TARZAN Completes Run In Holland, Hits Record Setting 900 Performances

Disney's musical TARZAN® completed its Holland engagement last Sunday at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, just outside of Amsterdam, after a record-setting 900 performances. The production, which opened in April 2007, welcomed an astonishing 1.6 million audience members over the course of its run, making it one of the top five most successful musicals in Holland. Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS will move into the Circus Theatre in April, 2010 for an extended run.

TARZAN® in Holland was co-presented by Stage Entertainment, Disney's licensed partner in Europe. The production was an immersive version of the musical, with audience members surrounded by scenic elements and performers acrobatically flying through the air. Guided by the creative team that developed the original Broadway production, this new interpretation of the show proved a critical and box office success and continues to play to packed houses in Hamburg, Germany, where the musical was recently awarded a ‘Style Award' by the German edition of OK! magazine.

TARZAN® is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Disney animated film and features music and lyrics by Phil Collins. The original cast recording of the Broadway production of TARZAN® was released by Walt Disney Records and is available in music stores nationwide and at online retailers including Amazon, iTunes and Disney Shopping. TARZAN® made its world premiere on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in May, 2006.

Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), a division of Disney Theatrical Group, operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among the world's most successful commercial theatre enterprises. Reaching a global annual audience of more than 10 million people in over 40 countries, DTP produces and licenses Broadway musicals around the world including Grammy®, Tony® and Olivier-award winning The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, TARZAN ® and Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh which is about to launch its national touring engagement. Its most recent Broadway production, The Little Mermaid, debuted in 2007 and immediately became a Broadway sensation. That same year, DTP launched the professional touring stage version of Disney's High School Musical. In addition, DTP licenses musical titles for local schools and community productions through Music Theater International and on its website, DisneyMusicals.com.

Disney Theatrical Group also delivers live entertainment around the world through its partnership with Feld Entertainment, producer of Disney on Ice and Disney LIVE!, including High School Musical: The Ice Tour and Playhouse Disney Live!