Tarzan To Fly on Broadway

[Jane]

From IMDB.com
"The Walt Disney Co., which created rigging to fly Mary Poppins over the audience for the London stage version of its 1964 movie, will presumably be doing the same when it presents a Broadway adaptation of its 1999 Tarzan movie next year. Disney Theatricals announced Wednesday that the show will be directed and designed by Bob Crowley, who also designed the sets, rigging and costumes for Mary Poppins. Disney said that the score will be written by Phil Collins, who provided the songs for the film."

I can't wait. I'll fly across the country if I have to!

[Jane]

From www.broadwayworld.com

Disney's Tarzan Confirmed for Spring '06 Opening

Disney's Broadway musical adaptation of the animated film Tarzan has now been confirmed for a spring 2006 opening, with the creative team set for the show.

Disney Presents Tarzan, which will feature a cast of 34 and will play at a theatre to be announced, will be helmed by two-time Tony Award-winner Bob Crowley (Aida, Carousel), who will also design the sets and costumes. Phil Collins, who has received six Grammys for his work as a rock musician, will expand upon his score for the film in writing the music and lyrics for the show, while Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Aida) is set to adapt the show's book from the film's script; the latter was penned by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White.

The acclaimed Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard has also been enlisted for the show while Pichon Baldinu (De La Guarda) is set to handle the Aerial Movement. Tony Award-winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The 25th Annual Putnam County Bee) will be the show's lighting designer, with John Shivers (Hairspray, The Producers) as the sound designer.

Tarzan, which is based upon Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes, tells how a vine-swinging feral man raised by gorillas learns English and civility under the tutelage of a beautiful English woman named Jane. A pop culture fixture since it debuted in 1912, Tarzan has spawned comics, TV shows and films such as the 1930s series that starred Johnny Weismuller. The 1999 Disney film featured the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver and Rosie O'Donnell, with Collins' "You'll Be In My Heart" winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

While the musical has not yet been cast, a January 2004 workshop of the show featured Matthew Morrison as the adult Tarzan and Laura Bell Bundy as Jane, with Will Chase, Chris Fitzgerald, Anika Larsen, Alton White and others also included in the cast. Disney Theatrical Productions, whose past Broadway smashes include Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida, is also working on a Broadway-bound production of The Little Mermaid, with the London hit Mary Poppins also set to cross the pond.

[limulan]

I've heard about that before on tv, it looks really cool

[Jane]

www.broadway.com/gen/show.aspx?SI=516158

It opens 3 days before my birthday! I should go to New York in May....

[Jane]

There is now an official homepage. I can't wait to see this. And here the new music, 8 new songs by Phil Collins

[Jane]

The cast:

[wildwanderer]

Thanks for all the info. I hope to see the Broadway play someday myself as well visit New York City.

[Jane]

I would love to go see it when it first opens, but I couldn't afford it (or at least shouldn't be spending my money that way). I already flew done to LA a couple months ago, and now it looks like I'm going to have a small road trip in April. Hopefully it'll come somewhere closer to me soon...

[Jane]

*Jumps around in joy*

The cast album is to be released in June! Unfortunatly June 18th is a Sunday, so it won't be realsed on the 7th anniversary of Tarzan's theatrical release. Oh well. I can't wait to hear the new songs!!!!

~EDIT~
You can pre-order the CD here

[Jane]

Disney Insider Article

This just makes me want to see it even more!

[Jane]

Now I really can't wait to hear the cast album. Sadly I may not be able to get it right away... but I'm gonna try.

Here is the track list:
1. Two World - Voice of Tarzan, Ensemble
2. You'll Be In My Heart - Kala, Ensemble
3. Who Better Than Me - Terk, Young Tarzan
4. No Other Way - Kerchak
5. I Need To Know - Young Tarzan
6. Son of Man - Terk, Ensemble, Tarzan
7. Sure As Sun Turns To Moon - Kala, Kerchak
8. Waiting For This Moment - Jane, Ensemble
9. Different - Tarzan
10. Trashin' The Camp - Terk, Ensemble
11. Like No Man I've Ever Seen - Jane, Porter
12. Strangers Like Me - Tarzan, Jane, Ensemble
13. For The First Time - Jane, Tarzan
14. Who Better Than Me (Reprise) - Terk
15. Everything That I Am - Voice of Young Tarzan, Tarzan, Kala, Ensemble
16. You'll Be In My Heart (Reprise) - Tarzan, Kala
17. Sure As Sun Turns To Moon (Reprise) - Kala
18. Two Worlds (Finale) - Jane, Tarzan, Ensemble
19. Everything That I Am - Phil Collins (Bonus Track)

**Edit**
Forgot to mention that the album will be released June 27th

[Jane]

Preview of the album here disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Soundtracks/tarzanthemusical/index.html

And a preview of the show here www.broadwayworld.com/vidpopup.cfm?id=1050

And to think. I'm actually going to be over there right away. Unfortunately I won't have enough money or time to take in a show

[kimmykins83]

It's a real shame that I live over here in the UK and not in the USA as I've known about this musical for a while now and really wanna see it!

I have no idea at all when or if it'll be brought over here yet

[Jane]

Hopefully it'll go on tour soon. I must see it.

A bit of sad news (IMO anyway), I heard/read that they changed the finale from when it first opened. Apparently they cut out the last bit of the show (eg., track #18).

[kimmykins83]

It's funny because there's no mention about it being brought over here to London yet, and still, you can quite easily buy the CD

[Jane]

I haven't seen the cd for sale anywhere here, not even in the Disney store... I ordered mine off amazon.

[kimmykins83]

It's freely available to buy online from music sites here in the UK, the ones where I get mine all from