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Disney Brings Tarzan to Broadway

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From: AP Online
Date: 20060511
Author:MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
AP Online
05-11-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
Tarzan, baby, you've come a long way from the days of Johnny Weissmuller _ and that's not necessarily a compliment.

Hollywood's most famous incarnation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero might have a hard time recognizing the new version of himself, the one unveiled Wednesday at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre. That's where Disney opened a stage adaptation of its 1999 animated film.

And while the elaborate production is visually stunning, the show, directed and designed by Bob Crowley, is emotionally and musically ...

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