Der Glockner von notre Dame German Musical of Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
I think Der Glöckner von Notre Dame did a great job of using the Disney film as a basis for a play while at the same time trying to make fit the tone of the book. I do like they tried to recognize the book even if some of the plot points really didn’t work as well as they could have.
Esmeralda & Quasimodo Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
It does feel like it’s own story which is hard to do when your a side-product of a Disney film but it’s enjoyable. It’s not perfect but I find myself liking it more than the Disney movie.
Judy Weiss as Esmeralda with Frollo (Norbert Lamla) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
Before I end my main discussion on Der Glöckner von Notre Dame I just want to mention the upcoming American version, There have been rumors that Der Glöckner von Notre Dame is getting an American version. Der Glöckner von Notre Dame/Disney Version lyricist Stephen Schwartz has said that the production is more or less in the works. However these rumors have been circulating for a while. But Hopefully it will get done. I for one hope they don’t revert the musical version to the Disney film. Der Glöckner von Notre Dame has more character development than the film and I like the tragic ending. It makes things more interesting. I do hope they give them better costumes but I hope the stage craft is in the same vein. However the one thing I hope for is that they singer don’t sound to “Broadway” you know that belt-nasal style of singing that you hear a lot in musical theater in American productions. I can’t stand that style. Anyway I think the earliest you can accept to see the show would the 2013-2014 season. If I hear anything regarding the much anticipated American version I’ll be sure to post it. Though come to thick of it, there actually already was an American Hunchback of Notre Dame Stage show based on the Disney film.
Next Time – A Single Post on the Disney Park Stage Show (Sheepish yay)
Esmeralda from the Stage Show of Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame at MGM Studios
OK, this may never be seen, being after all the chinese spam, but there’s a story to be told here: the snietad glass window: I did the layout for that, and in trying to fill up the panels, i did a riff on the custom of all the guilds and craft companies in the towns at the time, who would donate art and panels to the cathedrals, benefitting the community, so to speak.Anyway, all the lower panels were caricatures of people in the studio, mostly folks on the layout crew. The small panels were donations by ” the Guild of the Storyboarders” or ” the Worshipfull Companie of the Assistant Animators”, with a visual to illustrate that particular craft: must have done 25 different ones. I don’t know how much showed up in the fianl shot, but the BG painters faithfully put em all in. Bless you guys! Bless you too, Rob Richards!