Talk:The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)/@comment-28492668-20160518183723

Oh my gosh, the two comments below are so typically American (and I say that as an American)! Yes they kill Esmeralda - read the book! Keeping Esmeralda alive is what they did when creating a CARTOON for little KIDS. We're adults - we can handle the truth. :-)

Given the chance, this musical is going to do fine in America, dark gothic overtones and all. Roman Polanski's "Dance of the Vampires" (in Germany:  "Tanz der Vampire") continues to play year after year in the major theaters of Europe, complete with it's dark comedy and gothic dark overtones. They brought it to American and attempted to "Americanize" it by replacing the darkness in it with slapstic like comedy. Result? The biggest financial disaster in Broadway history. I believe it closed after just three weeks. Look it up.

By the way, I played trumpet in the Pit Orchestra for the final two years of the Hunchy's three year run in Berlin. It was a wonderful experience and I still feel blessed with that opportunity.