i just found out

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:56am

ok i am pretty stupid for this.
i had some disney movie soundtracks. we all say that many of those movies would make great plays. so i opened my Hunchback of Notre Dame CD to listen to it and to my surprise ALL THE LYRICS WERE BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ. AND I NEVER NOTCED. geeh. i honestly do say (shamelessly) that i think hunchback would make a good musical.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:57am

I was sitting in the movie theater going, "OMG, I can't believe kids are watching this" <-----same reaction to the original SHREK movie.

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:58am

wait....do you like it or not?

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:59am

I like the music......not necessarily the movie

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:59am

I have the german stage version of the hunchback of notre dame.
I recommend it!!!!

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 12:59am

ah same. i was just confused by your comment. sorry.

[Derek2]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:00am

The Hunchback movie score is great...well i think so :)

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:00am

Oh no problem. I didn't mean to sound snobby or whatever (sorry if it came across as so)

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:00am

Schwartz did lyrics for POCAHANTAS, also.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:01am

That is one disney cartoon I hated, but my financee loves it. BLAH!!! lol

[tmz814]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:05am

Spiderdj82- I had the same reaction to the movie. I took two kids with me to see it when we were in Boston. They were like 10 and 8. I was kinda worried about some of the dark images, etc. in the movie, but I guess it must've gone over their heads because they weren't really bothered by it... hmmm... I also liked the music but didn't really enjoy the movie that much.

Edited: because I can't spell!!!

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:05 AM

[marebare]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:07am

This makes me think of how I just found out (I'm sure everyone else knew but whatever) that Susan Egan was Megara in Hercules. Which is pretty cool because I love that movie and the song "I Won't Say I'm In Love". I always wonder why the voice actors in Disney movies aren't famous, but maybe they are and I just never knew! What other Broadway stars do Disney movies? (Roger Bart was in Hercules too!)

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:09am

Now, HERCULES has one of the best Disney scores ever. All praise Alan Menken (who also did NEWSIES, ALADDIN, LITTLE MERMAID, and LITTLE SHOP). He can do no wrong

[Lucifer]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:10am

fabulous! I'm glad others think Hunchback should be made into a musical
I absolutely love the song, "Out There" and "Hellfire"

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:10am

merebare, PM Pol about Bway peps in Disney films
he knows ALL of them!

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:15am

DISNEY actors with B'way/musical theatre ties:

Beauty and the Beast:
Mrs. Potts-Angela Lansbury
Lumiere-Jerry Orbach
Belle-Paige O'Hara

Aladdin:
Aladdin-Brad Kane (singing voice)
Jasmine-Lea Salonga (singing voice)
Genie-Robin Williams
Jafar-Jonathan Freeman

The Little Mermaid:
Sebastian-Samuel E. Wright
Areil-Jodi Benson
Ursula-Pat Carrol

Pochantas:
Pocahantas-Judy Kuhn (singing voice)

Hercules:
Meg-Susan Egan
Hercules-Roger Bart (singing voice)

Mulan:
Mulan-Lea Salonga (singing voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
Captain Phoebus-Kevin Kline
Hugo-Jason Alexander
Quasimodo-Tom Hulce

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:15 AM

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:23am

Just a small spelling correction: it's Lea SALONGA.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:26am

and she has a BEAUTIFUL voice

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:59am

StickToPriest...thank you. i actually never knew about some of those....like kevin kline. i was oblivious. :) thanks again Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:59 AM

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:29am

I have friends who are OBSESSED with the live French version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. They have it all memorized and only one of them knows French fluently. There are some awwwwwwwwwsome voice on that CD. I think it's hard to find though.

[venticelli]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 9:11am

I liked Hunchback, and I'd really like to see it staged. Some of those songs were really good pieces - God Save the Outcasts, and Hellfire were great tunes. Trying to think who would make a good Frollo. lots of similarities between his charcater and Hugo's other obsessive law-man, Javert

[adamized88]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:51pm

don't forget

The Lion King
pubaa - Ernie Sabella
Timon - Nathan Lane
Shenzi - Whoopi Goldberg

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:52pm

I forgot about LION KING.

And also
Simba~Matthew Broderick (adult Simba speaking voice)

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 1:59pm

Hercules also had Lillias White (The Life, 2001 Dreamgirls Concert) and Cheryl Freeman (Tommy)

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:12pm

I wrote this about disney and broadway in an old thread:

Little Mermaid:
Jodi Benson (the little mermaid) - "Crazy for you", "Sophisticated Ladies", "Once Upon a Matress", "Smile" and in tour "West Side Story" and ","Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat"

Samuel E. Wright (Sebastian) - Cy Coleman's "Welcome to the club", "Jesus christ superstar", "Two Gentleman of Verona", "Pippin", "Over Here", "Mule Bone" y "The Tap Dance" recently was Mufasa in "the lion king"

Beauty and the Beast:
Paige O'hara (beauty) - "Showboat", fantine in "les miserables", nationel tour of "Oklahoma!", "Evita" and "paint your wagon".international tours: "South Pacific"

Robby Benson (Beast) - "Zelda", "The Rothschilds", "The Pirates of Penzance", "Oliver", "The King and I", "Evita", "King of Hearts", "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" y "Love Letters".

Jerry Orbach (Lumiere)- "The Threepenny Opera", "The Fantasticks", "Guys and Dolls", "Promises, promises", "42nd Street"

Richard White (Gaston) - "Topper", "The most happy fella", "The king and I", "Kiss me kate", "Carnival", "A little night music", "Oklahoma"

Jesse corti (Lefou) - "Jesucristo Superstar", "Les miserables"

Rex Everhardt (Maurice) - "Anything goes", "Chicago", "Woman of the year", "rags" and "working"

Angela Lansbury (Mrs Potts) "Anyone can whistle", "Mame", "Gypsy", "Dear World", "Hamlet", "the king and i", "Sweeney Todd"

Aladdin
Lea Salonga (singing voice of princess) - "Miss saigon", "Les miserables", "My Fair Lady", "Into the woods", "grease", "the fantasticks" and "they're playing our song" (combined broadway/manila).

Brad Kane (aladdin) She loves me

The Lion King
Matthew Broderick (SIMBA) - "Brighton Beach Memoirs", "how to succeed in business without really trying", "Taller than a dwarf", "The producers"

Nathan Lane (TIMON) "The Man Who Came to Dinner", "Do Re Mi", "The Odd Couple", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the forum", "Love! Valour! Compassion!", " Guys and Dolls", "Neil Simon's Broadway Bound", "The producers" (with Matthew Broderick!)

Jeremy Irons - "What the Butler Saw", "The Winter's Tale", "Diary of a Madman", "much ado about nothing", "Godspell".

Pocahontas
Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas)“Edwin Drood”, “les miserables”, “Chess”, “she loves me”, “Sunset Boulevard” , “Rags”, and the alan menken's concert: “King David”

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tom Hulce (Quasimodo) - “The cider house rules”, “A few good men”.

Jason Alexander (gargoyle) - “Merrily We Roll Along”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, “The rink”, “Jerome Robbins' Broadway”

Mary Wickes (gargoyle) - “the Man Who Came to Dinner”

Charles Kimbrough (gargoyle) - “Company”, “sunday in the park with george” and “candide”.

Tony Jay (frollo) "Great Expectations", "The Deep Blue Sea", "The Merchant of Venice" o "The Unknown Soldier & His Wife"

Paul Kandel (clopin) “Titanic”, “the visit”, “A christmas carol” and “Tommy”

Hercules
Susan Egan (Meg) - "Beauty and the beast", “Triumph of Love”, “bye, bye birdie”, “Putting it together”, “South Pacific”, “The Sound of Music”, “Singin' In the Rain”, “Sunday In the Park With George"...

Roger Bart (Hercules) - “Tommy”, “King David”, “How to succeed in business without really trying”, “The secret garden”, “triumph of love”, “The producers”

Mulan
Lea Salonga (Mulan) "Miss saigon", "Les miserables", "My Fair Lady", "Into the woods", "grease", "the fantasticks" and "they're playing our song" (combined broadway/manila).

Donny Osmond (Li Shang) - “joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat” (on DVD).

Marni Nixon (grandmother) - she dubbed the main voices of the movies “the king and I”, “West side story” or “My fair lady”. on stage: "Nine", “Follies”

Tarzan
Glenn Close (mother) - “Sunset Boulevard”, “Barnum”, “Death Of A Maiden” and “the real thing”.

Rosie O’donell (Terk) -“Grease”