Disney on Broadway Essentials to Receive June 9 Digital Release

Disney Theatrical Productions will continue to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the release of Disney on Broadway Essentials: Celebrating 15 Years of Magical Musicals
, an all-new digital compilation from Walt Disney Records that will be available at a variety of online digital music retailers beginning June 9.

The compilation will feature songs from the original cast recordings of Disney’s stage productions of Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aida, Tarzan, Mary Poppins, and The Little Mermaid. In addition, iTunes will offer exclusive album-only bonus content from Mary Poppins including a previously unreleased version of “Feed the Birds” performed by Ashley Brown, who originated the title role on Broadway, and a video clip of “Step in Time,” filmed in its entirety at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York.

The track list includes “Circle of Life” (The Lion King), “You’ll Be In My Heart” (Tarzan), “My Strongest Suit” (Aida), “Part of Your World” (The Little Mermaid), “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (Mary Poppins), “If I Can’t Love Her” (Beauty and the Beast), “Everything That I Am” (Tarzan), “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King), “Be Our Guest” (Beauty and the Beast), “Easy as Life” (Aida), “Step in Time” (Mary Poppins), “If Only” (The Little Mermaid), “Strangers Like Me” (Tarzan), “Elaborate Lives” (Aida), “Under the Sea” (The Little Mermaid), “He Lives in You )Reprise)” (The Lion King), “Anything Can Happen If You Let It” (Mary Poppins), and “Beauty and the Beast” (Beauty and the Beast).