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| Music | Phil Collins |
| Lyrics | Phil Collins |
| Book | David Henry Hwang |
| Setting | West African Jungle |
| Basis | Tarzan by Tab Murphy Bob Tzudiker Noni White Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Productions | 2006 Broadway 2008 Hamburg |
Tarzan is a musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1999 film of the same name, with music and lyrics by Phil Collins, and 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 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.