TARZAN Celebrates 350 Performances on Broadway

TARZAN® will celebrate 350 performances on Broadway on Sunday, March 11th.   

Heralded by Time Magazine as "sensational" and by The Financial Times as "the only show of the [2005-2006] season that places us joyously in a world of wonder, TARZAN® has proven to be a hit, having set the box office record at the Richard Rodgers Theatre an impressive five times in 2006. Audiences have responded enthusiastically with over 368,000 people having seen the show on Broadway to date.

Disney Theatrical Productions started 2006 with the world premiere of Broadway's high-flying adventure, TARZAN®, one of the most artistically innovative shows to come to Broadway in recent memory.

TARZAN® opened May 10, 2006 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street).  TARZAN® is presented by Disney Theatrical Productions (Thomas Schumacher, Producer).  Featuring direction, set, and costume design by multi-Tony Award®  winner Bob Crowley, and music by Academy Award®  and multiple-GRAMMY® winner Phil Collins, TARZAN®  has thrilled audiences since opening in May 2006."

The original cast recording of TARZAN® was released by Walt Disney Records and is available now at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, in music stores nationwide and at online retailers including Amazon, iTunes and Disney Shopping.

Disney's first international production of TARZAN® is currently in rehearsals and will open April 15, 2007 at the Circustheatre near Amsterdam. The production is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between Disney Theatrical Productions and Stage Entertainment, the collaboration that has mounted six Disney musicals in Europe, grossing over $400 million in ticket sales.  

The production stars Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton.  Alex Rutherford and Dylan Riley Snyder alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

In addition to performances Wednesday at 2:00PM and 8:00PM and Thursday at 8:00PM, TARZAN® plays five weekend performances:  Friday at 8:00PM, Saturday at 2:00PM and 8:00PM, and Sunday at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM.

Tickets for TARZAN® are available at www.DisneyOnBroadway.com, the Richard Rodgers Theatre Box Office, and all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster's Disney on Broadway hotline at (212) 307-4747.  Prices range from $20 - $110.  For group sales and information please call (800) 439-9000.

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