so static, it made a gorgeous song very tedious to sit through. I do think the show could be fantastic, but it needs to be restaged entirely.

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WE NEED HUNCHBACK ON BROADWAY!!!

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^^ very well said! i totally agree!

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yeah i remember that and it was suppose to have like a few songs that were written for the German cast. i havent heard anything else about it either.

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yeah Tom Hulce never had real training I think but I still he think he has a beautiful voice. I wonder where he is these days, he last thing he did was Hunchback and the horrible sequal to it!

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it was horrible! you didn't miss anything.

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tell me about it! have you hear the Bambi one? yes my friends, a Bambi sequel! It's dealing with Bambi's teenage angst as he lives with his dad after his mom dies. ::sigh:: Disney will probably roll in his grave (or ice box) because of this.

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The entire show was written in English then translated into German. Therefore, an English version of the Berlin show exists note for note. I agree with Mister Matt about the staging, but the score is the best of any Disney show and the ending is much more reflective of the book. It's too bad this show hasn't been brought to the English speaking world.

I saw Notre Dame de Paris in London (June 2000) and it was wretched!

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To be honest I hated the Disney movie, but more for the fact they really dumbed down the story and 'kiddified' it. Once again I thought The mouse was onces again raping a classic.

Saying that, the music was good, and sending it to the stage and taking away the Hollywood sholock would make for a wickedly good show.

The music is soooo wonderful! Out There is my favorite Disney song of all time! And I agree that it is the best Disney score of all time. Menken and Schwartz are such genius'. As far as Home on the Range goes, I didn't like it and I usually love all disney films. But this one was just bad and the song that Menken wrote at the beginning didn't impress me. It sounds the theme for Hey Dude! or something. Oh as for the Bambi sequel, it's suppose to come out in 2006 or 2007. I read about it on disneydatabase.com , it's pretty funny.
Also I read that Disney is coming out with a musical computer animated film called Rapunzel:Unbraided and Kristen Chenoweth is Rapuzel! Yay! I wish it was hand drawn but ah well. I think the movie is up on imdb.com

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