In the 1997 Disney animated musical 'Hercules,' the title character goes, to quote one of its most catchy lyrics, from 'Zero to Hero.' The film's stage adaptation, on the other hand, seems to have gone in the opposite direction.
In the summer of 2019, “Hercules” debuted at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park as part of the Public Theatre’s Public Works series, with 200 New Yorkers joining professional actors in a refreshingly low-key and enjoyable pageant-style presentation.
The Paper Mill production is a clunky, bewildering embarrassment in which the celebratory spirit of the earlier production has gotten totally lost. It lacks the artistry of Disney’s stage version of “The Lion King,” the razzle-dazzle showmanship of “Aladdin” and “Newsies,” or even the minimal competency of “Beauty and the Beast.”
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