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First Look at Disney's New Musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The production is running at the La Jolla Playhouse before moving to New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse.

Michael Arden (center) leads the cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo.
Michael Arden leads the cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo.
(© Kevin Berne)

La Jolla Playhouse has released the first photos from its U.S. premiere of the new musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring the Disney film score by Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and a book by Peter Parnell.

Ciara Renée plays Esmerelda in the world premiere musical, which features a score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz and a book by Peter Parnell.
Ciara Renée plays Esmerelda in the world premiere musical, which features a score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz and a book by Peter Parnell.
(© Kevin Berne)

Directed by Scott Schwartz, the cast includes Michael Arden as Quasimodo, Patrick Page as Frollo, Ciara Renée as Esmeralda, Andrew Samonsky as Phoebus, and Erik Liberman as Clopin. The ensemble will include Lucas Coleman, Mary Joe Duggan, Anise Ritchie, Brian Smolin, William Thomas Hodgson, Julian Decker, Ian Patrick Gibb, Beth Kirkpatrick, Samantha Massell, Neal Mayer, Nora Menken, William Michals, Vincent Rodriguez, and Richard Ruiz. As previously announced, the local choir SACRA/PROFANA will serve as the show's onstage chorus.

Patrick Page as Frollo in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Patrick Page as Frollo in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
(© Kevin Berne)

The production runs through December 7 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre before moving to New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse from March 4-April 5.

For tickets to the La Jolla Playhouse production, click here.

For tickets to the Paper Mill Playhouse production, click here.

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