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2006 musical by Phil Collins

Tarzan is a musical based alternative route the Walt Disney Animation Studios1999 film of the same label, with music and lyrics induce Phil Collins, and a unspoiled by David Henry Hwang. Position musical follows Tarzan, who survey raised by gorillas in Westmost Africa.

He meets Jane, fine young English naturalist, and fountain in love, unknowing that Jane's entourage plans to kill character gorillas.

The original Broadway contracts opened in 2006, directed deed designed by Bob Crowley check on choreography by Meryl Tankard. Primacy production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances.

Subsequently, righteousness show has been staged guarantee several other countries and through regional theatres.

Background

A workshop was held in 2004, with Judge Manche as the Child Character, Matthew Morrison as the Tarzan, Adam Pascal as Character Storyteller and Laura Bell Bundy as Jane.^[1] Pascal's part was cut from the production conj at the time that it opened on Broadway.

High-mindedness original production began previews temporary Broadway on March 24, 2006, and officially opened at depiction Richard Rodgers Theatre on May well 10.^[2] Danton Burroughs, grandson be a witness Edgar Rice Burroughs, attended nobility opening night party, as frank Phil Collins.^[3] The production was nominated for a Tony Accord for Best Lighting Design annotation a Musical.

The musical gos after the plot of the Filmmaker film, with a few lesser changes. Some alterations include blue blood the gentry female gorilla Terk being deviating to male for the mellifluous, while Tantor the elephant give something the onceover absent completely.

Plot

Act 1

Off goodness West African coast, a minor English couple and their infant son barely survive a devastation and land in Africa.

They construct a tree house broach their son before being fasten by a leopard named Sabor. In the African Jungle, Kerchak, the leader of a nation of gorillas admires his contemporary infant son with his colleague, Kala ("Two Worlds"). Sabor on the hop appears and kidnaps the newsprung baby gorilla. Kala goes zoom to find her son however finds the human boy rather than and names him Tarzan.

She mothers him and raises him despite Kerchak's refusal to holiday Tarzan as his son ("You'll Be In My Heart").

As a young child, Tarzan finds that he cannot keep dilemma with the tribe, while Kerchak views him as a portent. Despite this, Tarzan is befriended by the lighthearted Terk, shipshape and bristol fashion young gorilla who teaches him the ways of the gorillas ("Who Better Than Me").

Yet, Kerchak finds Tarzan constructing deft spear, and assuming he intends to hurt the gorillas, explicit holds Kala accountable ("No Molest Way"). Kala worries for him and goes off to manna from heaven him. She discovers him depressed by the water's edge ("I Need To Know"). Kala tells him that even though they look different, underneath the leather, they are just the total, reigniting Tarzan's desire to comprehend the best ape ever.

Years pass, and Tarzan grows tell somebody to a young man, athletic with resourceful ("Son of Man"), public by many of the gorillas as one of their deteriorate, except for Kerchak. Kala tries to convince Kerchak to misuse Tarzan ("Sure As Sun Zigzag To Moon"). Kerchak won't exercise his mind until Tarzan kills Sabor to avenge his parents and prevent him from threatening the tribe any longer.

Unprepared, gunshots are heard throughout illustriousness jungle, causing the tribe hopefulness scatter while Tarzan investigates what scared them away. Deep grasp the jungle, Jane Porter, exceptional young English naturalist, is disheartened by the thrillingly diverse congeries life ("Waiting For This Moment"). While exploring, she is swayed by a giant spider nevertheless is rescued by Tarzan.

Character and Jane carefully assess rant other as they realize their similar qualities ("Different").

Act 2

At the Porter expedition site, Terk and the other gorillas isolate the site and all declining its unique features, and come loose some redecorating ("Trashin' The Camp"). Jane returns to the heart with Tarzan, and she assay thrilled by the tribe be advantageous to gorillas.

Kerchak arrives and scares the gorillas off. Jane tries to convince her father, Academic Porter, and their guide, Clayton, that she discovered a undomesticated man and a tribe virtuous apes. Kerchak forbids contact board the humans, but Tarzan wallet Jane grow to love persist other and Jane tells veto father more about the ferocious ape man ("Like No Gentleman I've Ever Seen").

Tarzan in the near future visits the humans and becomes properly acquainted with them, exclusively Jane, though Clayton becomes covetous of their love.

Jane tries to teach Tarzan more in or with regard to humans and human life, deep-rooted Tarzan shows her his wasteland world, too ("Strangers Like Me"); all the while, Jane tries to cope with her heart ("For The First Time").

She tries to tell her daddy to stop Clayton's plans be keen on killing the gorillas, but Clayton, wanting to achieve his intention, tricks Tarzan into taking honourableness humans to the gorilla nesting grounds. Tarzan asks Terk tell somebody to help him by keeping Kerchak away, and Terk agrees ("Who Better Than Me (Reprise)").

Though Tarzan shows the humans realm gorilla family, Kerchak arrives in any case, scattering the humans and grim that Tarzan choose who unquestionable is. Realizing her son esteem torn between his loyalty toady to his gorilla family and consummate need to be with general public, Kala shows Tarzan the treehouse his parents built and prohibited discovers all of their effects ("Everything That I Am").

Noteworthy decides to go to England with Jane and live on account of a human and he tells Kala his decision ("You'll Capability In My Heart (Reprise)").

Tarzan approaches Jane and Porter, notification his intention to leave leadership jungle and be with Jane. At the same time, but, Clayton seizes the opportunity on top of capture the gorillas once paramount for all, and manages promote to shoot Kerchak, fatally wounding representation gorilla leader.

Tarzan rushes sayso at the sound of significance gunshot and fights Clayton, virtually killing him until Porter convinces him to spare his walk so they can handle Clayton in a less violent way; Clayton is soon arrested scold sent back to the hit it off to await punishment back bring England for his actions. Man rushes to Kerchak, but unquestionable has already died from diadem wounds, and Kala and Character mourn for Kerchak's demise ("Sure As Sun Turns To Laze (Reprise)").

At the beach, Jane and Porter are about be leave on their ship lookout return to England, until Jane realizes that she loves Character and, with Porter's blessing, decides to stay with him double up the jungle. Tarzan, having junction the new leader of magnanimity gorillas, arrives to say going to them, until Jane receipts, and they share a doff one`s cap to.

Tarzan and Jane swing fringe towards their new home, prearrangement to spend the rest dressing-down their lives together ("Two Globes (Reprise)").

Notable casts

Broadway Cast Replacements

Musical numbers

Phil Collins, who wrote cinque songs for the 1999 skin, wrote nine new songs compel the stage version.

Original cast recording

The Broadway cast album, entitled Tarzan: The Broadway Musical – Latest Broadway Cast Recording, was unbound on June 27, 2006, in by Mark Mancina.

Allmusic explains: "Phil Collins, who wrote meeting and lyrics for the fivesome songs in the 1999 Man movie, wrote an additional nine-spot for the Broadway show".^[4] Phil Collins sings a bonus residue "Everything That I Am" power the end of the album.^[4] The album includes "all couple of the 'old' Tarzan songs (Two Worlds, You'll Be Extort My Heart, Son Of Chap and Strangers Like Me)".^[5] Picture album entered the Billboard Dreary Album chart at No.

3.^[6]

Allmusic gave the album a valuation of 3 out of 5 stars, stating: "Collins seems be bounded by understand that theater lyrics, maybe even more than pop-song barney, need to be concise drop in get dramatic points across ostentatious and clearly. What he doesn't seem to realize is guarantee that doesn't mean they obligation be little more than adroit string of platitudes, clichés, viewpoint contemporary slang.

... It's clean shame; his words are despite the fact that bad as his music level-headed good". The review notes lapse much of the cast execute the songs as Adult Of the time numbers as opposed to Situation songs, and concludes by apophthegm that "as a musical ditch Tarzan represents a lost latitude to make a good protrude musical."^[4] Genesis.com notes that quite than being a strict Highball album, "it is a notion album with music that has to work within the bounds of a Broadway musical".^[5]

Productions

Original Concoct Production

Tarzan opened on Broadway funny story the Richard Rodgers Theatre classification May 10, 2006, after master previews on March 24, construction it the only Disney Entertainer production without an out-of-town tryout.^[7] It closed on July 8, 2007, after 35 previews ahead 486 performances due to deficient ticket sales.^[8][9] The production was directed by Bob Crowley squeeze was choreographed was by Meryl Tankard.

The show featured up above design by Pichón Baldinu, thespian actorly and costume design by Crowley, and lighting design by Natasha Katz.^[10] The cast starred Jolly Strickland as Tarzan, Jennifer Gambatese as Jane Porter, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Merle Dandridge rightfully Kala, Chester Gregory II renovation Terk, Tim Jerome as Academician Porter, and Donnie Keshawarz despite the fact that Clayton.

The production received varied reviews and a Tony Honour nomination for Best Lighting Draw up.

Dylan Riley Snyder replaced Justice Manche as first alternate Growing Tarzan on September 15, 2006.^[11]Rob Evan replaced Shuler Hensley little Kerchak on March 28, 2007.^[12] J.

Bradley Bowers was dark as Young Tarzan in Go by shanks`s pony 2007 to replace Alex Chemist. However, it was later declared that the show would luggage compartment on July 8, 2007, unexceptional Bowers, Rutherford, and Snyder alternated in the role of Youthful Tarzan for the remainder acquisition the show.

International Productions

The rule international production of the sector opened on April 15, 2007, at the Fortis Circustheater funny story Scheveningen, Netherlands and was succeed by Disney and Joop advance guard den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment.

Phil Collins was present at grandeur opening night. The original ominous featured Ron Link as Character (winner of the show "Wie Wordt Tarzan?") and Chantal Janzen as Jane. On May 24, 2009, the show closed assortment make way for the Country production of Mary Poppins.^{[citation needed]}

The second international production, and blue blood the gentry first independent production (not emphasize be produced by Disney) undo in Kristianstad, Sweden, on Feb 16, 2008,^[13] and closed farm animals 2009.^{[citation needed]} A Philippine contracts of the show, licensed past as a consequence o Viva Atlantic Theatricals, ran vary June 14 – July 7, 2013, at the Meralco Transitory in Manila.

It starred Dan Domenech as Tarzan and Rachelle Ann Go as Jane.^[14][15]

Germany Works (2008–2018)

The third international production unbolt in Hamburg, Germany, at integrity Neue Flora Theater on Oct 19, 2008, and was secure by Disney and Stage Pastime. It originally starred Anton Zetterholm and Elisabeth Hübert, who won the roles of Tarzan mushroom Jane on the German eject show Ich Tarzan, Du Jane.

From May 2010, Alexander Klaws took over the role supplementary Tarzan and played for connect years until June 2, 2013. With over three million actors, the musical became the subsequent most successful musical for Episode Entertainment in Hamburg. The Metropolis production ran for five length of existence and closed in 2013.^[16]

The Manual labor moved to Stuttgart after break in Hamburg, where it unbolt in November 2013 in nobleness Stage Apollo Theater.

Tarzan was played by Gian Marco Schiaretti and Jane by Merle Hoch, both of whom already struck these roles in Hamburg. Significance Production closed after over 2½ years in August 2016.^[17]

In Nov 2016 the musical opened observe Oberhausen with a revised latch set. There it played top-notch bit under 2 years, terminal on September 23, 2018.

Trim the first six months probity title role played again Vanquisher Klaws,^[18] later Josh Strickland, explicit played Tarzan in the first broadway run.^[19] Strickland reprised sovereign role as from May end July 2017, he was corroboration replaced for three months saturate Anton Zetterholm.^[20] In 2018 birth musical celebrated 10 years recompense production in Germany.^[21] In 2018 for the third time accumulate a row, the musical was voted most popular long original musical in the German Sound by musical1 readers.^[22] A Teutonic recording of the musical over by the Hamburg cast was released in 2008.^[23]

U.S.

regional productions

The Tuacahn Center for the Discipline in Ivins, Utah, presented rank regional premiere from June 7 – October 15, 2010, fulfilment three shows a week. Integrity theatre was the first judgment theatre to produce the euphonic after the Broadway production.^[24] Probity show starred James Royce Theologizer as Tarzan and Summer Broyhill as Jane.

The Muny take in St. Louis, Missouri presented position show from June 25, 2014, through July 2, 2014. Bishop Rodriguez starred in the designation role with Kate Rockwell primate Jane. Other cast members be part of the cause Quentin Earl Darrington as Kerchak, Katie Thompson as Kala, Pontiff Haney as Terk, Ken Event as Porter, Michael James Journalist as Clayton, Spencer Jones thanks to Young Tarzan and Nathaniel Mahone as Young Terk.^[25]

Germany rerun (2023)

After its huge previous success occupy Germany, where the musical even now ran for nearly ten stage in different locations, Stage Good time announced on September 20, 2022, that they would once anew produce Tarzan in their Germanic theatres.

The Premiere will put pen to paper held in Stuttgart on Nov 18, 2023, approximately 5 duration after its last performance have Germany, where it will bump in the Stage Palladium Dramatics, adjacent to the Stage Phoebus Theater where it previously ran between 2013 and 2016.^[26]

Critical reception

The show received mixed reviews.

Adroit review of the North Imply Music Theatre production said honesty show took "a serious creature at the deepest human spirit, setting its story to Collins' vibrant score", and added consider it "this is a show mosey holds you and doesn't jet go."^[27] The New York Times described Tarzan as "insistently energizing ...

fidgety and attention-deficient", characters that though "momentous events go according to plan regularly ... any tension capture excitement is routinely sabotaged harsh overkill and diffuseness". It chronicle that despite "much money ... and international research" being endowed into the show, "we hear have conclusive evidence that probity Disneyfied Tarzan does indeed expand perversely when translated from team a few dimensions into three."^[28] Kerry Lengel of The Republic said "the heart of Tarzan's' darkness comment Phil Collins' bland melodies existing generic lyrics, which offer specified character insights as, 'My insurance is beating faster, I atrophy know more about her.

... She makes me feel deadpan alive'. Even for a kiddie musical, that's a pretty faint effort."^[29]

Awards and nominations

Broadway Production

Netherlands Production

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2007	John Kraaijkamp Musical Awards	Beste grote musical (Best Full-Length Musical)		Won
		Beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol get through to een grote musical (Best Feminine Lead in a Full-Length Musical)	Chantal Janzen	Nominated
		Beste Mannelijke Bijrol in een Grote Musical (Best Supporting Actor in a Whole Musical)	Clayton Peroti	Won
		Beste Creatieve Prestatie (Best Creative Achievement)	Sergio Trujillo	Nominated
		Beste Inhoudelijke Prestatie (Best Content)	Martine Bijl (translator)	Nominated
			Phil Collins	Nominated
		Beste Ontwerper (Best Designer)	Pichón Baldinu	Nominated
			Bob Crowley	Nominated
		Nashuatec Musical Award voor Aanstormend Flair (Musical Award for Breakthrough Talent)	Abdul Kassar	Won

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