Review: “Hercules” Musical Not Quite as Heroic as Expected

Christian Lewis
4 min readSep 4, 2019

Let me begin by saying that “Hercules” was a beloved part of my childhood. I am one of the many millenials who were raised on Disney and so I looked forward with glee when the musical adaptation of “Hercules” was announced to be playing in Central Park this summer. Upon hearing that Alan Menken and David Zippel, who did the original music and lyrics for the film, were returning, it seemed…

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Christian Lewis

Theater Critic. Vassar College alum, current PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center.