The show will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Disney’s Hercules will be flexing its muscles in Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. The show opens in the West End on 24 June, and previews take place from 6 June. The full cast has been announced and includes Luke Brady as Hercules and Candace Furbert as Thalia.
Luke has previously starred in As You Like It by the Royal Shakespeare Company, SuperYou at the Lyric Theatre and The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre. Candace has previously starred in The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Shrek the Musical’s UK tour, and Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre.
The Hercules cast also includes Sharlene Hector as Clio, Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene, Malinda Parris as Calliope, and Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore. The music is by Alan Menken, and the lyrics are by David Zippel, and it is based on a brand-new book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Hercules is inspired by the 1997 animated film of the same name by Walt Disney Studios. The story is set in ancient Greece, a time of gods and mortals. Hercules doesn’t quite fit in and is tasked with saving the world from Hades. He goes on a journey from zero to hero and acquires a different kind of strength.
The feature film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, and written by Clements, Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw and Irene Mecchi. The film won Best Animation Feature at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Go the Distance.
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