In this Summer's stage adaptation of Hercules at New York's Public Theater, the actor playing Hades has some big shoes to fill, but there's no one better suited. Why is actor Roger Bart a perfect fit?

Bart himself saw the irony, tweeting about the surreality of playing Hercules and then Hades years later. You can see the tweet below. Not often you get to play the hero and then the villain years ...

They say the devil you know is better than the one you don’t. So when it came time for the Hercules stage musical to cast its central devil, the creative team didn’t have to look far. “Of course, now ...