Off-Broadway News
New York debut of Notre Dame of Paris Adds the 2nd week of performances
Find out who will be playing in the first-ever New York performances of the international musical favourite.
The upcoming New York premiere of Notre Dame of Paris extended its runtime by a week and will now play at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater through July 24.
The recently announced main cast also revealed that a number of Notre Dame of Paris alum will star in the work’s first-ever performances in New York, including Angelo Del Vecchio as Quasimodo, Hiba Tawaji as Esmeralda, Daniel Lavoie as Frollo, Gian Marco Schiaretti as Gringoire, Yvan Pedneault as Phoebus, Jay as Clopin and Emma Lépine as Fleur de Lys.
Adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)written by Richard Cocciante and Luc Plamondon, has performed in 23 countries since its premiere at the Palais des Congrès in Paris in 1998. The New York premiere, which will be performed in French with English surtitles, will be directed by Gilles Maheu and choreographed by Martino Müller, and follows a delay of over a year related to COVID.
The New York Pledge is produced by Nicolas and Charles Talar and Adam Blanshay Productions.
“It has long been a dream for the show to be performed in New York,” Nicolas Talar said in an earlier statement. “Now, after more than two decades and a longer wait due to the pandemic, it is truly a pleasure to know that we will soon be sharing this immortal story with New York audiences at one of the greatest arts complexes in the world. world. We hope Notre Dame of Paris will appeal to our existing fans and make new ones.”
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