Review Roundup: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Music Circus Starring Deaf Actor John McGinty, Lesli Margherita and More!

The 2016 Music Circus season concludes with the Northern California premiere of a new musical from the mind of Victor Hugo, inspired by one of the most epic stories ever told: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ! Notable in the Music Circus production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame is that it's the first time for this show that the role of Quasimodo will be played by a Deaf actor, John McGinty. It also starred Lesli Margherita, Andrew foote, Eric Kunze and Jim Hogan.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame opened last night...let's see what the critics have to say!

BroadwayWorld, Harmony Wheeler: The bells of Notre Dame that Quasimodo rings each day have led to a loss of hearing. Aside from occasional visits from Dom Claude Frollo (Mark Jacoby), the bell ringer lives alone and makes friends with stone gargoyles who speak to him using sign language. One such creature, sung magnificently by Jim Hogan, becomes Quasimodo's secret and heart-felt voice...

The Davis Enterprise, Bev Skyes: The Music Circus has saved the best for the last, closing its 66th season with the magnificent "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Music Circus is one of only three companies in the country that the Disney corporation has licensed to perform this work this season, and this production fulfills the faith Disney has in the Music Circus...

Capital Public Radio, Jeff Hudson: No other Broadway-style musical that I know of is set in a French cathedral during the late 15thCentury. And yet "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is quite a departure from most musicals. It opens with vocal music hinting at Gregorian chant. But soon we are transported to a lushly imagined live-action vision of the streets of Paris during the Middle Ages...

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