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WALT DISNEY RECORDS TO RELEASE THE CAST ALBUM FROM TARZAN
Features music and lyrics by Oscar® and six-time GRAMMY® Award winner
PHIL COLLINS
"Gorgeous and imaginative. It's the flying apes and title character
that people have come to see, and the show doesn't disappoint. Phil
Collins' music includes some terrific songs." -- Frank Scheck, The
Hollywood Reporter
"Sensational! The most visually enthralling show since 'The Lion
King!'" -- Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine
(June 15, 2006) The cast album for TARZAN®, the new musical presented
by Disney Theatrical Productions, which opened on Broadway on May 10th,
2006, will be released by Walt Disney Records on June 27. Oscar® and
six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Phil Collins has written the music and
lyrics, expanding his songs for Disney's film into the complete theatre
score. The album also features a special treat - Collins performs
"Everything That I Am," one of the nine new songs he penned for the
musical.
More than 90 years ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced TARZAN® to the
world in the October 1912 issue of "All Story Magazine." The character
was an instant sensation. Since then, he has been featured in 26
authorized novels and more than 44 motion pictures, including Disney's
1999 film.
Phil Collins composed five songs for the 1999 film, "Disney's
TARZAN®," including "Two Worlds, One Family," "Strangers Like Me," and
"You'll Be In My Heart," which won the 2000 Academy Award® for Song of
the Year, spent 10 weeks as #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary
chart, and was #1 in 14 countries. The soundtrack went double
platinum, while the film went on to instant international success,
grossing $447 million worldwide, with subsequent DVD sales in excess of
13 million units.
Collins, who makes his Broadway songwriting debut with TARZAN®, has
written music and lyrics for nine new songs for the Broadway
production, in addition to his film score.
Although he has directed in his native Ireland, Bob Crowley makes his
Broadway directorial debut with TARZAN®. Crowley, whose recent work
includes his Tony Award®-winning scenery for Aida and his acclaimed
design on Mary Poppins in London, has been praised for creating
expressionistic, poetic environments for his productions, and brings
that depth of artistry to the world of TARZAN®. Tony Award®-winner
David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), has written the book, adapted from
the screenplay by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White and based on
the novel, Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Josh Strickland makes his Broadway debut as Tarzan. The production
also stars Jenn Gambatese (All Shook Up , Hairspray ) as Jane, Merle
Dandridge (Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida) as Kala, Shuler Hensley
(Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier Award winner for
his performance as Jud Fry in Oklahoma!) as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II
(Hairspray, The Jackie Wilson Story) as Terk, Timothy Jerome (Disney's
Beauty and the Beast , Tony® and Drama Desk nominated for Me and My
Girl) as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz (Taboo, TVs "Lost,"
"24" and "The Sopranos") as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford
will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.
TARZAN® currently is in production at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226
West 46th Street) in New York City. For ticket information, please
contact Ticketmaster at 212-307-4747 or www.ticketmaster.com or visit
www.tarzanonbroadway.com. The Walt Disney Records cast album will be in
stores on June 27, 2006 for a suggested retail price of $18.98. All
Walt Disney Records and Buena Vista Records audio products also can be
ordered by visiting www.DisneyRecords.com.
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