Disney’s Hercules - Theatre Royal Drury Lane

That's a very big house for a show that may well not have universal appeal.

It is one of my favourite Disney films with some fantastic music.

But it has always been a bit more divisive than other Disney films of the same era.

I wish we had had a big scale Hunchback but that isn't going to happen now!

Mr B - what are the dates? Thank you for always having your finger on the pulse for us...

Love the score, so will be booking for this. Very exciting’

I would also have loved HUNCHBACK even more though. Perhaps the greatest score for a Disney film ever written, and the recording of the stage production sounds divine!

Knowing how lackluster the production is, how butchered up the songs are and how expensive it´ll most likely be; I won´t go see this.

Disney isn´t what it once was.

It’s not really the most loved Disney property is it? To close ‘Frozen’ for this seems bonkers.

Sometimes reworking further can work. Aladdin in Toronto wasn't clicking but when they went to Broadway the show was different with the Genie front and centre and not the sidekicks. Jasmine got a new song as well even though I did like Call Me a Princess.

I agree; to me it seems like more of an opportunistic transfer in the sense of "we have this space so let's give it a go."

It seems wild they'd shutter Frozen which is still selling somewhat reliably for this though. Especially approaching Christmas..?

I might have been that German; however I disagree on Hamilton being "the most popular musical in the world" - that would certainly be Les Miz or Phantom or Lion King or somesuch juggernaut.

Hamilton has hardly ever been done outside the USA, presumably because most producers know it wouldn't work in their countries due to lack of interest.

All things considered Hamilton did do decently in Hamburg. The failure came through the usual Stage Entertaiment refusal to fill seats through really good discounts. Hamilton was a show that would have attracted a younger audience and that audience can't afford the tickets. And many people would have been "mildly curious" but that isn't enough to pay 100-150 Euro. At 40-50 Euro, they would have lured many more over the threshold. I fear &Juliet will suffer the same fate, especially when the much better known IP of "MJ" hoovers up the audience.

But Hercules shows that the German audience doesn't just go for spectacle for spectacle's sake. They do notice quality (or lack thereof). Old stuff like Lion King and Starlight Express is still selling well simply because it's good and by now a known quantity.

Frozen flopped on broadway, they reworked it a bit and was a hit here. The same could well happen to Hercules.

It has a lot of love and is one of those disney films that may have not been a massive hit on release, but a lot of people discovered it through vhs/dvd/disney channel and is definitely a millennial favourite, especially amongst disney fans.

From the clips the German production showed potential and definitely better than the papermill version. The German production doesn't look like a spectacle though

It was struggling long before covid hit and the shutdown. It was a flop. Disney expected it to run much longer, especially with the second movie coming out at the same time.

Oh I didn't want to name anyone, but if it was you, it was a complete backhanded compliment.

Hamilton limped to a year and didn't move to a different city. I take it stage entertainment don't do dynamic pricing? I would guess they're the German/Dutch equivalent of ATG?