Good news for Hawkeye fans: Disney is turning fake stage show Rogers the Musical into a real stage show, finally fulfilling the wildest dreams of entertainment reporters everywhere.
Featured as a brief joke in Hawkeye, Rogers the Musical was a fictional Broadway show that set a factually inaccurate reenactment of Marvel Cinematic Universe events to song. The musical’s ridiculousness and deliberately camp aesthetic immediately won it countless fans, some of whom begged for a complete version on certain websites that rhyme with “smashable”.
Now that wish is being granted, with Disney revealing it is working on a short, one-act musical involving “a timeless story of a timeless hero.” In a teasing video tweeted by Disney Parks, a woman wearing Peggy Carter‘s iconic red fedora and blue suit holds a flyer for Rogers the Musical as she approaches Disney California Adventure Park’s Hyperion Theater.
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Though Hawkeye only included a few clips of Rogers the Musical, viewers were treated to an entire performance of its camp number “Save the City”(Opens in a new tab) in a mid-credits scene — a brief taste of the glory that is to come. In this musical reimagining of The Avengers‘ Battle of New York, the Party City Avengers assemble to “kick some ass” and show off their various abilities, assisted by wires and large green hoodies. The audience for last year’s Marvel Studios Panel at D23 Expo also got to see a live performance of the number(Opens in a new tab).
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“Save the City” was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, though the creative team behind the extended musical hasn’t yet been announced.
If you’re keen to catch the ersatz Avengers twirling and singing, you’d better start planning your trip to Disneyland now. Rogers the Musical will only run for a limited time this summer, and only at Disney California Adventure Park. Fingers crossed they pull a Hamilton and film it for Disney+.
Hawkeye(Opens in a new tab) is currently available to stream on Disney+.
