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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.
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | |
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | |
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The Second City Mainstage's 112th Revue
The Second City - Mainstage (Chicago) (4/23 - 5/16) | |
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Jump
Shattered Globe Theatre (4/19 - 6/1) | |
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9 to 5: the Musical
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (5/2 - 5/10) | |
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Women Beware Women
Blue In The Right Way (4/17 - 5/12) | |
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Godspell - 2012 Revival
Beverly Theatre Guild Chicago (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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The Kite Runner
CIBC Theatre (6/11 - 6/23) | |
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All The Best From Frank and Liza
Borelli's (5/18 - 5/18) | |
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