Any chance in Hell TARZAN will tour?- Page 2

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 1:04pm

hun, as YOU have said, you are 14 and live in FL. Move on.

[BobPopa]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 4:23pm

Yes it will tour, and yes there will be modifications.

I still don't get why people hate the show so much...oh well...

And by the way the Broadway production will recoup its investment and will end up turning a profit...guranteed

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 4:30pm

I feel like it would be hell to tour with the show. If it does, the cast with be downsized and the spectacle of flying will be more like Peter Pan. I do not see how it could be the same in every theater....

[BobPopa]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 4:35pm

It's not a huge cast to begin with so they my cut the chorus by a couple.

There will be certain theatre they will not be able to go into, but trust the folks at BVT (Buena Vista Theatricals) and WDI (Walt Disney Imagineering) to have it all figured out. It will not be the silly simple Peter Pan flying.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 4:36pm

No, it won't tour in Hell, but it will tour in Florida.

[singtopher]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 7:05pm

Any chance the tour will come through limbo?

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 7:56pm

I don't get why people don't like it, either, BobPopa. It's much better than RENT or Spring Awakening for sure.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:10pm

"I don't get why people don't like it, either, BobPopa. It's much better than RENT or Spring Awakening for sure."

You're sure using every chance to state your dislike for Spring Awakening.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:21pm

Sitting through the show is Hell. The real question is - should it tour. The answer - NO.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:25pm

Lizzya, why do you thnik SA and Rent are bad when there both listed on your top 10 list that appeared on a previous thread?

Also, where did you hear about this '08 tour staring in San Francisco?

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:27pm

"Lizzya, why do you thnik SA and Rent are bad when there both listed on your top 10 list that appeared on a previous thread? "

Because they don't have kick-line or jazz hands.She is just into what everyone else says is "cool."

Thank Goodness this show wasn't nominated for a Tony. They would have voted for it so it could be marketable on tour.
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[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:34pm

Yeah....

"Because they don't have kick-line or jazz hands."

But Tarzan doesn't have either.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:35pm

I feel like Walt Disney just took a crap all over the Rodgers stage and then threw in some singing carpets to be gorillas and called it "Tarzan."

[actormcfamous]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:48pm

Personally, I am not a big fan of Tarzan from everything I've seen or heard. It seems to really sacrifice substance for spectacle, and I don't like that.

That being said, I think it's great that Tarzan is on Broadway.

When I was 7, I remember hearing about my favorite movie, The Lion King, getting a stage adaptation. I was ridiculously excited. I followed all the news on the show and begged my parents to take me to New York to see it. I'd go to the Disney store when I was at the mall to see the little preview for the show that came over the big TV screen at the back of the store. I auditioned for a play at the community center by my house and got cast. I was absolutely horrible, but I fell in love with acting.

Now, 10 years later, I'm a serious musical theater student and next year will be auditioning for college hoping to study musical theater. My tastes have totally changed - my favorite shows are of Sondheim, Guettel, and LaChiusa, not Disney, and I idolize performers like Audra McDonald, not Heather Headley (though she is very talented). I can honestly say that if it were not for The Lion King, I may have never gotten involved with the theater.

Last year, I played Cogsworth in a production of Beauty and the Beast. Every night, the house would be jammed full of preschoolers and elementary school kids completely captivated by what was going on onstage. I would walk out the stage door, and there would be little girls dressed up as Belle, unable to control their utter excitement and ecstasy as they waited for the girl who played her to walk out the stage door. One night, a group of five or six year old boys came running up around me and were wondering where my clock had gone and were so completely enchanted by the whole show. That moment made the entire process more than worth it for me.

Wrapping this up, yes Disney does not turn out true art, and yes Disney musicals are oversimplified and bawdy and over-the-top. But there is an undeniable and unrivaled magic in Disney that enchants most children. If Disney can make them come to the theater, they are in fact helping create a new generation of artists. And for that, they deserve respect and praise, however lackluster their productions are to the more "cultured" eye.

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:50pm

Tarzan was nominated for a Tony. Why are you getting mad at me for not liking SA when this whole thread is dedicated to hating Tarzzan?? I like what I like, you like what you like. That's all. What do you call Fosse? That's real theatre. And almost all of his stuff has jazz hands or kick lines. Broadway should be saved for those kind of musicals, and off-broadway should be saved for shows like SA that no one has heard of. Tarzan doesn't have Fosse type of stuff but it is on a grand scale and done by legend Phil Collins, so it should be on Broadway. SA doesn't need a big theater.

[D2]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 8:56pm

Tarzan was nominated for one Tony, for it's lighting design, which it did not win. No other major nominations.

And I know you admit to being only 14, but Lizzy, dear, you lose credibility when you shoot another show down while at the same time admitting that you haven't seen it. But you are young. You will learn. I must say that I do admire your passion and conviction. And I sincerely mean that.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 9:02pm

"Why are you getting mad at me for not liking SA when this whole thread is dedicated to hating Tarzzan?? "

You give pretty dumb and invalid reason for not like shows. For example saying you didn't like SA because it didn't have a kick line or wasn't big or flashy. Tarzan was nominated for one tony for lighting design.

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 9:09pm

That's not the reason I don't like SA. I don't like it overall, I don't think it's TRUE Broadway. It's off-off-broadway. Or regional. Or high school.

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 9:10pm

PS: I heard about the auditions on a theatre casting website with job lisings, and they held them in Portland, OR in July. The details were in the breakdown.

[D2]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 9:12pm

But dear, you HAVEN'T SEEN IT!

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 9:16pm

"I don't like it overall, I don't think it's TRUE Broadway."

Then what is "true" Broadway. It's fine if you or, anybody for that matter, didn't like Spring Awakening. Just give better reasons. If you can't appreciate originality and unique theater(I'm talking in general about any show that isn't "big"), you are cheating yourself of a lot of good theater.

[admanrich]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 10:05pm

It's Disney-- I think it will end up touring.

But I most likely will not see it--was not a fan of the show.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 10:26pm

I believe TARZAN will never re coup on Broadway, but no one will ever know because DISNEY never tells how much their shows cost to produce.
But the number I heard rumored was astronomical.
And it has been on TKTS for a while now, not a good sign for a new large show like this.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 10:41pm

Lizzy- If all "small" shows were banned from broadway there would be no diversity. There is no right type of musical for broadway, it's a place for ALL types of shows.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/7/07 at 11:46pm

Lizzya9: If you think Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan are true Broadway...well then...you should just start running the website...

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