"Disney's latest megabudget musical spectacular has announced it's leaving town a little more than a year after it opened: will close its doors on September 5, just after the school summer holidays are wrapped up. It's got to be viewed as a small disappointment for Disney, whose stage version of The Lion King is the most successful musical in history and still going strong on the West End and Broadway."
"That said, a year-and-a-bit at Drury Lane is nothing to sniff at and it's so big that there's rarely the expectation that a show will run and run there. Hercules didn't do as well as Frozen, but it would be kind of nuts if it did given how much more popular the movie version of Frozen was than the relatively culty Hercules. And it's hardly leaving in disarray, with its closing date over seven months away."
"Speculation will inevitably turn to what replaces it in the West End's biggest theatre. Disney has hogged Drury Lane in recent years and is having a tryout of its much anticipated Greatest Showman musical in Bristol this spring - rumours abound that it'll be next up in Drury Lane if all goes well. But there are other possibilities, with several larger Broadway musicals hovering in the wings waiting for a suitably large London theatre to move into."
Hercules, Disney's megabudget musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will close on September 5 after a little more than a year. The run is shorter than recent Disney productions at Drury Lane, notably Frozen, though The Lion King remains the company's most successful stage show. A year-and-a-bit at the cavernous Drury Lane represents a substantial run given the theatre's scale and expectations. The closing leaves space for replacements, with Disney testing a Greatest Showman musical in Bristol and rumours it could transfer to Drury Lane. Other large Broadway musicals and occasional play seasons are also possible. Performances continue until the September closing date.
Read at Time Out London
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