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Tarzan (musical)
''Tarzan'' is a musical theatre, musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Tarzan (1999 film), 1999 film of the same name. The songs are written by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang. The musical follows Tarzan, who is raised by gorillas in West Africa. He meets Jane, a young English naturalist, and falls in love, unknowing that Jane's entourage plans to kill the gorillas. The original Broadway theatre, Broadway production opened in 2006, directed and designed by Bob Crowley with choreography by Meryl Tankard. The production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances. Subsequently, the show has been staged in several other countries and by regional theatres. Background A workshop was held in 2004, with Daniel Manche as the Child Tarzan, Matthew Morrison as the Adult Tarzan, Adam Pascal as Tarzan Storyteller and Laura Bell Bundy as Jane Porter (Tarzan), Jane. Pascal's part was cut from the production when it opened on Broadway. The original production began previe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, he had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", " One More Night", and "Another Day in Paradise". Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor, with his first major role, aged 13, as the Artful Dodger in the West End musical '' Oliver!''. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerchak
Kerchak is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original ''Tarzan'' novel, ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and in movies and other media based on it. History In the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'', Kerchak is the "king" of a tribal band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between real life chimpanzees and gorillas. Per the common practice among Mangani tribes, the band self-identifies by the name of its leader, and is therefore known as "the tribe of Kerchak." Kerchak reigns by violence and fear heightened by his unpredictable mood swings and bouts of madness. In the beginning of the original novel, Kerchak leads his band against Tarzan's marooned father and kills him; the infant Tarzan is saved by a female Mangani named Kala, who rears the baby and protects him against Kerchak, primarily by the policy of physical avoidance by which most of his wary subjects deal with their unpredictable king. However, after Tarzan reaches adulthood, the ape man's deed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge (born May 31, 1975) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for performing in Broadway musicals such as ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', ''Spamalot'', ''Rent'', and ''Once on This Island'', as well as her video game roles as Alyx Vance in ''Half-Life 2'' and Marlene in ''The Last of Us'' and ''The Last of Us Part II''. She played the leading role of Grace Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, '' Greenleaf'' (2016-2020). She also has had the recurring roles on television series such as ''Sons of Anarchy'' and '' The Night Shift'' and starred as Kim Hammond in the first season of HBO Max comedy-drama series, ''The Flight Attendant'' in 2020. In 2022, Dandridge began starring as Natasha Seo-Yeon Ross in the ABC action series ''Station 19''. She will reprise her role as Marlene in the upcoming television adaptation of ''The Last of Us''. Early life Dandridge was born in Okinawa on May 31, 1975. Dandridge’s mother identifies as half Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuler Hensley
Shuler Paul Hensley (born March 6, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Early life Hensley was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The youngest of three children, Hensley grew up in Marietta, Georgia. His father, Sam P. Hensley Jr., is a former Georgia Tech football star, retired civil engineer and former state senator. His mother, Iris Hensley, (née Antley), was a ballerina, and later, Founder and Artistic Director of the Georgia Ballet Professional Company and school. Hensley had an early start in show business at the age of four when he appeared as Fritz in her production of ''The Nutcracker''. He was educated at The Westminster Schools and attended the University of Georgia on a baseball scholarship. After attending a recital by Jessye Norman and being cast as Judge Turpin in a college production of ''Sweeney Todd'', he decided to leave university after his sophomore year in order to study voice at the Manhattan School of Music where he majored in opera and graduated in 1989. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Gambatese
Jenn Gambatese (born September 10, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Gambatese has performed in the musical production of Disney's ''Tarzan'' as Jane. Gambatese also played Glinda on the first National Tour of ''Wicked''. Early life and education Gambatese was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and grew up in Richmond Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Her passion for acting began during the summer of fourth grade at the Willoughby Fine Arts Center where she attended theater classes. Her first performance was "playing a 'whitewasher'" in the story of Tom Sawyer. She continued taking acting classes, and in her senior year of high school attended Beck Center as well as Cleveland State University. In 1993 she moved to Manhattan, where she enrolled in the drama department at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated in 1997 with a double major in sociology and drama and received an "Artist & Scholar" award. After graduation her first professional job was perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Klaws
Alexander Klaws (born 3 September 1983) is a German singer, songwriter, actor, and host. He rose to fame in 2003 after winning the debut season of the television series '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation. His debut single " Take Me Tonight" topped the German and Swiss Singles Charts and became the third-best-selling single of 2003 in Germany. Klaws's debut studio album, '' Take Your Chance'' (2003), also debuted at number one on German Albums Chart. He followed it with his second number-one album '' Here I Am'' (2004) and has since released four further albums, including his latest effort '' Auf die Bühne, fertig, los!'' (2015). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop charts, including the number-one hit " Free Like the Wind" as well as the top ten entries " Behind the Sun", "Sunshine After the Rain", and " Stay with Me". Klaws ventured into acting in the mid-2000s, making his stage debut. Immediately after his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Strickland
Joshua Strickland (born October 23, 1983) is an American singer and actor from Charleston, South Carolina. He graduated from high school at the Charleston County School of the Arts, where he studied vocal with Robin A. Rogers. He attended the College of Charleston, where he studied voice with Deanna McBroom. During 5th grade, Josh was "discovered" by teacher and Producer/Founder/CEO of The Charleston Youth Company, Chuck Long. He performed with this company for 8 years receiving drama, voice, and dance instruction. This company has been serving the talented students since 1978. Career Strickland appeared on season 2 of Fox's ''American Idol'' and in March 2007 as himself on '' All My Children''. He starred as Tarzan in Disney's production of ''Tarzan'' on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The production's run ended after some 14 months and Strickland performed the final show along with the rest of the original cast, minus Shuler Hensley, who had left the production to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers Like Me
"Strangers Like Me" is a song by the English drummer Phil Collins for the soundtrack of Disney's 1999 animated film ''Tarzan''. The song peaked at number ten on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and received highly positive reviews. Collins also recorded the song in Spanish (Lo extraño que soy), Italian (Al di fuori di me), French (Je veux savoir) and German (Fremde wie ich). The song was later covered by the all-female pop rock band Everlife in 2004. This song has also appeared in the film's Broadway musical. Lyrics The song talks about Tarzan's fascination with Jane, Professor Porter, and Clayton, as well as the wider human world he has yet to see. The song has a verse describing Tarzan's feelings for Jane. Music video The music video for the song was directed by Dani Jacobs and features Collins performing the song in a jungle, intercut with clips from ''Tarzan''. Track listings, formats, and versions 2005 CD # "Strangers Like Me" (Phil Collins' Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cecil Clayton
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Character biography Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Soon after his parents' death, Tarzan became a feral child, and his tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, great apes of a species unknown to science. Kala is his ape mother. Burroughs ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Porter
Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Her bestselling novels, ''Thaddeus of Warsaw'' (1803) and ''The Scottish Chiefs'' (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a modern style and among the first to become bestsellers. They were abridged and remained popular among children well into the twentieth century. Life Jane Porter was born in Durham, England, the third of five children of the Irishman William Porter and Jane (''née'' Blenkinsop) of Durham. Tall and beautiful as she grew up, young Jane Porter's grave air earned her the nickname ''Il Penseroso'', after John Milton's poem. After her father's death, Jane's family moved to Edinburgh, where she studied at a charity school under the schoolmaster George Fulton. Her family was acquainted with Sir Walter Scott. After stints in Durham and Ireland, the Porter family moved to London in the 1790s, where the sisters entered a circle of famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Man (song)
"Son of Man" is a song by Phil Collins for the soundtrack of Disney's ''Tarzan''. In the 1999 animated film, the song accompanies a montage in which Tarzan learns how to be an ape and progresses from childhood to adulthood. Along the way, he picks up skills from fellow jungle inhabitants--including a rhino, john monkeys, and hippopotamuses--and duels with an African rock python. The song peaked at number 68 on the German Media Control Charts as well as at number 96 on the French Singles Chart. Track listing #"Son of Man" #"You'll Be in My Heart" Track listing Germany CD-MAXI #"Son of Man (single version)" 2:46 #"Dir gehört mein Herz" (You'll Be in My Heart German version) 1:39 #"En mi corazón estarás" (You'll Be in My Heart Spanish version) 1:39 #"Sei dentro me" (You'll Be in My Heart "You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins from the 1999 Disney animated feature ''Tarzan''. It appeared on '' Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You'll Be In My Heart
"You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins from the 1999 Disney animated feature ''Tarzan''. It appeared on '' Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack'' as well as various other Disney compilations. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and became Collins' last US top 40 single, peaking at number 21. A demo version with Collins playing piano and singing is featured as a bonus on the 2-DVD Special Edition of ''Tarzan'', along with "I Will Follow", "Celebration", "6/8 Demo" and "Rhythm Piece" which became "Strangers Like Me", "Son of Man" and "Trashin' the Camp". "6/8 Demo" was not featured in the movie. The music video for the song was directed by Kevin Godley. Phil Collins also recorded the song in French ("Toujours dans mon cœur"), German ("Dir gehört mein Herz"), Italian ("Sei dentro me") and Spanish ("En mi corazón vivirás") aside from his native English. A version of the single performed by him with Glenn Close also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
