Disney Theatrical Productions News

On Sunday, July 9th at 7 PM, Tarzan's Jenn Gambatese will be featured on CD101.9 (101.9fm); she will be interviewed by Paul Cavalconte on 'Sunday at 7'

On Wednesday, July 5th, Phil Collins and Josh Strickland of Tarzan, The Broadway Musical, will be featured on 'Access Hollywood'

On Friday, June 23rd, Phil Collins and Tarzan, The Broadway Musical, will be featured on 'The Today Show's Summer Concert Series

Jenn Gambatese, Jane in Disney's Tarzan, is currently featured on Disney Motion Showcase online

In 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced the character of Tarzan to the world in his imaginative tale, 'Tarzan of the Apes.' And in no time, his career was off and running. Tarzan has since been featured in 26 authorized novels and 44 motion pictures.

Rebecca Luker, Daniel Jenkins, Mark Price, Cass Morgan, Ruth Gottschall and more have joined the fully-cast Broadway production of Mary Poppins, which will open on November 16th at the New Amsterdam Theatre

Disney Theatrical Productions and Stage Entertainment, the largest theatrical producing company in Europe, have announced an expansion of their relationship, which will lead to a production of Tarzan in Amsterdam in spring of 2007

Today, Tuesday, May 16th, Phil Collins will be interviewed by MSNBC news anchor Allison Stewart.

On Monday, May 15th TARZAN®, The Broadway Musical, will be featured on ABC's Good Morning America. Good Morning America airs on Channel 7 - WABC in the tri-state area.

MARY POPPINS begins performances on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre and opens on Thursday, November 16.

Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP) announced today that it will release a version of Disney Channel's wildly successful HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL for local productions beginning this Fall through Music Theatre International (MTI).

Disney Theatrical Productions has announced that a Student Rush Program will replace the previously announced Lottery Ticket Program for their production of TARZAN®. The Student Rush Program will begin with the performance on Thursday, April 6th.

Tarzan will swing into the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46th Street) for its first preview on March 24th before opening on May 10th

Two and a half hours prior to each performance of TARZAN®, guests are invited to fill out a lottery card at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street) to enter the drawing for a limited number of $20 lottery tickets to that particular performance.

BroadwayWorld.com caught up with Disney's current Belle, Ashley Brown as she prepared for one of her evening performances. Click to watch this special video feature filled with laughter, singing and stories direct from her dressing room!

Group sales have begun for MARY POPPINS on Broadway.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST set a new box office record at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) for the week of December 26-January 1. The production grossed $1,229,825 over nine performances.

Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, will be profiled on PBS's 'In The Life' which will air tonight at 11 PM in New York on WNET (check local listings for airings outside of New York).

The production will star 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. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida opened in Munich on November 22nd, and will tour Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the future