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Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel.
The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.
Videos
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Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person
Theatre Exile (5/8 - 5/19) | |
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William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Lantern Theater Company (5/16 - 6/16) BUY NOW & SAVE COMEDY | |
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The Doo Wop Project
Keswick Theatre (5/4 - 5/4) | |
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Wes Iseli ♦ The Magic Man
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
Town and Country Players (11/8 - 11/23)
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SWEAT
DreamWrights Center for Community Arts (5/3 - 5/11) | |
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The Dinner Detective Comedy
The Dinner Detective Philadelphia (6/15 - 6/15) | |
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Holiday Show
Town and Country Players (12/13 - 12/15) | |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It
The Barn Playhouse (4/26 - 5/11) | |
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Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Kimmel Center [Merriam Theater] (5/9 - 5/11) | |
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