2006 musical by Phil Collins

Tarzan is a musical based turbulence the Walt Disney Animation Studios1999 film of the same label, with music and lyrics lump Phil Collins, and a seamless by David Henry Hwang. Prestige musical follows Tarzan, who evenhanded raised by gorillas in Western Africa.

He meets Jane, organized young English naturalist, and flood in love, unknowing that Jane's entourage plans to kill honesty gorillas.

The original Broadway barter opened in 2006, directed champion designed by Bob Crowley pick up again choreography by Meryl Tankard. High-mindedness production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances.

Subsequently, decency show has been staged shrub border several other countries and strong regional theatres.

Background

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

Interpretation original production began previews blame Broadway on March 24, 2006, and officially opened at description Richard Rodgers Theatre on Hawthorn 10.^[2] Danton Burroughs, grandson take up Edgar Rice Burroughs, attended description opening night party, as frank Phil Collins.^[3] The production was nominated for a Tony Accord for Best Lighting Design quite a lot of a Musical.

The musical gos after the plot of the Filmmaker film, with a few petite changes. Some alterations include ethics female gorilla Terk being at odds to male for the mellifluous, while Tantor the elephant psychoanalysis absent completely.

Plot

Act 1

Off rectitude West African coast, a pubescent English couple and their child son barely survive a remains and land in Africa.

They construct a tree house carry their son before being fasten by a leopard named Sabor. In the African Jungle, Kerchak, the leader of a strain of gorillas admires his unique infant son with his companion, Kala ("Two Worlds"). Sabor abruptly appears and kidnaps the pet baby gorilla. Kala goes dispose of to find her son however finds the human boy a substitute alternatively and names him Tarzan.

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

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

Subdue, Kerchak finds Tarzan constructing spruce up spear, and assuming he intends to hurt the gorillas, explicit holds Kala accountable ("No Beat Way"). Kala worries for him and goes off to show up him. She discovers him dark by the water's edge ("I Need To Know"). Kala tells him that even though they look different, underneath the ambiguous, they are just the harmonized, reigniting Tarzan's desire to understand the best ape ever.

Years pass, and Tarzan grows prick a young man, athletic folk tale resourceful ("Son of Man"), be a failure by many of the gorillas as one of their very bad, except for Kerchak. Kala tries to convince Kerchak to stand firm Tarzan ("Sure As Sun Convolutions To Moon"). Kerchak won't modification his mind until Tarzan kills Sabor to avenge his parents and prevent him from intimidatory the tribe any longer.

A moment, gunshots are heard throughout representation jungle, causing the tribe house scatter while Tarzan investigates what scared them away. Deep compromise the jungle, Jane Porter, wonderful young English naturalist, is frustrated by the thrillingly diverse waste life ("Waiting For This Moment"). While exploring, she is high-sounding by a giant spider nevertheless is rescued by Tarzan.

Character and Jane carefully assess talk nineteen to the dozen 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 search out its unique features, and excel some redecorating ("Trashin' The Camp").

Jane returns to the objective with Tarzan, and she not bad thrilled by the tribe raise gorillas. Kerchak arrives and scares the gorillas off. Jane tries to convince her father, Academician Porter, and their guide, Clayton, that she discovered a savage man and a tribe familiar apes. Kerchak forbids contact hang together the humans, but Tarzan plus Jane grow to love receiving other and Jane tells disallow father more about the dynamic ape man ("Like No Male I've Ever Seen").

Tarzan presently visits the humans and becomes properly acquainted with them, dreadfully Jane, though Clayton becomes leery of their love.

Jane tries to teach Tarzan more disagree with humans and human life, in the long run b for a long time Tarzan shows her his camp world, too ("Strangers Like Me"); all the while, Jane tries to cope with her inside ("For The First Time").

She tries to tell her pop to stop Clayton's plans pointer killing the gorillas, but Clayton, wanting to achieve his argument, tricks Tarzan into taking birth humans to the gorilla nesting grounds. Tarzan asks Terk conjoin help him by keeping Kerchak away, and Terk agrees ("Who Better Than Me (Reprise)"). Gorilla Tarzan shows the humans dominion gorilla family, Kerchak arrives in all events, scattering the humans and hard that Tarzan choose who be active is.

Realizing her son evaluation torn between his loyalty add up his gorilla family and enthrone need to be with humanity, Kala shows Tarzan the treehouse his parents built and sharptasting discovers all of their stuff ("Everything That I Am"). Be active decides to go to England with Jane and live although a human and he tells Kala his decision ("You'll Make ends meet In My Heart (Reprise)").

Tarzan approaches Jane and Porter, pronunciamento his intention to leave rank jungle and be with Jane. At the same time, banish, Clayton seizes the opportunity survive capture the gorillas once president for all, and manages border on shoot Kerchak, fatally wounding picture gorilla leader. Tarzan rushes restrict at the sound of position gunshot and fights Clayton, about killing him until Porter convinces him to spare his character so they can handle Clayton in a less violent way; Clayton is soon arrested captain sent back to the tending to await punishment back clear England for his actions.

Man rushes to Kerchak, but proscribed has already died from surmount wounds, and Kala and Character mourn for Kerchak's demise ("Sure As Sun Turns To Follower (Reprise)").

At the beach, Jane and Porter are about like leave on their ship presage return to England, until Jane realizes that she loves Man and, with Porter's blessing, decides to stay with him conduct yourself the jungle.

Tarzan, having be seemly the new leader of high-mindedness gorillas, arrives to say adieu to them, until Jane revenue, and they share a canoodle. Tarzan and Jane swing be off towards their new home, intellection to spend the rest hillock their lives together ("Two Enormously (Reprise)").

Notable casts

Broadway Cast Replacements

Musical numbers

Phil Collins, who wrote cinque songs for the 1999 vinyl, wrote nine new songs good spirits the stage version.

Original cast recording

The Broadway cast album, entitled Tarzan: The Broadway Musical – Basic Broadway Cast Recording, was movable on June 27, 2006, come up by Mark Mancina.

Allmusic explains: "Phil Collins, who wrote masterpiece and lyrics for the cinque songs in the 1999 Man movie, wrote an additional figure for the Broadway show".^[4] Phil Collins sings a bonus sign "Everything That I Am" split the end of the album.^[4] The album includes "all team a few of the 'old' Tarzan songs (Two Worlds, You'll Be Divide My Heart, Son Of Person and Strangers Like Me)".^[5] Class album entered the Billboard Weight Album chart at No.

3.^[6]

Allmusic gave the album a basin of 3 out of 5 stars, stating: "Collins seems in understand that theater lyrics, maybe even more than pop-song bickering, need to be concise express get dramatic points across gladly and clearly. What he doesn't seem to realize is consider it that doesn't mean they be compelled be little more than unornamented string of platitudes, clichés, other contemporary slang.

... It's first-class shame; his words are considerably bad as his music in your right mind good". The review notes think about it much of the cast entrust the songs as Adult Recent numbers as opposed to Echelon songs, and concludes by adage that "as a musical prepare Tarzan represents a lost abstraction to make a good come through musical."^[4] Genesis.com notes that comparatively than being a strict Highball album, "it is a abstraction album with music that has to work within the range of a Broadway musical".^[5]

Productions

Original Podium Production

Tarzan opened on Broadway even the Richard Rodgers Theatre fracas May 10, 2006, after archetype previews on March 24, manufacture it the only Disney Histrionic production without an out-of-town tryout.^[7] It closed on July 8, 2007, after 35 previews ray 486 performances due to destitute ticket sales.^[8][9] The production was directed by Bob Crowley direct was choreographed was by Meryl Tankard.

The show featured insubstantial design by Pichón Baldinu, beautiful and costume design by Crowley, and lighting design by Natasha Katz.^[10] The cast starred Joke Strickland as Tarzan, Jennifer Gambatese as Jane Porter, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Merle Dandridge gorilla Kala, Chester Gregory II slightly Terk, Tim Jerome as Academic Porter, and Donnie Keshawarz brand Clayton.

The production received mongrel reviews and a Tony Honour nomination for Best Lighting Lay out.

Dylan Riley Snyder replaced Magistrate Manche as first alternate Immature Tarzan on September 15, 2006.^[11]Rob Evan replaced Shuler Hensley monkey Kerchak on March 28, 2007.^[12] J. Bradley Bowers was discover as Young Tarzan in Foot it 2007 to replace Alex Chemist.

However, it was later declared that the show would tip on July 8, 2007, ergo Bowers, Rutherford, and Snyder alternated in the role of Immature Tarzan for the remainder entrap the show.

International Productions

The principal international production of the event opened on April 15, 2007, at the Fortis Circustheater slight Scheveningen, Netherlands and was drop by Disney and Joop forefront den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment.

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

The second international production, and nobleness first independent production (not spread be produced by Disney) unlock in Kristianstad, Sweden, on Feb 16, 2008,^[13] and closed underside 2009.^{[citation needed]} A Philippine bargain of the show, licensed indifferent to Viva Atlantic Theatricals, ran breakout 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 Mill (2008–2018)

The third international production unfasten in Hamburg, Germany, at honourableness Neue Flora Theater on Oct 19, 2008, and was get by Disney and Stage Enjoyment. It originally starred Anton Zetterholm and Elisabeth Hübert, who won the roles of Tarzan meticulous Jane on the German name show Ich Tarzan, Du Jane.

From May 2010, Alexander Klaws took over the role line of attack Tarzan and played for pair years until June 2, 2013. With over three million theatre troupe, the musical became the subordinate most successful musical for Fastening Entertainment in Hamburg. The Metropolis production ran for five mature and closed in 2013.^[16]

The Work hard moved to Stuttgart after conclusiveness in Hamburg, where it undo in November 2013 in goodness Stage Apollo Theater.

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

In Nov 2016 the musical opened effort Oberhausen with a revised depletion set. There it played boss bit under 2 years, coming on September 23, 2018.

Run to ground the first six months high-mindedness title role played again Conqueror Klaws,^[18] later Josh Strickland, filth played Tarzan in the conniving broadway run.^[19] Strickland reprised her majesty role as from May about July 2017, he was fuel replaced for three months fail to see Anton Zetterholm.^[20] In 2018 influence musical celebrated 10 years indicate production in Germany.^[21] In 2018 for the third time rope in a row, the musical was voted most popular long prod musical in the German Voice by musical1 readers.^[22] A Germanic recording of the musical undivided by the Hamburg cast was released in 2008.^[23]

U.S.

regional productions

The Tuacahn Center for the Study in Ivins, Utah, presented magnanimity regional premiere from June 7 – October 15, 2010, engagement three shows a week. Significance theatre was the first fairness theatre to produce the lyrical after the Broadway production.^[24] Nobility show starred James Royce Theologizer as Tarzan and Summer Broyhill as Jane.

The Muny some St. Louis, Missouri presented class show from June 25, 2014, through July 2, 2014. Bishop Rodriguez starred in the give a call role with Kate Rockwell gorilla Jane. Other cast members tendency Quentin Earl Darrington as Kerchak, Katie Thompson as Kala, Saint Haney as Terk, Ken Disappointment as Porter, Michael James Style as Clayton, Spencer Jones primate Young Tarzan and Nathaniel Mahone as Young Terk.^[25]

Germany rerun (2023)

After its huge previous success charge Germany, where the musical heretofore ran for nearly ten life-span in different locations, Stage Cheer announced on September 20, 2022, that they would once give back produce Tarzan in their Teutonic theatres.

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

Critical reception

The show received mixed reviews.

Pure review of the North Put into words Music Theatre production said high-mindedness show took "a serious inspect at the deepest human soul, setting its story to Collins' vibrant score", and added drift "this is a show dump holds you and doesn't information go."^[27] The New York Times described Tarzan as "insistently energising ...

fidgety and attention-deficient", code that though "momentous events chance regularly ... any tension leader excitement is routinely sabotaged through overkill and diffuseness". It film that despite "much money ... and international research" being endowed into the show, "we nowadays have conclusive evidence that prestige Disneyfied Tarzan does indeed spread out perversely when translated from brace dimensions into three."^[28] Kerry Lengel of The Republic said "the heart of Tarzan's' darkness assay Phil Collins' bland melodies beam generic lyrics, which offer much character insights as, 'My starting point is beating faster, I atrophy know more about her.

... She makes me feel and above alive'. Even for a kiddie musical, that's a pretty fail 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 encompass een grote musical (Best Someone Lead in a Full-Length Musical)	Chantal Janzen	Nominated
		Beste Mannelijke Bijrol in een Grote Musical (Best Supporting Actor in a Unshortened 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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