TARZAN???

#1

TARZAN???

Posted: 11/23/04 at 2:28pm

Is anybody else mortified by the thought of this becoming a musical??? Phil Collins??? Oh my!!! I think Disney should scratch it and replace it with a huge production of Hunchback of Notre Dame. Schwartz did a phenomenal job with the music for this film...
Thoughts???

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#2

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Posted: 11/23/04 at 3:49pm

While I agree with you that the German Hunchback production needs to be presented stateside, the Tarzan project sounds very interesting. From what I've read, Bob Crowley will totally revamp the inside of a theatre. It will be "environmental". Have you seen any clips of the Tarzan show at Animal Kingdom? It uses bungy cords and all sorts of high action stunts. I hope they actually have characters sing (I guess there is a singing Narrator - a.Pascal in the reading)and add more book songs. If they remove some the cliched movie dialogue that plagues the other Disney stage shows, it could be an interesting theatrical experience.

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Posted: 11/23/04 at 3:57pm

Disney scratched plans to bring The Hunchback to English speaking audiences. What's funny is the German cast learned the complete musical in English - then learned to sing it phonetically in German. So, the whole thing was written in English first, then translated, so you'd think it would be ready to go.

Latest reports say that they are going to film the musical for TV. So weird, because IMO it is better (by far) than any musical Disney has staged to date. I wonder if the failure of Notre Dame de Paris had anything to do with it.

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#4

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Posted: 11/23/04 at 3:59pm

I'm actually excited to see this. As crazy as it sounds, monkey men flying through trees, and mermaids not swimming (for Little Mermaid) sound quite odd, but I also remember asking myself, and others, how the Lion king would EVER work on stage. I think it will be interesting to see!

#5

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Posted: 11/23/04 at 4:00pm

Disney is beinga pain with hunchback because the movie didn't do as well here as it did in germany. the stage, however, is FAR different from the movie. Disney is also reluctant because it is a darker piece and doesn't have the cliche happy ending.

#6

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 12:51pm

There is a musical Tarzan in Israel!

Updated On: 12/12/04 at 12:51 PM

#7

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 2:35pm

Any show that Adam is involved with = ok with me lol

#8

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 3:48pm

aw, timote... you rock my socks.

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#9

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 5:00pm

I must say emcee, your icon makes me laugh everytime I see it. lol

#10

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 5:12pm

haha, me too. A year later, I still don't believe it!

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#11

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 5:18pm

I mean, of all the bizarre roles he could find, that one took the cake lol

#12

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 9:30pm

matt morrison would be tarzan right? thats what i've heard...I heard they are working on a MULAN musical, I would love to see that happen...any thoughts?

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Posted: 11/26/04 at 9:31pm

Matt was Tarzan in one of the workshops.

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#14

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:10pm

The image is working now

#15

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:12pm

First, remove that image. It distorts the page.

Second, Disney is not stupid. If they plan to do TARZAN, then there must be logic behind it. They have a plan.

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--Aristotle

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:15pm

There is a show in Animal Kingdom...

#17

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:18pm

"Schwartz did a phenomenal job with the music for this film"

He didn't write a single note. It was Alan Menken.

Schwartz did the lyrics.

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:18pm

The plan could involve Adam, so just let it be lol

#19

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 9:18pm

And a good plan it is!
*tries not to be shallow*

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#20

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 10:12pm

i'm game for ANY show that promises a hunky man running around on stage in a loin cloth ...

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#21

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 11:39pm

Sounds like a job for the unshaven Matthew Morrison.

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#22

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Posted: 12/12/04 at 11:44pm

oh, matt would do nicely

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#23

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Posted: 12/26/04 at 2:05am

my opinion here goes without saying, right? actually the way matt described it to me was really strange and im having a hard time imagining this show.

#24

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Posted: 12/26/04 at 2:06am

anything that curly sue says sounds strange. lol.

#25

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Posted: 12/26/04 at 2:12am

dont make fun of my man, thats my job.