TARZAN the musical
TARZAN the musical
Emutional
Featured Actor Joined: 7/7/04
#0TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:39pmwhat can you tell me about this? i haven't heard anything about it.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#1re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:41pmThey've had a workshop for it I think. And Adam Pascal was in it. I THINK
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#2re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:48pm
Yes, he was !!
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#4re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:03pm
Sadly enough, yes.
I wasn't too impressed with the movie's score - the songs were even sung, they were played in the background as some cheesy backup music.
This wouldn't be my first choice for a Disney stage musical.
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insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#5re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:05pmI don't think it'll be good musical, either. It just sounds corny.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#6re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 4:57pmI didn't like the Tarzan Disney movie much, either.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 5:05pmMatt Morisson was in it too. But I don't think the musical will be any good.
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#8re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:02pmI think Little Mermaid or Aladin would be a good musical. I know Little Mermaid has had a few readings, but are there any plans to bring Aladin to Broadway?
aspiringguy715
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/04
#9re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:07pm
Tarzan is definitely not my first choice, Phil Collins? UGH!
Mulan would be great, bring Lea Salonga back to the stage, and the story and music are amazing.
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Updated On: 7/24/04 at 07:07 PM
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#10re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:32pmDitto on Mulan. It would be a great musical, imagine what they could do with the set and costumes.
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#11re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:47pmI'll third Mulan. Imagine the fight scenes choregraphed as dances. It would be great. And yes for Lea Salonga, she needs to be back up on the Broadway stage.
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insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#12re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:51pmOh, the fights would be spectacular. Someone call Disney and make them nix Tarzan. There are a lot of great asain theatre styles to draw from, too, they could make it really culturally rich and beautiful.
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#13re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:56pmI can see Mulan being a serious piece of theatre, well more serious that Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King (sry fans of both!)
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#14re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:57pmI think Mulan could be serious, too, and less Disney-manufactured than Lion King if done right.
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#15re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:02pmYes, you put it better than i did. Thanks! Just imagining the types of songs they could write for it. wow! :)
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
#16re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:03pm...hey, a hot guy running around naked on Broadway is fine with me. Go Tarzan! Also, "You'll Be In My Heart" would be an awesome moment in the show.... I say go for it!
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#17re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:05pmyes, that would be one good point of the show. *pictures it*
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
#18re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:53pmYay for Adam, of course... but I don't know how I feel about the idea of the musical itself. I never had much desire to see the movie... maybe I'll check it out.
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
#19re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 9:37pmi would also like to see hercules and hunchback of notordam as stage musicals!!! :)
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#20re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 9:39pmCould Lea Salonga be Mulan?
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Updated On: 7/24/04 at 09:39 PM
#21re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 10:12pmI want Hunchback to come to the US (and I want to direct it, Lol).
aspiringguy715
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/04
#22re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 10:15pm
LEA IS MULAN! (well at least her singing voice, I think Ming Na from "ER" was her speaking voice)
Lea would be the perfect Mulan.
Hercules would be an amazing production, and Hunchback I imagine would be too. These are all more serious Disney movies, which could be serious Disney musicals. Hercules isn't as serious as Mulan and Hunchback, but I think it'd be good. Mulan and Hunchback would change my perspective of Disney on Broadway if they did it right.
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#23re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 10:27pmDoes no one else think Aladin would be a good show?
aspiringguy715
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/04
#24re: TARZAN the musical
Posted: 7/24/04 at 10:31pmHmmmm, the big thing with Disney is if it was done right. Alladin would be amazing if done right, ie. flying carpets, giant genie. It'd be a huge spectacle, and I didn't really like the music that much...so I don't know if it'd work as an actual good musical as much as a typical Disney spectacle.
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