Captain America gets ready to storm into Hyperion Theater
One-act ‘Rogers: The Musical’ coming this summer, park says
Disneyland will bring a Broadway musical based on Marvel superhero Captain America to the Hyperion Theater this summer for a limited run at Disney California Adventure.
An 18-second video clip posted to social media by Disney Parks shows a woman in a red hat with a red, white and blue ribbon looking at a “Rogers: The Musical” playbill before walking into the theater.
“A timeless story of a timeless hero,” Disney Parks posted on Twitter. “A short one-act musical is coming for a limited time this summer to Disney California Adventure Park.”
Disney cryptically teased the upcoming run of “Rogers: The Musical” at the Hyperion during a live performance at the D23 Expo in September at the Anaheim Convention Center.
“Marvel fans may know the fictional musical from the first episode of the Disney+ series ‘Hawkeye,’ ” according to Mouseplanet. “Fans who attended the 2022 D23 Expo were treated to a surprise live performance of ‘Save the City’ during the Marvel Studios panel.”
In the Disney+ show, Hawkeye attends a performance of the Broadway musical about the life of Steve Rogers, the first Captain America.
“In the show, all the Avengers are invited to New York for the premiere of the brand new, showstopping musical, but only Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, shows up,” according to Marvel.com. “The
MIA Avengers don’t know what they’re missing, though, as viewers are treated to a musical number based on The Battle of New York — though a few creative liberties have been taken here and there.”
Disney Live Entertainment is auditioning actors, singers and dancers for a new limited-run, Broadway-caliber theatrical production at the Hyperion.
The new show will be written by Tony nominee Hunter Bell with music by Grammy winner Christopher Lennertz. Bell wrote the book for “Villains Tonight” on the Disney Cruise Line, according to Broadway World. Lennertz served as music director on Disneyland’s new “Wondrous Journeys” fireworks show.
“Frozen: Live at the Hyperion” was the last show to play at the Hyperion before the theater went dark in 2020 during the yearlong pandemic closure of California Adventure and Disneyland. The theater has stood vacant since the parks returned in 2021.