“Given that there are about 30 cast members … it’s a credit to director Elizabeth McKoy that not only does everyone tend to look busy most of the time, but they also seem to be having fun. Many of the show’s highlights involve just watching the level of spectacle McKoy and her cast and crew pull off.”Read source ↗
Making the story live in the room.
Elizabeth’s Berkeley Playhouse staging centered the musical’s questions of belonging, chosen family, and the tension between the world that raises us and the world that calls us forward.
The production used athletic movement, theatrical scale, and close ensemble relationships to make the jungle feel alive while keeping the emotional journey legible across a large musical canvas.
The artists who shaped the production together.
Michael Patrick Wiles
Staci Arriaga
Mark Mendelson
Lisa Danz
Michael Oesch
Lyle Barrere
The work, in conversation.
“Tarzan became one of several Disney movies to swing into a Broadway musical, which is now being given a lively local production by Berkeley Playhouse.”Read source ↗
