Bradley Gibson as Hercules and Ensemble in Disney's Hercules, photographed by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse is presenting Disney’s Hercules through March 19. It’s a terrific twist of fates! The inspired Disney animated film is now a mythical new musical adventure. Hercules is the divinely funny story of an honest-to-Zeus hero on a quest to discover who he is and where he belongs. Is love a possibility too? Oh, Hades, yes! The roof-raising score features all the hits you love from the film, including the Oscar-nominated song “Go the Distance,” as well as “Zero to Hero” and “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love),” along with new songs written for the stage.
The cast features Bradley Gibson as Hercules, Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley as Hades, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as Phil, and Isabelle McCalla as Meg, with Jeff Blumenkrantz as Panic and Reggie De Leon as Pain, alongside the Muses: Charity Angél Dawson as Clio, Tiffany Mann as Calliope, Anastacia McCleskey as Thalia, Destinee Rea as Terpsichore and Rashidra Scott as Melpomene.
The ensemble features Kathryn Allison as Despina, Allyson Kaye Daniel as Aunt Tithesis/Lachesis, Lucia Giannetta as Atropos, Jesse Nager as Nessus, Kristen Faith Oei as Hera, Dennis Stowe as Zeus and Anne Fraser Thomas as Clotho, as well as Joshua Buscher, Marcus Cobb, Zachary Downer, Ryan Fitzgerald, Kendall LeShanti, Chani Maisonet, Skye Mattox, Jason W. McCollum, Erin Moore, JJ Niemann, Gabrielle Reid, Adam Roberts, Ben Roseberry, Christine Shepard, Chiara Trentalange and Lamont Walker II.
Anastacia McCleskey as Thalia, Destinee Rea as Terpsichore, Charity Angél Dawson as Clio, Rashidra Scott as Melpomene, Tiffany Mann as Calliope, in Disney’s Hercules, photographed by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Here are more photos from the production.
Isabelle McCalla as Meg and Bradley Gibson as Hercules in Disney's Hercules, photographed by Jeremy Daniel
Bradley Gibson as Hercules for Disney's Hercules, photographed by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Destinee Rea, Tiffany Mann, Rashidra Scott, Charity Angél Dawson, Anastacia McCleskey, and Isabelle McCalla in Disney’s Hercules, photographed by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Bradley Gibson in Disney's Hercules, photographed by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Hercules features music by Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Tony Award winner David Zippel and a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, based on the Disney film written by Ron Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw, and Irene Mecchi and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The music is supervised and arranged by Michael Kosarin, with orchestrations by Danny Troob and Joseph Joubert, dance music arrangements by Mark Hummel, and music direction by Ted Arthur. Choreography is by Chase Brock and Tanisha Scott. Hercules is directed by Obie Award winner Lear deBessonet.
Tickets starting at $35 may be purchased by calling 973-376-4343, at the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 22 Brookside Drive in Millburn, or online at papermill.org.
Produced by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions.
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is a nationally renowned not-for-profit theater under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director) and Michael Stotts (Executive Director). A beloved New Jersey arts institution since 1938, Paper Mill creates and produces groundbreaking new musicals and reimagined classics. Several productions have gone on to Broadway and launched national tours, including Disney’s Newsies, Les Misérables, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Bronx Tale, and Bandstand. The theater is also the home to an award-winning center for musical theater education and artist training, with outreach programs that impact thousands of students each year. As one of the nation’s premier musical theaters, Paper Mill fosters a creative environment to advance the art form, educate students, develop future theater lovers, nurture inclusion, and provide access for all. They acknowledge that their theater stands on the traditional land of the Lenni-Lenape, and they honor the Indigenous people who inhabited it for thousands of years before European settlers arrived.
Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
