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The Little Mermaid
File:Mermaidonbway.jpg
MusicAlan Menken
LyricsGlenn Slater and Howard Ashman
BookDoug Wright
BasisDisney's The Little Mermaid
Productions2007 Denver/Broadway

The Little Mermaid is a Disney Theatrical stage musical based upon the popular animated Disney film The Little Mermaid which in turn is based on the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. The musical is currently under production, with new music being written by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater, in addition to the original lyrics written by the late Howard Ashman and book by Doug Wright. The musical is directed by Francesca Zambello, marking her Broadway debut, choreographed by Stephen Mear, scenic design by George Tsypin, costume design by Tatiana Noginova and lighting design by Natasha Katz.

The musical will have its world premiere and pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 26 2007 and will run in Denver through September 9 2007. The musical will then preview at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3 2007 and will officially open on Broadway on December 6 2007. [1] The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is currently the home of Disney Theatrical's Beauty and the Beast, which will close July 29 2007 to make way for the new production. As of March 12 2007, on the official website, the songs Under the Sea and Part of Your World can be heard.

Demo Album

A demo album for the musical has been released featuring Kerry Butler as Ariel, Stephen R. Buntrock as Eric, Jeff McCarthy as Triton, and Emily Skinner as Ursula [2], although they are not the cast members for those roles. The tracklist of the demo album is as follows:

  • "Daughters of Triton" performed by Ariel's sisters 3
  • "Human Stuff" performed by Scuttle and the seagulls 2
  • "Wasting Away" performed by Ursula 2
  • "Part of Your World (reprise)" performed by Ariel 1
  • "Under the Sea" performed by Sebastian 1
  • "That World Above" performed by King Triton 2
  • "Sweet Child" performed by Flotsam and Jetsam 2
  • "Her Voice" performed by Eric 2
  • "Poor Unfortunate Souls" performed by Ursula 1
  • "Posituvity" performed by Scuttle and the seagulls 2
  • "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" performed by Ariel 2
  • "Les Poissons" performed by Chef Louie 1
  • "If Only" performed by Ariel and Eric 2
  • "If Only (reprise)" performed by Sebastian 2
  • "Poor Unfortunate Souls (reprise)" performed by Ursula 1
  • "Kiss the Girl" performed by Sebastian 1
  • "All Good Things Must End" performed by Ursula 2
  • "Finale" 3

New songs not included on workshop demo:

  • "That World Above" performed by Ariel (Possibly a rework of the song of the same name above)
  • "Fathoms Below" performed by Eric and the crew (Extended version of the same song from the movie)
  • "That World Above (reprise)" performed by Ariel
  • "That Oughta Show Her" performed by Sebastian and Triton
  • "She's In Love" performed by Flounder and The Mermaids (possibly Ariel's sisters)

1 In original 1989 film

2 New Inclusion

3 Originally in film but extended

Song List

Source: www.littlemermaidbroadway.blogspot.com. It is the speculated song list in order for the production:

Act I

  1. Overture/Decent Into The Sea (Orchestra)
  2. The World Above (Ariel)
  3. Fathoms Below (Sailors, Eric, Grimsby, Ariel)
  4. Daughters of Triton (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana)
  5. The World Above - Reprise (Ariel)
  6. Part of Your World (Ariel)
  7. Part of Your World - Reprise (Ariel)
  8. That Oughta Show Her (Triton, Sebastian)
  9. Human Stuff (Scuttle, Gulls, Ariel)
  10. Wasting Away (Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam)
  11. She’s in Love (Flounder, Mermaids)
  12. That Oughta Show Her - Reprise (Triton, Sebastian)
  13. Under The Sea (Sebastian, Ensemble)
  14. That World Above (Triton)
  15. Sweet Child (Flotsam, Jetsam, Ariel)
  16. Her Voice (Eric)
  17. Poor Unfortunate Souls (Ursula, Ariel)

Act II

  1. Posituvity (Scuttle, Gulls)
  2. Beyond My Wildest Dream (Ariel)
  3. Les Poissons (Chef Louie)
  4. If Only / Her Voice (Eric, Ariel)
  5. If Only - Reprise (Sebastian)
  6. Poor Unfortunate Souls - Reprise (Ursula)
  7. Kiss the Girl (Sebastian, Ensemble)
  8. All Good Things Must End (Ursula)
  9. Finale (Ariel, Eric, Ensemble)

Original Broadway Cast

Ensemble: Adrian Bailey, Cathryn Basile, James Brown III, Robert Creighton, Cicily Daniels, Tim Federle, Merwin Foard, Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines, Johnathan Golden, Ben Hartley, Michelle Lookadoo, Andy S., Alan Mingo Jr.,Zakiya Young Mizen, Arbender J. Robinson, Bret Shuford, Chelsea Morgan Stock, Kay Trinidad, Daniel J. Watts.

Swings: Meredith Ingelsby, Joanne Manning, Besty Morgan, Jason Snow, Price Waldman

Dance Captain: Joanne Manning

Assistant Dance Captain: James Brown III

Understudies: For Ariel-Besty Morgan, Chelsea Morgan Stock Prince Eric-Arbender J. Robinson, Bret Shuford King Triton-Adrian Baily, Merwin Foard Ursula-Heidi Blickenstaff, Cicily Daniels, Sebastian-Alan Mingo Jr. Scuttle-Robert Creighton, Tim Federle Grimsby-Merwin Foard, Price Andy Waldman

See also

References

  1. ^ Little Mermaid to Play the Lunt-Fontanne; Beauty to Close in July [1]
  2. ^ http://littlemermaidbroadway.blogspot.com
  3. ^ Sierra Boggess Will Be Disney's The Little Mermaid.[2]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Scott, Lewis, Palmer, Etc. Set For The Little Mermaid.[3] Cite error: The named reference "Cast" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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