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Tarzan   

 
Richard Rodgers Theatre , (5/10/2006 - 7/08/2007)
First Preview:Mar 24, 2006 Total Previews:35
Opening Date:May 10, 2006   
Closing Date:Jul 08, 2007 Total Performances:486

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The West African Shore


Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization (James M. Nederlander: Chairman; James L. Nederlander: President)
Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher); Associate Producer: Marshall B. Purdy
Music by Phil Collins; Lyrics by Phil Collins; Book by David Henry Hwang; Music orchestrated by Doug Besterman; Based on the Disney film "Tarzan", Screenplay by: Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White; Based on the story ''Tarzan of the Apes" by: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Based on the Disney film "Tarzan", Directed by: Kevin Lima and Chris Buck; Vocal arrangements by Paul Bogaev; Dance arrangements by Jim Abbott; Musical Director: Jim Abbott; Music Produced by Paul Bogaev
Directed by Bob Crowley; Choreographed by Meryl Tankard; Aerial Design by Pichón Baldinu; Associate Director: Jeff Lee; Assistant Choreographer: Leonora Stapleton; Assistant Aerial Designer: Angela Phillips
Scenic Design by Bob Crowley; Costume Design by Bob Crowley; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by John Shivers; Hair Design by David Brian Brown; Make-Up Design by Naomi Donne; Soundscape: Lon Bender; Special Creatures: Ivo Coveney; Associate Scenic Design: Brian Webb; Scenic Design Associate: Rosalind Coombes; Assistant Scenic Design: Frank McCullough; Associate Costume Design: Mary Nemecek Peterson; Assistant Costume Design: Daryl Stone; Associate Lighting Design: Yael Lubetzky; Assistant Lighting Design: Aaron Spivey; Associate Sound Design: David Patridge; Assistant Sound Design: Jeremy Lee; Make-Up Design Assistant: Angela Johnson; Automated Lighting Programmer: Aland Henderson
Company Manager: Randy Meyer; Associate Co. Mgr: Eduardo Castro
Production Supervisor: Clifford Schwartz; Technical Supervisor: Tom Shane Bussey; Project Manager: Lizbeth Cone; Production Stage Manager: Clifford Schwartz; Stage Manager: Frank Lombardi; Assistant Stage Mgr: Julia P. Jones, Tanya Gillette and Robert M. Armitage
Musical Coordinator: Michael Keller; Conducted by Jim Abbott; Associate Conductor: Ethan Popp; Synthesizer Programmer: Andrew Barrett; Keyboard 1: James Abbott; Keyboard 2: Ethan Popp; Keyboard 3: Martyn Axe; Drums: Gary Seligson; Percussion: Roger Squitero and Javier Diaz; Bass: Hugh Mason; Guitar: J.J. McGeehan; Cello: Jeanne LeBlanc; Flutes: Anders Bostrom; Reeds: Charles Pillow; Trumpet: Anthony Kadleck; Trombone: Bruce Eidem; French Horn: Theresa MacDonnell; Music Preparation: Anixter Rice Music Service
Automation by Foy Inventerprise, Inc
Fight direction by Rick Sordelet; Dance Captain: Marlyn Oritz; Casting: Bernard Telsey Casting, Inc.; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Assistant Dance Captain: Stefan Raulston ; Fight Captain: Stefan Raulston ; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus; Dialogue and Vocal Coach: Deborah Hecht; Production Assistant: Ryan J. Bell and Sarah Bierenbaum; Music Production Assistant Brian Allan Hobbs
Cast
Josh Strickland
Broadway Debut		 Tarzan
Merle Dandridge Kala
Jenn Gambatese Jane Porter
Chester Gregory II Terk
Shuler Hensley Kerchak
Timothy Jerome Professor Porter
Donnie R. Keshawarz Mr. Clayton
Daniel Manche Young Tarzan Alternate
Alex Rutherford Young Tarzan Alternate
Marcus Bellamy Ensemble
Celina Carvajal Ensemble
Dwayne Clark Ensemble
Kearran Giovanni Ensemble
Michael Hollick Ensemble
Kara Madrid Ensemble
Kevin Massey Ensemble
Anastacia McCleskey Ensemble
Rika Okamoto Ensemble
Marlyn Oritz Ensemble
John Elliott Oyzon Ensemble
Andy Pellick Ensemble
Stefan Raulston Ensemble
Horace V. Rogers Ensemble
Sean Samuels Ensemble
Niki Scalera Ensemble
Swings: Veronica deSoyza, Joshua Kobak, Whitney Osentoski, Angela Phillips, Nick Sanchez, Natalie Silverlieb, J.D. Aubrey Smith and Rachel Stern
Standby: Darrin Baker (Kerchak, Professor Porter)
Understudies: Celina Carvajal (Jane Porter), Dwayne Clark (Terk), Kearran Giovanni (Kala), Michael Hollick (Kerchak, Mr. Clayton, Professor Porter), Joshua Kobak (Mr. Clayton, Tarzan), Kevin Massey (Tarzan), Horace V. Rogers (Kerchak), Nick Sanchez (Terk), Niki Scalera (Jane Porter) and Natalie Silverlieb (Kala)
2006 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design of a Musical
 Lighting Design by Natasha Katz [nominee]
music by Phil Collins; lyrics by Phil Collins 

ACT 1Sung By
Two Worlds Voice of Tarzan and Ensemble
You'll Be in My Heart Kala and Ensemble
Jungle Funk Instrumental
Who Better Than Me? Terk and Young Tarzan
No Other Way Kerchak
I Need to Know Young Tarzan
Son of Man Ensemble and Tarzan
Son of Man (Reprise)Terk, Tarzan and Ensemble
Sure As Sun Turns to Moon Kala and Kerchak
Waiting for This Moment Jane Porter and Ensemble
Different Tarzan
ACT 2Sung By
Trashin' the Camp Terk and Ensemble
Like No Man I've Ever Seen Jane Porter and Professor Porter
Strangers Like Me Tarzan, Jane Porter and Ensemble
For the First Time Jane Porter and Tarzan
Who Better Than Me? (Reprise)Terk
Everything That I Am Young Tarzan, Tarzan, Kala and Ensemble
You'll Be in My Heart (Reprise)Tarzan and Kala
Sure As Sun Turns to Moon (Reprise)Kala
Two Worlds Jane Porter, Tarzan and Ensemble